As a collection, it has both material and spiritual significance. On the one hand, it is a commodity that carries historical, cultural, and artistic information. Its value is unstable and changes with the changes of the fashions and aesthetic tastes of the times. And the overall trend is upward. Take calligraphy and painting as an example. The same painting by Qi Baishi was worth 100 yuan in the 1970s, but now it can reach 300,000 yuan. As for ancient calligraphy and painting, their growth has become even greater over the years.

In modern society, collecting has become an important investment method for people. With relatively low investment and relatively high output, low-risk and high-efficiency cultural relic collection has become increasingly popular among people of insight. Today, with the increasingly prosperous economy, collection is no longer the exclusive preserve of literati, but has gradually become a part of people's economic and spiritual lives.

In history, there are countless people who have become extremely rich by collecting. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, due to the economic development in Jiangnan, a large number of calligraphy and painting connoisseurs emerged, such as Wen Zhengming and his son, Xiang Yuanbian family, Wang Shizhen brothers, Dong Qichang and so on. These collectors were also famous calligraphers and painters. Their collections not only promoted the prosperity of the calligraphy and painting market at that time, but also promoted economic development.

Collectibles are not only wealth, but also a symbol of taste, cultivation, and status. Especially in recent years, many companies have participated in the collection, fully demonstrating the level and charm of modern companies, making them always the object of public attention in the fierce business war.

While collecting changes people’s material lives, it also improves people’s spiritual lives. If we say that to the imperial government, the collection is just a part of the numerous national properties; but to private collectors, each piece has extraordinary significance. Every detail of each collection is clear: the color tone and charm, and the stories and legends about it are well known. Its gain and loss, coming and going, gathering and dispersing are all closely related to you.

Therefore, it makes sense to say that collecting can cultivate one’s sentiments and cultivate one’s character. It requires collectors to have a rational economic mind as well as good artistic accomplishment. In the process of collecting, collectors subtly cultivate themselves into modern people who have a harmonious combination of rationality and sensibility.

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