1, Qiu Zi Walnut: A kind of wild walnut, mainly produced in the northeast of China. It is characterized by six obvious stare blankly. (Mainly used for low-end Wan Wen walnuts, the price is not high, but it is also slightly more expensive than eating)
2. Walnut: Semi-wild walnut, mainly produced in Shanxi and Hebei in North China. There are many specific varieties, mainly Wan Wen walnut varieties. (Basically, they are all used for literature, and the price is very expensive)
3. Iron walnut: southern walnut variety, with a surface similar to peanut skin-like grain, which is a grain composed of small pits. This is probably the kind you bought. Profiteers often use this kind of fake, because the skin thickness is heavy and the shape is close to the edible variety. There are also profiteers who mix a small amount of this into edible varieties, so be careful (the big products with good appearance are used for low-end Wan Wen walnuts, which are basically small in fire, or are used by profiteers to deceive people)
4. Cotton walnut is an edible variety with thin skin, large kernel, flat surface and shallow grain.
After buying walnuts, take two in your hand for a walk. Obviously, the voice is dull and empty, indicating that the face is thin. If the sound is the same as squeezing two bones, it means that the skin thickness can't be taken.
Two. Lion head: Lion head is a treasure in hand-processed walnuts. Its texture is a combination of dots and nets, with drooping horns, such as the mane of a lion in front of the old yamen, hence the name. Its characteristics are short and steep tip, tight and square tail, wide and straight edge, orange color, fast sizing, fast magnetic hanging and good rubbing feeling. Most of them have double edges, thick lines, thin high piles and short piles. There are few mountainous areas in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi, and most of them grow naturally in mountainous areas. In recent years, the area of artificial cultivation has expanded, and new varieties of artificial grafting often appear.
B Tiger head: Tiger head is a good product for hand therapy and micro-carving walnuts. It is characterized by high pile height, large protrusions, uniform distribution, wide and straight ribs, dot-net texture, fast coloring and strong magnetic hanging, mainly dark brown. It is mostly produced in Hebei, Shanxi and western Tianjin.
C xianggong hat: also called xianggong hat. Because of its high double blades and low shape, it looks like a hat worn by Chinese people in Beijing opera, commonly known as "xianggong hat" It was the best walnut in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was monopolized by princes and nobles. With the development of the times and the change of people's aesthetic taste, this variety has become popular. However, shapes, colors and
D official hat (palace hat): Palace hat is a good hand treatment for walnuts. Named for its shape like the hat worn by Ming officials when they went to court. It is short and solemn, with a point grid, wide and straight edges, and blunt and round. According to insiders, there are few kinds of official hats, and emperors, queens and eunuchs in Ming and Qing dynasties play mostly. It has been rumored that the official hat is in hand and you can have whatever you want.
E-heart: this variety is heart-shaped and as small as heart-shaped, hence the name. There are three kinds of hearts on the market: large, medium and small. The color is orange-yellow, the grain is mainly dotted, the concave and convex are obvious, the ribs are high and low, the texture is hard and the sound is crisp. In particular, the heart-shaped heart is the main raw material of micro-carving. It has compact structure and high hardness.
F peach heart: named after the shape of autumn peach. It is bigger than a chicken's heart, and it has obvious bulges. The grain is irregular, the edge is wide and smooth, the tip is blunt, the tail is tight, and the top is similar to that of ordinary plates. The main producing areas are Hebei, Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Tianjin and other places. The heart of the peach is large, the bulge is high and the tail is flat, which is suitable for manual processing and micro-carving of walnuts.
G General Board: general board, also called general board. Its shape is round at the bottom, and both sides of the tip extend outward in parallel, such as the epaulettes worn by generals during the Northern Expedition, hence the name. This product has a unique shape, netted lines, two straight edges, a tight oval tail, a solid texture, a sound like metal collision, and a dark red color after long-term friction. Its producing areas are mostly in Shaanxi and Shanxi.
H toad head: toad head, also known as toad eye. Because two faces are like toad heads, eyes are prominent, looking straight ahead, playing with red and bright is generally more vivid, which makes people fondle it. This variety is large in size and dark in color, giving people a heavy and simple feeling. Because of its coarse texture and strong plasticity, it is a treasure in walnuts and a good material for micro-carving. Most of this variety is produced in walnuts.
1. Lohan head: Lohan head is divided into two types, one is a fine-grained Lohan head, and the other is a coarse-grained Lohan head. It is produced in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Its shape is mainly oval, because its edge is small and sharp, so it is named after the head of a monk. It is heavy, dark in color, crisp and sharp in sound, fast in sizing magnetization and straight down to the bottom of the water. Because the tip is small, it is mainly friction when playing.
J catalpa: Juglans mandshurica, also known as Juglans mandshurica or Juglans mandshurica, is widely distributed and abundant. It grows naturally in mountainous areas such as Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. There are about 30 varieties, ranging from one edge to nine edges Jiubian is a rare treasure.
K dice (dice-four-sided iron walnut): dice, also known as square walnut. Its shape is square, with four sides from the tail to the tip, and it is named after the dice people play. Dice is a kind of iron walnut, with peculiar shape, solemn dice and rare quantity. Mainly distributed in Hebei and Shaanxi. Because of its high requirements for soil, it is even more difficult to get a big one.
Lantern: Lantern is a common hand-processed walnut, named after its shape looks like a palace lantern in the Forbidden City. The lines are thin and long, and the protrusions are high and flat. In hand-processed walnuts, pressing, kneading and kneading are the main methods. There are large, small, tall and short pile lanterns in the market, which are mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Hebei, North China and other places.
M Hedgehog: Hedgehog, also known as Tribulus terrestris. The whole body is sharp, dotted, dark, sharp and long, so it is named after hedgehog. This kind of walnut is shaped like an egg, generally with eight edges, strict and tight tail, fast coloring and light weight. Pressure and binding are the main methods in hand treatment. Most of the producing areas are Sichuan and Tibet, and most of them grow in the deep mountains, with less artificial cultivation.
N Eagle Mouth (Walnut Eagle Mouth): Eagle Mouth is also called half of the country, also called partial moon. It is semicircular, lying flat in the palm of your hand and eating like an eagle's mouth, hence its name. This variety is favored by collectors because of its fast coloring, fast magnetic hanging and heavy color. Distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Shaanxi and other places.
O Guanyin (Buddha's belly, bird's beak): Guanyin, light brown, cracked, shallow lines, two edges from tail to top, bird's beak, hence the name. Guanyin is hard, heavy and easy to color. But the size is rare, mostly small and medium-sized varieties. In hand therapy, it is mainly pressing, pricking and rubbing. Produced in Shaanxi, Shanxi and Hebei.
P Scorpion: Scorpion is a kind of iron walnut. It is usually called a scorpion because it has a spike about 3 mm long on its tail. Deep lines, high bumps, deep colors, heavy weight and great friction. It is a good hand care product. Produced in Ningxia, Xinjiang and other places.
Q horseshoe: horseshoe, also known as buckle bell, is named after its flat tail, large base and shape like horseshoe. This product is unique in shape, high in protrusion, fast in coloring and sizing, hard in texture, wide and straight in rib, small and blunt in tip, and it is a good product for hand therapy, appreciation and micro-carving. Produced in Shaanxi, Shanxi and northern Hebei.
R Duckbill: Duckbill, also known as duck head, is a rare variety in the market today. Its shape is round and drooping, its grain is mainly reticulate, and its tip is long and flat, so it is named after the duckbill. Mostly produced in three northeastern provinces.
S chicken beak: chicken beak, also known as the head of a chicken. Named after the shape of a rooster's head. The lines are net-shaped, with high protrusions, wide but not prominent edges, straight and sharp, fast coloring and not easy to rotate. Produced in Northeast China, Beijing and Hebei.
T-shaped double stick (catamaran) double stick, also known as flying butterfly, is a variant of Juglans mandshurica in Changbai Mountain, which looks like twins, so it is called double stick. Its deep color, clear lines and lovely shape have always been a must-have for collectors. It is even more precious if there are two protrusions on the tip that miss the eyes. People in the industry call them twins or flying butterflies with eyes.
U willow leaf (arhat peach): willow leaf is a kind of walnut. It is named for its slender shape and slightly curved tip. The grain is mainly dot net, light brown, and the tail is flat and tight. This product is mainly ornamental. Mainly produced in Yanshan Mountains and northern Taihang Mountains.
V- Conjugation: Conjugation is a variant of iron walnut. Two walnuts grow horizontally together to form a double stick, and are arranged vertically to form a conjoined body. There are triplets and even quadruplets. It is mostly found in Taihang Mountain and Qinling Mountains.
W-wall shoes (to ward off evil spirits): Walnuts split along the edge, and there are two long holes on the back, which are shaped like shoes, so they are homophonic "to ward off evil spirits". Ancient soldiers went to the battlefield and hung them around their waists to keep them safe. You can also hold it in your hand to tie the degree, and you can also use it to scrape.
With the change of the times, the walnuts people play will also change, and the requirements for grades are getting higher and higher. Many people also have imported products and new varieties, such as:
A pineapple flower (Cycas) B kidney (Gleditsia sinensis) C American black walnut (Hericium erinaceus) D American canary E Indian spiny fern F Brazil ivory fruit G emerald walnut H wooden skillfully made chestnuts I rolling dragon balls. Peach, all from this, formed: eating walnuts to strengthen the brain, kneading walnuts to keep fit, and enjoying walnuts to nourish the heart.