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Matched Yunnan Iron Walnut Pair: Big Gem Hand Palm Massagers (41 x 38 mm) by ZenMu

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:16:02 -0400

55.00 USD

Gem like shaped walnut. Perfect for a person with mid sized hands. Great shape. Gem Box.

Size: 41 x 38 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

A short fiction for this item:
Find previous Chapters in other listings-

**Chapter III: Echoes of the Bronze Age (1046 BCE)**

**Whispers of Reincarnation**

In the waning days of the Shang Dynasty, Wu Geng often stood before the bronze ding鼎 in the ancestral temple, lost in thought. The vessel was adorned with ancient spiral patterns—cloud-thunder motifs that resembled the scales of some primordial beast. When moonlight spilled over the metal, those engravings seemed to come alive, swirling like a river before his eyes, murmuring secrets of the soul’s immortality.

"Reincarnation is like water in this cauldron," the old priest had told him. "It rises as mist, falls as rain, and always returns to the earth. The debts we owe will be repaid, one way or another."

**The Walnut’s Revelation**

One day, by the Yellow River, Wu Geng met Xiao He. She was neither noble nor slave, but a shepherdess from the northern grasslands, and around her neck hung an unusual walnut. Its surface was carved with the same spiral patterns as the ding.

"Passed down from my ancestors," she said, placing it in his palm. "They say it holds a memory."

The moment Wu Geng touched the walnut, visions flooded his mind—molten lava, dying beasts, two walnuts clinging together in fire. When he looked up, Xiao He was watching him, her eyes alight with something like recognition.

**The Circle of Karma**

Under the moon, they often studied the walnut together. Xiao He shared her people’s beliefs: "Souls are like migratory birds. They always return home. Words left unspoken in this life will find voice in the next."

When the Zhou army stormed the capital, Wu Geng did not choose martyrdom. He fled north with Xiao He and the walnut. Along the way, they buried it beneath a young ginkgo sapling—a rare tree in those lands, its leaves shaped, as Xiao He said, like "the footprints of ancient beasts."

"By the time this tree bears fruit," she laughed, "our souls may have already met again in new forms."

Years later, an old and silver-haired Wu Geng returned to find the ginkgo grown tall. He picked up a freshly fallen seed, split the fleshy rind, and inside were two tiny walnuts, their grooves a perfect match to the one they had buried.

The wind stirred the leaves, and in its sigh, he heard Xiao He’s laughter.

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Continue with Chapter IV in another listing.

Pair of Matched Fine Chinese Feng Shui 南疆石 Southern Stone Walnut II 40 x 41 mm Dark and Dense by ZenMu

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:07:36 -0400

55.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut (南疆石) The southern Stone. Dark and Dense.

40 mm (Wide) X 41 mm (Tall) Perfect match with nice smooth surface.

Perfect home decoration and gift choice.

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Feng Shui Walnuts: White Lion Flat XL (53 x 38 mm) by ZenMu

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:59:42 -0400

85.00 USD

53 mm (Wide) X 38 mm (Tall) Very fine shape and super dense smooth in hand. Perfect for XL hand. Fine Shape and supper smooth in hand. Eye Candy.

Perfect home decoration and gift choice.

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm. (see last pictrue of the a paragraph from original article in a local Beijing magazine, the Monthly Journal (Yue Bao), in 1937 under the title of ‘The Walnut Rubbing Chinese’)

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Walnut Half Kingdom 半壁小江山 : Feng Shui Display Pair with Flat Side (38 x 36mm) by ZenMu

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:57:35 -0400

55.00 USD

Two makes one. Abnormal shaped walnuts with flat side - Half Kingdom Shaped 38x 36 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

A Short Story for the item:
Part I-
**I. The Twilight of the Cretaceous (65 Million Years Ago)**

Alpha tasted fear in the air. The Tyrannosaurus stood atop a cliff shrouded in volcanic ash, her golden eyes locked on the limping Triceratops below. Omega's labored breathing sent puffs of steam into the sulfurous air, her turquoise blood painting abstract patterns across the basalt.

Then came the sound - a dry, wooden *crack* from the ginkgo tree above.

Two fossilized walnuts, preserved in resin for millennia, chose this moment to break free. The first struck Alpha's brow ridge with the precision of a cosmic joke. The second bounced off Omega's frill before settling in the volcanic dust between them.

For one impossible instant, predator and prey stared at the walnuts. Alpha recognized the spiral grooves - they mirrored the pattern of galaxies she sometimes saw reflected in waterholes. Omega sniffed the air, catching the faintest scent of something impossibly ancient buried within the petrified shells.

The earth chose that moment to split open.

As lava fountained around them, Alpha's last conscious act was to hook a claw around one walnut, dragging it with her into the molten abyss. Omega, with her dying strength, rolled the twin fruit beneath her belly, shielding it with her body.

The walnuts sank together through layers of liquid fire, their shells blackening but never burning. Deep in the mantle, pressure fused them into a single stone that would wait 65 million years to be found by human hands.

Somewhere in the firestorm, Alpha's consciousness flickered with a final thought: *These will remember us.*

Continue with Part II in another listing.

Matched Chinese Feng Shui Walnuts: Dragon Imprint Shape VII (44 x 40 mm) by ZenMu

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:53:54 -0400

65.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut (Dragon Imprint Shape ).

44 mm (Wide) X 40mm (Tall) Very fine shape and super dense smooth in hand. Perfect for medium and small hand. Fine Shape and supper smooth in hand. Solid and dense.

Perfect home decoration and gift choice.

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm. (see last pictrue of the a paragraph from original article in a local Beijing magazine, the Monthly Journal (Yue Bao), in 1937 under the title of ‘The Walnut Rubbing Chinese’)

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Scholar Walnuts, Feng Shui Home Decor Tall Promotion (39 x64 mm XL Qiuzi Pair) by ZenMu

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:52:48 -0400

65.00 USD

A pair of Matched Fine Chinese Walnut (Dong Bei QiuZI 1)

33 mm (Wide) X 65 mm (Tall)

Very fine shape, the taller walnut is a symbol for prospority, growth and promotion. Hand picked by ZENMU for private collection.

Perfect home decoration and gift choice.

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Scholar Walnuts, Feng Shui Home Decor Tall Promotion (39 x64 mm XL Pair) by ZenMu

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:51:51 -0400

65.00 USD

A pair of Matched Fine Chinese Walnut (Dong Bei QiuZI 2)

38 mm (Wide) X 64 mm (Tall)

Very fine shape, the taller walnut is a symbol for prospority, growth and promotion. Hand picked by ZENMU for private collection.

Perfect home decoration and gift choice.

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Matched Chinese Walnut Pair Bird 33 (40 x 38 mm) by ZenMu

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:45:51 -0400

65.00 USD

Bird 33 is a special pair with unique shape. Carefully pressed by walnut farmer artisanship and creativity when growing.

Size: 40 x 38 mm

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm.

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Five Faces Nepal Rudraksha 18 Beads Hand Held Mala 22 MM Bead Size by ZenMu

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:23:29 -0400

55.00 USD

A meditation bracelet made by 12 beads of Nepal rudraksha 5 faces XLarge 23 mm beads with meat ball shape.

Guru bead is made by a nice brown color cylindrical agate.

Bead size is 23 mm and all well cleaned by hand brush.

Matched Chinese Feng Shui Walnuts: Little White Lion (33 x 29 mm) Mini by ZenMu

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:30:57 -0400

55.00 USD

A pair of Matched Chinese Walnut (White Lion Small).

33 mm (Wide) X 29 mm (Tall) Very fine shape and super dense smooth in hand. Perfect for medium and small hand. Fine Shape and supper smooth in hand. Heroic look.

Perfect home decoration and gift choice.

Why walnut?
Once popular toys in China’s imperial court, walnuts — which when rotated in one’s palm are thought to stimulate blood circulation — are making a comeback among the wealthy, some of whom see them as not only a way to spend their cash, but also as a distinctly Chinese status symbol.

Walnut playing has 2,000 years of history in China. The trend first emerged in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) and became very popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Among the upper levels of society, a pair of good collectible walnuts was a symbol of taste and social rank. Many noble people collected top walnuts and gave them to members of the imperial families to show their greetings and faithfulness.

Is this the walnut used for food source?
No, this type of walnut has the thickest shell with no meat inside and is not used as food source.

Collection and value?
Similar to the fact that there are no identical snow flakes exist in nature, get two identical walnuts as pair is almost impossible. Therefore, walnut collectors are obsessed with pairs shares high similarities (pattern, height, wideness, base). In addition, like other seed like beads from nature, it will develop a shinning coating and become very smooth as you play it in your hand each day. Antique walnut has very high trading value and are perfect for artistic home decoration.

Below is a paragraph beautifully written by German Sinologist Ernst Cordes in 1937, as he come across a Chinese gentleman in Beijing who carried himself in a noble manner with a pair of walnut in his palm. (see last pictrue of the a paragraph from original article in a local Beijing magazine, the Monthly Journal (Yue Bao), in 1937 under the title of ‘The Walnut Rubbing Chinese’)

“Yes, it can function as cultivating your soul.” He repeated the phrase, while pointed his forehead as if there exists the secret of soul. “ The slow motion, the rhythm of rubbing walnuts makes one’s spirit feel relaxed and comfortable. When I feel exhausted, unhappy, and the worrisome ideas catch up with me, depriving me the rest I need, I’d always pick up this pair of walnuts. Look, I rub them in this way: tender, smoothly, slowly, with complete focuses poured onto the two walnuts. Therefore I throw out any mundane problems above the sky. When you rub the walnuts for many hours, you’d feel a slight stinging sensation on your palm. Following that, the stinging sensation would climb up to your shoulder, and finally you’d feel as if your brain is given a massage by a woman with her tender hands. This would make all your worries go away. Both your mind and body would be bathed in a limitless feeling of relief. You would feel the comforting sensation of relaxation as if you just took a hot bath. Oh this thing of walnuts is a real magic of massaging your soul ….”

Please feel free to ask me any questions.