recently acquired an old walking stick with chinese stamps burned into the wood of the

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Recently acquired an old walking stick with Chinese stamps burned into the wood of the stick. Was told that each stamp represented a different watchtower of the Great Wall. As you walked the Great Wall, it was the tradition to mark your progress by having a stamp branded into your walking stick at each tower. Does anyone have information about this practice?  Thanks.

Mr.Robert · Answer

Hi,bob! I'm interested in this walking stick. But I can not totally catch up, so can you explain how the Chinese stamps burned into the wood of the stick? Sounds very complicated. Thanks

Mr.Bob · Answer

We're trying to find out the information ourselves. It's a wooden walking stick, about 4ft. 8 in. long, about 7/8 in. wide, cut into an octagonal shape. It has ten circles with chinese characters within the circular marks and one longer rectangle and one fish-shaped mark. There are also numbers included within some of the circles. All of these marks have been burned or pressed into the wood of the stick. I've been told that each brand mark was put into the stick at a different tower along the Great Wall. That's all the information I have, but would be interested to know if anyone else has a similar walking stick or has heard of this tradition.

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