Because of its high technical value, walnut is also widely planted in western Europe and the Mediterranean, and has become a precious international furniture and decorative material. Its value is the same as mahogany, and it is used as a standard material for gun stock, instruments and rotary cutting technology.
Walnut furniture is almost unique to Shanxi. Although it has been found in other areas, it is not as excellent as Shanxi. The ancients in China highly praised the production of furniture, believing that furniture is the property of the family, second only to houses, and should be passed on to the next generation. Shanxi is rich in walnut trees, some of which are hundreds of years old. When the walnut tree is old, the fruiting rate is low, so it is natural to eliminate furniture.
General furniture manufacturers will confuse walnut with our common walnut and Juglans mandshurica in marketing. Actually, this is not right. Although they belong to the same family, they are different because of different results. Generally, walnut furniture is a century-old wood, which can only be used as furniture if it does not reach a certain capacity. Compared with Juglans mandshurica and Juglans mandshurica, the density is somewhat different. As the old saying goes, there is no result.
There are many kinds of walnut furniture in Shanxi, and the production span is also large, from the Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and even the Republic of China. Many Ming-style walnut furniture is exactly the same as Huang Huali furniture, and its production is impeccable. The subtle and wonderful things in Ming furniture, walnut furniture has been noticed and shown, which is very rare in other rural furniture in the north. Most of the distinguished walnut furniture is obviously different from the palace or town furniture, and it has a strong pastoral style. Under the influence of Shanxi merchant culture, Ming-style furniture with literati tendency was quickly eliminated by merchants and replaced by Qing-style Shanxi furniture full of commercial symbols. Its main feature is the addition of cultural symbols of local customs, such as decorative patterns related to wealth, such as inlaid bones and stones, which show the reversibility of culture in developed commercial areas. Shanxi furniture was never mentioned ten years ago, so I know nothing about it. In recent years, the research of literati and the investment of businessmen make the subject of Shanxi furniture occupy an important position in ancient furniture in China. Shanxi furniture has clarified many historical misunderstandings. For example, in the past, people thought that Suzhou was the only place where Huang Huali furniture was produced. Through the excavation of merchants, it is found that this view is all wet. Huang Huali furniture and walnut furniture are the same ancestor, and there is no difference. In particular, there are very old walnut furniture in Shaanxi, and its shape can be traced back to Gu Zhuo in the early Ming Dynasty. However, this kind of furniture is rare after all, not as much as many people misunderstand. It is a great thing that a piece of furniture can be used normally for 500 years. Thanks to Shanxi's superior geographical and cultural conditions, we can collect it today and have fun from it.