Looking back at the history, Wan Wen Walnut originated in Han and Sui Dynasties, was popular in Tang and Song Dynasties, and prevailed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the long history of more than 2,000 years, it has spread widely and formed a unique walnut culture in China. Throughout the ages, emperors and princes, gifted scholars and beautiful women, bureaucrats and ordinary people are all proud of having a pair of delicate and shiny walnuts.
Especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, playing walnuts reached its peak. Tomorrow, Emperor Zhu Youxiao will not only play with walnuts, but also carve them himself. Therefore, it is popular in unofficial history that "playing walnuts forgets state affairs, while Zhu Youxiao plays imperial cases". Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was not only a great expert on walnuts, but also said to have written poems praising walnuts: the sun and the moon are spinning in the palm of their hands, and time wants to turn back. When is the whole body full of qi and blood?
Expand the information and play with walnuts? "Quality, shape, color and personality"
Good quality walnuts are delicate and hard, and the new walnuts sound strong and feel heavy when they collide. Old walnuts are as smooth as suet jade and collide like stones.
"Shape" refers to the lines that match walnuts. The closer two walnuts are, the more precious they are. The density and distribution of lines, the width and thickness of edges are important factors to measure playing with walnuts.
"Color" refers to the different colors of walnuts in different periods, and the old walnuts will show a transparent color similar to ruby.
It should be noted that there are some colored walnuts on the market. In fact, they haven't played for a long time and need to be carefully identified. A simple way is to rub it hard with your fingers. Old walnuts will have bright spots, but new walnuts will have no bright spots when colored. This is what collectors say about the popularity of walnuts.
"Ge" refers to the size of a walnut. Generally speaking, the bigger the walnut with good appearance, the more valuable it is, but the special-shaped walnut is the most exquisite in pairs. There are no identical walnuts in the world, just as there are no identical eggs in the world. Often a train of walnuts can't pick out a pair of identical walnuts. Pairing requires great patience and opportunity, so a pair of paired special-shaped walnuts is often valuable.