There are many dried walnuts in Wen Yuan that can sink to the bottom, which fully shows that their density is very high, so every pair of walnuts can get tired of playing, because they are all wild Wen Yuan walnuts, and with the moisture of mountain spring water, walnuts are more moist and dazzling.
People in China have attached great importance to health preservation for a long time. In the Qing dynasty, playing with walnuts was popular, and the emperor also attached great importance to health preservation. At present, the Forbidden City in Beijing still preserves the walnuts that Qingganlong played, and the origin is Pinggu District. At that time, the court recorded how much fruit a tree bears every year. The most important thing of Pinggu Wen Yuan walnut is that natural conditions determine the quality of walnut. The quality of a walnut is determined by many factors, one is altitude. Pinggu walnut is very hard, which can't be compared with other areas. It has been affirmed by many experts, especially the collectors who like to collect Pinggu walnuts. Although its price is high, there is more room for appreciation. The color blocks of Wen Yuan walnuts in Pinggu are fast and hard, so walnuts are snapped up as soon as they get off the tree. Usually you can't buy it, and the best products on the market are rare. You can only buy them at the place of origin. Many collectors and businessmen order them first.
Wen Yuan Walnut Base is an original ecological resource with beautiful scenery, spectacular peaks and excellent vegetation, with a gully of about 6 Li Long. Geographical location: Huguan Road (district-level highway) is at the mouth of the ditch, facing the water surface of Huangsongyu Reservoir in the west, one kilometer away from Shilinxia Scenic Area in the north and three kilometers away from JD.COM Dadong in the south. There are many stone lakes with water all the year round in the mountainous area. Every June 6- 10/October, the river in the ditch gurgles down and flows into Huangsongyu Reservoir. There are more than 1700 walnut trees in mountainous areas, and there are more than a dozen varieties, four of which are unique to themselves, including the lion head on the fourth floor of an old tree, the lion head with an old dragon pattern, the blunt-pointed lion head of Zhuang Ai and the official hat of an old man, which has a high influence in the market.
Tips for Buying Walnuts in Wan Wen
Recently, several walnut playmates asked me the same question, why can't I play with the walnuts I bought? Some playmates bought more than a dozen pairs of walnuts in two years, but they couldn't play. I really answered these questions one by one.
In fact, the truth is not complicated. I will tell these experiences to the vast number of literary lovers now.
The most important thing is that the origin of walnuts determines whether you can play. For example, in Pinggu District, especially Wen Yuan Walnut in Huangsongyu, any variety can be played.
If foreign varieties are grafted in Huangsongyu, the walnuts produced will not play well in other places. If the walnut in Huangsongyu is grafted to other places, the quality of walnut is almost the same as that in Huangsongyu, which is verified by grafting experience. In other words, if you want to buy walnuts that can be played, the origin is very important. You can't just look at their appearance and pay a high price for them. The walnut that can't be played is Tuoye's walnut. Only walnuts that can play can be called works of art and have collection value, so there is no regret. If your playmate still doesn't understand, you can contact me, and I will patiently answer for my friends.
China is one of the centers of origin of walnuts in the world, and the cultivation of walnuts in Beijing has a long history. Juglans regia is listed in Qin Long, which shows that Juglans regia has been cultivated in Beijing for more than 800 years. Walnut planting in Beijing is widely distributed, and it is planted in the outer suburbs and counties. The main producing areas are Mentougou and Pinggu, and now Pinggu has the highest output. The varieties of walnuts in Beijing can be roughly divided into walnuts, Juglans mandshurica and walnuts: walnuts refer to domestic walnuts, that is, edible walnuts; Juglans mandshurica refers to wild walnuts; Walnut is a natural hybrid of walnut and Juglans mandshurica. 1930, China plant taxonomist Hu Tiansui discovered and named it in Banjiegou, Xiakou Village, Changping. Walnuts in China are mainly distributed in Yanshan Mountains and Taihang Mountains, and most of them are distributed in the mountainous areas of Beijing. However, there are few unique varieties of walnuts in Beijing, but many imported varieties have no outstanding characteristics.
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September is the harvest season of walnuts. On the way to Huangsongyu Township, Pinggu, you can see many roadside stalls with green walnuts. Pinggu is the area with the highest yield of walnuts in Beijing, mainly planting edible walnuts, and Huangsongyu Township is famous for planting hemp walnuts. Wei Sheng, director of the Propaganda Department of Huangsongyu Township Government, said that there are 6,000 walnut trees here, with a total population of 58 10, which can be said to be rich trees per capita.
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It is widely distributed, but the shape is not a variety.
According to Shan, chairman of the Beijing Fruit Society, soil quality, water quality, climate and light are several aspects that affect the growth of walnuts. Walnut requires deep soil layer, loam is more suitable, and it has no requirement for soil pH, so it has wide adaptability, but the soil should not be too sandy. The most important thing for fruit trees is light. There is plenty of sunshine in the mountains, and the environment with sunny leeward is most conducive to the growth of walnut trees, so walnuts are planted in the mountainous areas around Beijing.
Generally speaking, there are many kinds of walnuts in Beijing. In the past, walnut trees were all naturally crossed, and the fruits produced were all kinds, so they were not varieties. China used to be the largest exporter of walnuts in the world, but because it failed to form varieties, the international market was later occupied by the United States, and their diamond brand walnut varieties were split.
However, domestic walnuts in some parts of Beijing are still very famous, such as the flower and tree producing areas in Huairou, Lingshui Village in Mentougou and Fenzhuang Village in Miyun. Cottonseed walnuts in these areas have high oil content and are easy to peel. At present, some varieties with early fruiting, thin shell and high kernel yield, such as thin shell incense, have been cultivated in Beijing through introduction and grafting.
Collect walnuts
The walnut market is hot again.
Walnuts are not only of high edible value, but also can be played with. There is a saying circulating in Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty: "Baylor holds three treasures, which refers to a bird in a walnut cage." There is also a folk song that says, "Walnuts can live for 89 years without leaving their hands. Not only Gan Long, the prince can't leave. " It is said that Emperor Qianlong likes playing with walnuts very much. Puyi said in "My First Half Life" that he had seen walnuts played by Ganlong in the warehouse behind hall of mental cultivation. At present, there are more than a dozen pairs of hand-rubbed walnuts in rosewood boxes in the Palace Museum, which are marked with the words "One Baylor for preparation" and "One Prince for preparation" respectively.
"Walnuts in Wan Wen are mainly Juglans regia, Juglans mandshurica and Juglans regia. Their surfaces are undulating, their skins are thick, their inner pleats are developed, and their inner kernels are not many, but they are greasy. After playing with it, people will become ruddy as jade. If you play with it for a few years or decades, it will become antique and sound like a bone. " Rong, who has been playing walnuts in Beijing for more than ten years, said: "In the past, playing walnuts in old Beijing relied on word of mouth. I used to look up ancient books in many libraries, but I didn't find any formal books. Playing walnuts should be popular in Qing dynasty. In the past, it was said that' literati play with walnuts and martial men play with iron balls', and the title of' Wan Wen Walnut' may come from this. "
But after the founding of New China, Wan Wen Walnut disappeared. Hui Chong, the Flash, remembers, "After liberation, walnuts in Wan Wen were regarded as capitalist gadgets and nobody played with them. 1958 When the People's Commune was founded, people thought that walnuts could not be eaten, so many walnut trees were cut down for firewood, resulting in few walnut trees in Beijing now, but people are trying to save them. "
"After the reform and opening up, Wan Wen Walnut was gradually recognized. Probably in the 1990s, the Wan Wen walnut market in Beijing began to flourish. " Lu Xiaorong began to fall in love with Wanwen Walnut.
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Picking walnuts
Huangsongyu produces dragon and lion heads.
Zhu, a 5 1 year-old villager in Huangsongyu Village, can be said to be a typical representative of planting walnuts in Huangsongyu Township. He now has a mountain farm with an area of about 1000 mu and nearly 1000 walnut trees. Zhu said that Wan Wen walnuts previously supplied to Emperor Qianlong came from Pinggu. In the past, people in the village also played with walnuts, and some people put a walnut on their cigarette bags. Speaking of the hemp walnut he planted, it still has a history.
1999, the village cadre Zhu took the lead in renting this piece of 1000 mu of barren hills. At first, he only planted 1000 persimmon trees in the mountains. Once, he helped others sell walnuts. As a result, two autobots only sold more than 500 yuan of walnuts, and one man earned more than 1000 yuan by selling half a bag of walnuts, so he began to cultivate walnut trees the next year. In the absence of suitable experts, Zhu groped for a variety of walnuts from nearby mountains and grafted them on the walnut trees of his mountain farm. Finally, in 2002, the grafted walnut tree began to bear fruit. Now he goes to the market every year and marries a popular variety.
"When I first started selling walnuts, I didn't know much about Wan Wen walnuts." Zhu said: "In 2003, someone came to me and bought a bunch of walnuts at a price of ten or twenty yuan each. The next year, the man came again. He picked among a pile of walnuts and said that one was missing. I just know what he wants is the lion's head with dragon patterns. Later, I learned that my dragon lion head is different from other places and is very precious. "
When talking about the management of walnuts, Zhu said, "I only care about grafting. Sometimes the branches are too dense and will be sparse. I have never been watered or fertilized. Some trees grow in cracks, I don't care. The growth of walnut trees is natural. The small environment here is very superior, and the walnut skin produced is good. You can see the change in a few minutes, and you will soon be able to play the texture of jade. "
Zhu said that a walnut tree can generally bear more than 100 fruits, with a maximum of more than 500 fruits. After picking walnuts, he will peel off the green peel with a knife, then clean it with a wire brush and a plastic brush, and finally put it in the shade of the house to dry. It can be paired in seven to ten days, and sealed in a plastic bag after pairing.
Knead walnuts
Fruit becomes a work of art in your hands.
Playing with walnuts can massage different acupoints on the hand, which has a health care effect. It is also a great pleasure to watch walnuts turn red and bright. Lu Xiaorong explained that when playing with walnuts, walnuts will absorb the sweat secreted by the human body. Human sweat contains many components, such as trace urea, salt, water and so on. Coupled with hand friction and fever, walnuts will undergo subtle changes and gradually become rosy and smooth.
Summer, especially in dog days, is the best time for walnuts to turn red. In summer, the weather is hot and humid, and the sweat discharged from the hands is much, which will soak into the walnuts. Because of the high temperature, the inside of the walnuts will secrete oil and penetrate outward. This "invasion from outside and attack from inside" will make great changes to walnuts. People say that Wan Wen walnut "glows in winter and turns red in summer" is the truth. Generally speaking, walnuts will become ruddy and bright after three winters and two summers. Of course, the walnuts in the hands of people who sweat a lot will turn red faster if they don't leave their hands.
Now it is difficult for some people to turn red and bright when playing with walnuts. There may be two reasons-first, the walnuts they bought are not ripe yet. Generally speaking, walnuts should be picked around the Millennium, and the month before they are picked is when they gain weight. But now some walnuts are picked and sold one month before the Millennium, which is not only light in weight, but also less in oil, so they don't play red, and some are getting darker and darker.
Secondly: Second, some people are eager to turn walnuts red, so they put oil on walnuts or use chemical reagents. In fact, walnuts, like people, have their own "sweat glands". It is difficult to secrete oil from walnuts after oiling. "We should enjoy the process of walnut from fruit to art, cultivate self-cultivation and cultivate temperament, instead of rushing for success."
In fact, domestic walnuts can also turn red, but the effect of turning red is very bad, and the surface of domestic walnuts has no ups and downs, which can not achieve effective massage effect. Its skin is very thin and there are many nuts. After a long time, when the nuts dry, people will feel "empty" when they fall to the ground, and they will be easily broken. Therefore, domestic walnuts can't play the role of Wan Wen walnuts.
Fu Zhanfang, director of the Industrial Development Division of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscaping and Greening, said that people used to think that there were not many walnuts, so they cut down all the trees and replanted them. In recent years, the market of walnuts has gradually expanded, and many farmers have begun to grow walnuts spontaneously. Although there is no large-scale development of walnut planting in Beijing and the government has no relevant plans, he believes that the market for walnuts should be growing.