Walnut carving on the East Coast is a traditional folk handicraft, which is popular in Chaizhuang, Dasuzhuang, Xiaosuzhuang and Xiaoyuanzhuang in Dongan Township, Shangcai County. Dongan Township is located in the northeastern border of Shangcai County, bordering Julie Township in the west, Hanzhai Township in the south and Shangshui County across the river in the north. The town has a long history and a prosperous market. It is a large collection in the northeast of Shangcai County, close to Shangshui County, and an important post station on the road from Zhoukou to Runingfu in the past. Convenient traffic conditions and superior geographical environment promote the development of walnut carving technology industry on the east coast.

The carving technology of peach kernel on the east coast originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and has a history of more than 300 years. According to the memories of local old artists, it was the early Qing Dynasty, and the carving technology of walnuts on the east coast had begun to take shape. In 1930s and 1940s, every household, men, women and children, headed by Chai Zhuang, made peach stone carving skills, and the industrial development reached its peak, which continued to develop after the reform and opening up. In recent years, the technology keeps pace with the times, the peach stone carving technology is dead, and there is a new machine for revival.

There are many kinds of peach stone carving crafts on the east coast, except the earliest carved "peach buckle" crafts such as ancient money, honeycomb, monkey head, silk coil, longevity, poems and riddles; Since then, the production scope has been continuously expanded, and bracelets, peach hearts, peach gourds, peach seals, hydrangeas, beads, zodiac, peach wooden swords, peach wooden knives, peach stone lanterns and so on have been processed and produced on a large scale. According to the fineness of workmanship and the complexity of categories, the number of people handling 300 or 400 per day varies. The process of carving peach stones on the east coast needs to go through many processes such as soaking, cleaning, coloring, polishing, drying, drilling, polishing and processing. The raw materials for this process mainly come from Tongbai Mountain and South Taihang Mountain.

Peach stone carvings on the East Coast are exquisite in craftsmanship, durable, inexpensive, not only used for people's psychological needs of "avoiding evil spirits and eliminating disasters", but also beautiful in shape and diverse in patterns. The patterns are diverse, delicate and realistic, and have certain practical and aesthetic value. This product is not only sold in this province, but also exported to Northeast China, Guangdong and Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong and other provinces, and exported to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States through Yiwu, which is deeply loved by Chinese and Westerners all over the world.