How much does a gram of Chinese medicine agarwood cost?

Since ancient times, "agarwood saves mothers", and nowadays there is "agarwood saves the market". In mythology, Agarwood swung the axe to save his own mother; in the real world, Agarwood's wealth soared, saving another dawn in the current investment market. Although the two events happened thousands of years apart and have nothing to do with each other, the two "agarwoods" seem to have been widely circulated for thousands of years and have a bit of mythological color. Not long ago, various news media competed to report on this Tibetan friend's new love. In just two years, the price of agarwood has skyrocketed more than ten times, and one gram of the best agarwood is worth nearly 50,000 yuan, which is a thousand times more than gold.

Of course, in this crazy era, it is not only agarwood that has skyrocketed in value, but also precious metals, jade, rosewood, and even cabbage and cotton wool.

According to the agent, the agarwood on the shelves nowadays is not the best. Because of the future market price of agarwood, good agarwood dealers and collectors are generally not easy to buy. It can be said that it is hard to find agarwood now.

Agarwood is a precious and valuable Chinese medicinal material, collectible, and also a rare high-grade spice. It comes from the tree of the genus Aquilaria in the family Thymelaeaceae. Compared with sandalwood, agarwood is not a pure wood, but a solid mixture of oil and wood components produced when the tree is damaged by external forces or infected by bacteria and metabolizes oil to repair itself.

my country has a long history of incense culture. As early as the Song Dynasty, there was a saying that one ounce of agarwood was worth one ounce of gold. According to historical records, the development of "incense culture" in my country originated in the Autumn and Spring, flourished in the Han Dynasty, perfected in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and has been passed down from the Ming Dynasty to the present. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, people also regarded aroma tasting together with tea fighting, flower arranging and wall painting as the "four kinds of leisure" for the upper class to cultivate their body and mind in elegant daily life. Literati of various generations have left behind countless famous poems with the theme of aroma tasting.

After the mid- and late Qing Dynasty, the culture of drinking and tasting incense has been dormant for more than 100 years. It has only gradually surfaced in recent years and has become a new favorite among collectors. Since 2003, agarwood carvings from the Ming and Qing dynasties have repeatedly set record high auction prices. In 2008, a Vietnamese yellow agarwood hand-carved work "Three Treasures of Aquatic Life" also set a record high auction price of more than 2.222 million yuan. Agarwood can be said to be worthy of the name "crazy wood".

According to statistics, the production areas of agarwood are mainly concentrated in my country, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and other places. The original agarwood has almost no production in my country, and in Vietnam, the total output of high-quality agarwood is only about 20 kg. Although agarwood has begun to be planted on a large scale in Hainan and other places, it still takes at least 5 to 10 years for it to produce agarwood, and not every tree can produce agarwood.

Although the production volume is very small, the use of agarwood is very common. From ancient times to the present, the collection of agarwood has always been a fashion trend. Not only can it be made into various collections such as bracelets and Buddhist beads, it is also an important Chinese medicinal material. In addition, agarwood is also a wonderful spice, its refreshing aroma can help people relieve stress. Although the agarwood used to make agarwood powder is generally of lower grade, the price of 1 gram is still around 300 yuan.

As agarwood continues to be popular, many agarwood stores can be easily found in several antique towns in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Most of the goods are Hainan agarwood and Vietnamese agarwood, and the prices range from a few hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan per gram. According to the agent, the agarwood on the shelves nowadays is not the best. Because of the future market price of agarwood, good agarwood dealers and collectors are generally not easy to buy. It can be said that it is hard to find agarwood now. According to statistics, the best agarwood is Hainan's soft purple agarwood. The current asking price of 1 gram is close to 50,000 yuan. It can be said that it is a rare commodity and it is difficult to buy it even with money.