{"id":44070,"date":"2026-04-13T08:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44070"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:52:37","slug":"turning-walnuts-into-jade-tiktok-instagram-go-nuts-over-ancient-chinese-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44070","title":{"rendered":"Turning walnuts into \u2018jade\u2019? TikTok, Instagram go nuts over ancient Chinese tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/10\/1cef1885-aed8-4b02-9b20-ffd04a67d0a9_ea9b2b17.jpg?itok=uQNRix-D&amp;v=1775815806\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Walnuts have been setting social media ablaze \u2013 no, really.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">TikTok and Instagram users have been trying to \u201cturn walnuts into jade\u201d by rhythmically twirling two walnuts in one hand until the nuts take on a polished, jade-like texture.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">An Instagram reel shared on March 31 by Jessie Jacobson (@growithjessie), who is experimenting with hand-rolling her walnuts and putting another two in a rock tumbler, has more than 8 million views to date.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">It is the latest iteration of the \u201c<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Chinamaxxing<\/span>\u201d or \u201c<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Becoming Chinese<\/span>\u201d trend, where Western users adopt \u2013 ironically or sincerely \u2013 Chinese lifestyle habits, fashion and wellness practices.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The nuts in question are called Wenwan walnuts (\u201cplay walnuts\u201d in Chinese), or collectable walnuts, a cherished artefact with Chinese roots dating back to the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Han dynasty<\/span> (206BC-AD220).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/chinese-culture\/article\/3349592\/turning-walnuts-jade-tiktok-instagram-go-nuts-over-ancient-chinese-tradition?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walnuts have been setting social media ablaze \u2013 no, really. TikTok and Instagram users have been trying to \u201cturn walnuts into jade\u201d by rhythmically twirling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5434,107,729,20426,1855,375,5408,6213,20425],"class_list":["post-44070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-ancient","tag-chinese","tag-instagram","tag-jade","tag-nuts","tag-tiktok","tag-tradition","tag-turning","tag-walnuts","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}