From March 29 to April 9, the opening of the third session of Beijing Bogu Art Garden's Strange Stone Culture Festival took place in the western suburbs of Beijing. Regarding this exhibition, exhibitors uniformly reported that business was incomparable to how it used to be. Hu, Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhu Loufang and others, who have participated in multiple exhibitions consecutively, introduced that their sales for this event were less than one-fifth of the previous two sessions.
There has always been a saying among the common folk: "During chaotic times, people hoard gold and silver; during peaceful times, people play with jade and stones." However, due to the impact of the financial crisis, foreign buyers are unable to purchase, while domestic collectors are struggling... For businessmen who travel around the country attending various exhibitions, jade, which has always been highly sought after by buyers, is now unsellable and has become a "hot potato."