As a Nanhong player, it is necessary to know the difference between Baoshan Nanhong and Liangshan Nanhong accurately and scientifically. In order to help playmates understand Baoshan Nanhong and Liangshan Nanhong more comprehensively, on the one hand, I observed and compared several indicators of the two kinds of Nanhong, on the other hand, I also visited several authoritative experts of Nanhong, and finally summed up the following points, hoping to help friends who like Nanhong Agate.
If you know the material difference between Baoshan Nanhong and Liangshan Nanhong, then you must have seen it. Many people will say that Baoshan Nanhong is warm and restrained, with a strong glue texture, and Liangshan Nanhong has a glass luster. Anyone can say this sentence, if a person has never touched the south red agate, such a sentence is equivalent to never saying it. Because the words "moist and restrained", "rubbery texture" and "glassy luster" are too vague, if I tell you that I want a moist south red agate and ask you to buy one for me, you still don't know which one is suitable for me. So how to distinguish Baoshan Nanhong from Liangshan Nanhong?
In order to distinguish the two kinds of south red agate in essence, we must first understand the structure of south red agate. The red part of each southern red is made up of countless cinnabar dots. If these vermilion spots are very delicate and evenly distributed, they are generally Baoshan Nanhong. If on the contrary, you can see obvious granular vermilion spots, and the distribution is uneven, then it is generally Liangshan Nanhong.
To facilitate understanding, we use a metaphor to explain it in detail. If you pour the red powder into a bucket of clear water, the red powder is not completely integrated with the water when it is first poured. It looks like Liangshan Nanhong at this time. If stirred with an instrument, the red powder will fully blend with water. At this time, you can't tell which parts are red powder and which parts are water. You can only see the unified red on the whole, and Baoshan Nanhong is closer this time.
This is the most significant difference between Baoshan Nanhong and Liangshan Nanhong, but it is not absolute. Now some particularly good Liangshan Nanhong is also close to Baoshan Nanhong. And there is no way to nondestructive identification. Last June, a partner of the company and I bought a good piece of Liangshan material. The material color is pure and uniform, and the glue texture is particularly strong. When you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can't see obvious massive cinnabar spots. We make the material into small pieces, and the best part is made into a brave man. Later, when our employees took the brave to do the appraisal certificate, something interesting happened, and the appraisal agency issued a certificate of Baoshan materials.
Authoritative appraisal institutions can't tell the difference, and ordinary people can't do it. So what should we do? My point is that it doesn't matter whether it is Baoshan Nanhong or Liangshan Nanhong, as long as Nanhong itself is good enough. When the similarity between one thing and another is close to 100%, they are essentially the same thing. As a rational South Red Agate player, we should pay attention to the quality of South Red itself, rather than obsessing about the conceptual differences.
In addition, the prices of Baoshan Nanhong and Liangshan Nanhong have also entered a very irrational state. Many playmates pay a high price when they see Baoshan material, but Liangshan material is dismissive and irrational. You know, the status of Baoshan Nanhong has been greatly exaggerated. Because Baoshan Nanhong was mined early, a relatively high position was established first. When Liangshan Nanhong was just mined, it was not recognized and could not be sold at a high price. Therefore, many Nanhong businessmen regard Liangshan Nanhong as Baoshan Nanhong. As a result, they were labeled as fakes. Once this label is attached, it is difficult to change people's consciousness. Therefore, in many cases, the price of Baoshan Nanhong with the same quality is much higher than that of Liangshan Nanhong. It is not the quality but the prejudice that separates the price gap.
Another reason for the high price of Baoshan Nanhong is the high scarcity of raw materials. Because Baoshan Nanhong was extensively mined in the Qing Dynasty, there are few ore reserves now. From this point of view, it is reasonable that the price of Liangshan Nanhong is higher than the same quality, but this does not mean that Baoshan Nanhong is better than Liangshan Nanhong.
In many cases, it is not the text itself that determines the price of the product, but the related concepts. Many concepts are the result of business hype, which is a necessary process, but the concept determines the value only temporarily, the market will eventually return to rationality, and quality is the first key to determine the value.