At that time, there were two kinds of playing walnuts: literary play and elegant play. Elegant drama is a higher-level literary drama. There is an old saying in Beijing called "gadgets". At that time, people thought that it would take at least 8 years to 10 years for walnuts to be called "gadgets" until their paddles were perfect, clashing like bones and the color was as fine as jade. In the long history of more than 2,000 years, it has spread widely and formed a unique walnut culture in China. Walnuts come from mountains and rivers and are the essence of nature. With its simplicity and elegance, it ranks among the forests of Chinese culture and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad.
Walnut is simple and honest, not flattering, and very close to the temperament of literati. Scholars regard playing with walnuts as "elegant taste", and the participant is Masayuki. Walnuts in Wan Wen are divided into four famous products, all of which are consistent with the literati's "elegant taste" in serving walnuts, and they are often named for their praise, such as the praise of a lion's head, "gentle as a gentleman, honest as a saint, short as a dwarf, and dusty as a child"; The praise of the prince's hat: "Romance is like a poet, elegance is like a fairy, thinness is like a bone, and floating is like a real teenager;" Such as the reputation of the official hat: "Qi Hao is like a husband, and his integrity is from the nobles"; Another example is a chicken-hearted beauty: "Li Xian is also beautiful, and pearls deceive Baoyu." Walnut in Wan Wen can be used as a small investment, a collection of fitness, and it can add value when playing, killing two birds with one stone, so why not? Knead walnuts for a long time, and walnuts will naturally moisturize and produce jade; The sound of collision is as bone as tooth, the timbre is as stone, and the value increases sharply. The longer the kneading time, the more precious and quaint the walnut is. Playing and playing, a pair of ordinary walnuts became crystal clear over time and became a good work of art.
Types and Characteristics of Walnut in Wan Wen
In addition to the general classification, each large variety has a more detailed classification. Some varieties can be clearly distinguished at a glance (such as iron walnut), and some varieties are easily confused (such as prince hat and official hat; The following are some representative species:
Lion head meatballs
The basic characteristics of the lion's head are: deep lines, thick and wide sides, and large and flat bottom.
1. Blunt lion head
The most beautiful walnut in Wan Wen is the lion's head with a drill tip, and the best-looking drill tip should be a short pile! The walnut tip should be flush with the side or lower than the side! The height of the stuffy head is smaller than the size of its side. The size of the side is close to or smaller than that of the stomach. This shape is like pumpkin and persimmon, which is extremely beautiful and charming.
2. Short pile lion head
Lion heads with boring tips belong to short piles, but not all short pile lion heads can be called boring tips. At present, only a handful of wild lion heads survive. Ordinary lion-headed varieties can produce several pairs of short-pile walnuts a year. Those round lion heads whose height is not more than or close to the side size are short lion heads.
3. High-piled lion head
The biggest feature of a high-piled lion's head is its height. The lion's head of the same size is much bigger than that of the short pile, and his hands are raised. But the price of walnuts with high piles is lower than that with short piles.
4. Horseshoe lion head
This variety has a beautiful appearance, the most obvious feature is that the bottom is very large. The lines vary greatly. Cousins of horseshoe are "Wotou" and "Brahma Tianyin", and some names are invented by players themselves.
5. White lion head
Bai This is a beautiful grafted variety! It belongs to short piles. Identifying the white lion's head is simple: each walnut has an inconspicuous fork at the top. Why is it called-white lion head? The name was given by local farmers when it first appeared in 2007, because the skin of this grafted variety turned white as soon as it got off the tree. Such new terms include "caterpillar" and "red lion head".
6. Nanjiang Stone
This is the most famous lion's head. There is only one native tree, which grows in the east of Jiangshi Village, Nanjiang County, Hebei Province. The most correct (and only this one) pronunciation of Nanjiang Stone is "Nanjiang Stone". Nanjiang stone is characterized by dense grain, wide edge, large flat bottom and diamond navel. Coloring is slow. In recent years, old trees are crazy about yield and fertilization, resulting in the characteristics of Nanjiang stone, such as yellow tip, yellow edge, drooping edge, big edge and small edge. In addition, Nanjiang Stone produces more shaped fruits, such as steamed bread, melon seeds and unilateral fruits. At present, there are many grafted fruit trees in Nanjiang City. Up to this year, there have been more than 1,000 large and small fruit trees.
7.the lion's head in the mill
One of the precious varieties of walnut in Wan Wen has existed since ancient times, so many old walnuts preserved in the world are named according to their shape characteristics. Because the walnut pile is short and the belly is big, the two walnuts are shaped like a millstone, so it is named the millstone lion's head. Because the W-shaped tip is small, it is not easy to fall on the tip when landing, so it is also called the lion's head with a stuffy tip. Usually the edge is thick and firm, one is high and the other is low, and it rarely grows vertically, and it also has three sides. This variety is relatively small in size, generally between 38 mm and 45 mm in left and right width. It's not very big, and the lines are bulging and full. A pair of relatively large walnuts have the feeling of lifting a finger, so the value of a large walnut is relatively high. Unlike other walnuts, there is no feeling of stinging hands, and you can play hard. The overall density is large, and it is easy to change color in the first hand, which is very popular among thousands of Tibetan friends. The old tree of this variety has been destroyed at present, and the original tree grows on a ridge of Miaofeng Mountain in Mentougou District, Beijing. All varieties are grafted at present. The standard millstone lion's head should be stacked up and down, shaped like a millstone and relatively stable.
Two. Laohutou
Tiger heads are easy to mix with lion heads. In contrast, Tiger's butt (little ass) is slightly smaller, and its running head (small running head and shoulders) is slightly smaller.
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Compared with previous years, the grafting of this variety is a bumper harvest. The best-looking of this variety is the big tiger head grafted by Laishui, and the patterns of other grafted tiger heads are similar.
2. Fangshan wild tiger head
This is an old tree, a very excellent variety. The grafted varieties of Hushou in Laishui are all from here, and the grafted ones are the male parents of Hushou in Maisui. Features: Beautiful lines, thick and powerful. If you look closely, it seems that they are all guided around the bend, not thin at all.
3. Except Beijing.
There are also wild tiger heads in Shanxi, which are small in size, but good in skin and heavy in weight. Walnuts will sink in the coming year, and the shape of tiger head is typical.
3. How to choose walnuts
The first choice is to see how the couple play. Three-sided match is a pair, four-sided match is an upper pair, five-sided match is a good pair, and six-sided match is a masterpiece. Usually hexagonal refers to the top, bottom, left, right, front and back of walnuts. Upper fingertips, shoulders and bladder, thin bottom and navel. The left and right sides are edges, and the front and back are big faces and wrinkled ridges. Loose and consistent texture is a good match. Look at the color, maturity and color matching. The color of two walnuts should be the same. White tip, chaff tip, yellow skin and black skin are some basic elements for you to buy walnuts.
First of all, the recovery we are talking about is not the price, but the relationship between supply and demand in the whole market. This year is the year of Wan Wen walnut recovery, and the whole Wan Wen market is selling Wan Wen walnuts. After 20 13 of the price of walnuts, the price of walnuts in Wan Wen this year is not very high as a whole, and the better walnuts are only a few hundred dollars. However, as one of the traditional categories in Wan Wen, Wan Wen Walnut has its unique charm, and with such a low price, Wan Wen Walnut naturally attracts many players to buy it.
Although the price of walnuts in Wan Wen is not high now, it is also hard-earned money for buyers. Even a few hundred dollars, no one wants to buy a pair of problematic or dissatisfied walnuts. Today, Bian Xiao wants to talk to you about the selection of walnuts in Wan Wen.
First, the picture selection
People who buy Wan Wen walnuts now may buy from WeChat merchants, so they can only choose a pair of walnuts from the pictures. So how do we choose the Wan Wen walnut in the picture?
1, the tip should be round.
The top of walnut is an important part of a pair of walnuts. If the tip is not good, the price will naturally be difficult to go up. Looking at a pair of walnuts, the first thing is to see if there is anything wrong with the tip. what are you reading? It depends on whether the nib falls off, yellows or cracks. It depends on whether the walnut tip is straight.
2, the side should be wide
Watching the side is a part that many people who play walnuts ignore. If you want to make your walnut look good, you must look at the edge of the walnut to see if it is cracked, flat and yellow. These are the most important points here. For a pair of walnuts, the edge is actually very important.
3, the bottom should be flat
Base is an important basis for identifying a pair of Wan Wen walnut varieties, and different bases correspond to different Wan Wen walnut varieties. When we buy Wan Wen walnuts, the bottom is the part we must see. When we buy walnuts such as lion's head, we must see whether the bottom is flat, whether there are leaks and so on.
4. Good cortex
In addition to the above three points, buying Wan Wen walnuts depends on the skin, whether the walnuts are yellow, whether there are insect eyes, cracks and cloudy skin, and when choosing Wan Wen walnuts, we should pay attention to whether the skins of the walnuts are the same and whether they are under the same tree. When buying new walnuts, you should also pay attention to the wind to avoid cracking.
5, neat lines
Finally, this is the most important and difficult point in selecting Wan Wen walnuts. It depends on whether the lines of this pair of Wan Wen walnuts are correct. Don't just focus on factors such as pile shape. If the grain of the walnut is not right, the tip, edge and bottom are useless.
Second, physical choice.
When selecting a physical object, you must add the first five points. Besides these five points, we should also pay attention to the weight of Wan Wen walnuts. Pay attention to playing walnuts: raise your hand, bite your hand and press your hand. The presser here is the weight of Wan Wen walnut. Generally, the weight of newly planted walnuts is relatively sufficient, because there is moisture, the more moisture, the more shrinkage and the faster weight loss.
Besides pressing hands, we should also pay attention to raising hands and biting hands of Wan Wen Walnut. When you raise your hand, you say the size of a walnut, and it should be moderate. Biting hands generally refers to the grain of walnuts, which gives you a feeling of massage when playing.