Antique Scam In today’s Chinese society, antique collecting has become a hobby enjoyed by many people.

The term antique comes from the Qianlong period. Before that, it was often called antiques, or "antiques", which means the essence left by the ancients. It is the earliest private property in Chinese society and also indicates people's pursuit of beauty.

This fashion, which was first popular among the nobles in the palace, has developed into a national collection movement today.

Most of the rich and powerful people are vying to pursue their own career development.

Those who are indifferent only like to write and ink, and engage in some collecting hobbies.

The poor people in China watch the colorful world on TV all day long, but cannot enjoy it for several lifetimes due to their hard work. They sigh and invest great enthusiasm in industries that can make them rich overnight.

Coupled with China's thousands of years of history, there are countless cultural achievements and a hundred flowers are blooming.

An industry that is suitable for investment and can bring huge profits has emerged - antique collection.

As the saying goes in the industry, the water for antiques is very deep.

There are countless cases of cheating, so deception and abduction have become commonplace.

Many factors are mixed together.

▲The popularity of treasure appraisal programs and antiques probably originated from the daily TV programs.

"Treasure Appraisal" and "Treasure Hunting" programs are broadcast over and over again. One moment they tell you how much this treasure is worth, and that thing is tens of millions. The next moment they are using a hammer to smash fakes. This effect makes people's enthusiasm for collecting gradually increase.

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It's hard to say whether it came from an auction house in the world.

China's national treasures, whether they are calligraphy and painting, porcelain, or the famous animal heads, one after another Chinese antiques are sold at high prices, letting people all over the world know that Chinese antiques are valuable and Chinese antiques are suitable for investment.

The collection behavior that was previously just a playful activity for individual Chinese investors has become a social phenomenon of antique investment.

Even new things like antique funds appeared in the financial market, and they were quickly used by Chinese investors to make a fortune.

Or maybe it developed out of the antiques industry itself.

There are still only a few people who get rich overnight because of genuine products, and more people get rich by manufacturing fake products.

Counterfeiting has become the main support for economic revitalization in many Chinese towns and villages.

But no matter what the above speculations are, antique collection is regarded by more and more people as an investment rather than a hobby, which has the potential to cause fraud and become bigger and bigger. What’s more, the phenomenon of deception and abduction in the antique collection industry today has already

It has reached the pinnacle of China’s antique counterfeiting history.

The counterfeiting of antiques in China also has its own history, which is almost synchronized with the economic development in Chinese history, which confirms the saying that "collection is about collecting in the prosperous times".

The first peak of antique counterfeiting was in the Song Dynasty.

Because the emperor of the Song Dynasty was obsessed with antiques, he searched for antiques all over the country.

The literati at that time also liked to collect antiques, and a large number of connoisseurs who liked to study antiques emerged, such as Wang Pu, Miti, Su Shi, Qin Guan, Lu You, etc.

Since the Chinese culture was in an explosive period at that time, the antiques imitated were mainly bronzes from the Zhou and Shang dynasties. Although there were many fakes, when it came to antiques trading, there were fewer than expected.

Investigating the reason, it is very likely that people at that time still regarded fraud as a craft for their own liking and for the approval of others.

One of the most famous stories is that Su Shi exchanged candies for 289 colorful stones with a child touching stones by the Suzhou River, and then put them in a copper basin and watched them every day.

The second peak of counterfeiting was during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Coincidentally, the peak of counterfeiting this time was still at the peak of Chinese culture, when people's pursuit of art reached its peak.

Because it is not limited to large antique objects, more fake paintings and calligraphy works have been imitated.

This has also formed an interesting phenomenon in today's antique field, where imitation calligraphy and paintings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are used as antiques for collection.

First, because it is of course very old and has the value of time.

Secondly, it was also because the counterfeits back then were so lifelike that they were difficult to distinguish. They even claimed to be a group, which led to "Suzhou films" and "back door productions".

The Republic of China, which reached its third peak, was very different from the previous counterfeiting environment.

Without a country, people's livelihood becomes a big problem.

People with connections mostly resell items from the Forbidden City by the down-and-out Manchu nobles. People without connections have no choice but to team up with skilled people and spread rumors to fake some real treasures.

Take advantage of the country's chaos and make a small fortune together.

This time, the peak of counterfeiting has gradually subsided with the establishment of New China.

Interestingly, antique counterfeiting not only has its own development history, but also has different sects and expertise among the people.

Fans who have read "Tomb Robbers Notes" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" know very well that in China's tomb robbing world, there are four major sects: Mojin Xiaowei, Banshan Taoist, Xiling Rikishi and Faqiu Tianguan.

The tradition of tomb robbing.

▲The gold-touching captain in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" But no matter what the description in the novel is, a large part of the buried treasures stolen by these tomb robbers have become the origin of real antiques in today's market, and they have also provided counterfeiters with fake information.

Chance.

Since there are sects in tomb robbing, and the items stolen from different regions are different, the sects of antique counterfeiting have also changed accordingly, forming maps with different forgery classifications in different regions.

Many local governments thought that establishing a "Jade Culture Village" or "Bronze Town" would improve the lives of local farmers and allow farmers who have been farming for generations to have new development.