About Us

Michael Du, the man behind one of the largest Hongshan antiques collection in the world.

Two Hongshan Giants

Meeting with Mr.Poon, the chairman of CHINA HONGSHAN CULTURE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, a famous Hongshan collector and expert. 与Mr.Poon, 华夏红山文化研究协会会长，著名红山收藏家，专家。

Hongshan people living area

Michael at Hongshan living area. Michael考察红山人生活区。

Group of hundreds of stone tombs

Hundreds of stone tombs facing Xilamulun river. 几百个积石冢面向西拉木伦河。

Michael beside a huge Hongshan stone tomb

There are hundreds of stone tombs in on this mountain slop, some big enough for a few persons, some for couple, and most for single person. 在这个山坡上有几百个积石冢，大的可以葬几个人，有的是夫妻墓，有的一人墓。场面颇为壮观。

With over 25 years of Chinese antiques expertise, Michael Du is one of the foremost experts of Hongshan cultural antiques. His knowledge of the Hongshan people and artifacts has been sought after and he has been a featured speaker at several Hongshan and Chinese antique conferences. He is the Chairman of the HONGSHAN ELITE COLLECTORS ALLIANCE and an advisor to the CHINA HONGSHAN CULTURE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.

Mr. Du was born in China to a family with several generations of Chinese antique collecting history and experience. He has been living in Canada for 25 years and during this time has travelled extensively all around the world searching and collecting Chinese antiques.

Mr. Du. also owns thousands of other Chinese antique pieces consisting of China Ming and Qing dynasty Huanghuali and Zitan furniture; bamboo and wood carvings, as well as scholar artifacts from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Apart from Hongshan jade, his jade collection also centers from the Liangzhu culture, Sanxingdui culture period as well as from Shang to Han dynasties. These pieces are on display on a separate dedicated website www.guwansoucangchineseantiques.com.

Article about my Hongshan collection

Reading article appeared on newspaper about myself is quit interesting. 阅读报纸刊登的关于我自己的专访文章。

One lot collection of Blackskin jade

This is one lot of purchase of all blackskin jade. So far I have collected over 4000 pieces of blackskin jade artifact, probably the biggest blackskin jade collector in the world. 收购的一批黑皮玉。我目前收藏了四千多件黑皮玉，可能是全球最大的黑皮玉藏家。

Constellation Rock

On the huge rock in the desert, carved with different kind of constellation all over. 沙漠中的一块大石头上刻了各种星宿。

Study a new purchase

Check and study items of a new purchase of Hongshan artifact. 检查研究一批新收购的红山玉器。

Hongshan stone carving

红山石刻

Stone carving

Found a stone carving burried under the sand in Inner Mogolia. 在沙子下面发现一块红山石刻。

Hongshan Stone Tombs

红山积石冢

Stone carving at Hongshan site

There is a mountain composed of rocks of various sizes, in which there are some of them with ancient Hongshan carvings. 有一个石头山，在大大小小的石块中，有一些石头刻着各种各样的红山图案。