In 1983 he entered Mandalay University to study mineralogy and philosophy. During his university years he often traveled between Thailand and Myanmar on business, and learned from his father how to cut and sculpt jadeite.
1983 年，胡焱榮進入瓦城大學主修礦物學和哲學，在學期間即往來泰、緬間經商，同時隨父親學習翡翠的切割技術與雕刻。