Spotlight
Legendary Collector Ma Weidu
Ma Weidu, a famous Chinese antique collector, hosts a popular TV programme on CCTV, sharing his experiences in antique collection with his audience.
Ma Weidu´s Collection: Furniture
Ma discusses some distinguished features of traditional Chinese furniture. And he quietly spent his money collecting old items.
Ma Weidu’s Collection: Jade
Ma Weidu explains: "It’s generally made as a jade cicada. It seems that a cicada can come from the ground, and transform itself into a totally different and new life."
Program Video
Part 1
A guest host of a famous lecture program on China Central Television; the curator at China´s first private museum of classic and antique arts; and most of all, an eminent antique collector.
Who is this person? Let´s follow our reporter He Fei to walk closer to our hero today, Ma Weidu.
Part 2
It was a large sum of money two decades ago. Most people couldn´t understand why he spent so much money buying a useless panel when they saved money only to buy a TV or a refrigerator.
However, Ma Weidu didn´t care what others thought, and indulged himself in the joy of collection. He remembered once he was moved by the freshness of a white and blue jar after it was cleansed by the spring rain.
