Yixing, Jiangsu Province, a long history of pottery, sophisticated products, is the famous pottery. According to legend, the founder of the Yixing pottery industry is more than 2400 years ago, the Spring and Autumn Period more doctor Fan Li, he help Goujian to perish Wu Gou is only fair-weather Zhuer, so with his family came to the Jiangsu Yixing Ding the mountain seclusion down, and here began Ceramics, the pottery industry flourished, therefore, Fan Li potters dedicated to the founder of the pottery industry, known as the “Tao Zhu. According to archaeological discoveries, some 5000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, the ancestors of the Yixing region has been the invention of pottery. They have produced a geometric stamped hard pottery and primitive celadon system Taozhuan Cheng steady stream until the fine Yixing pottery.
Teapot Yixing Pottery “the most famous boutique, it is unrivaled in the world, renowned in the world. This is entirely due to the Yixing purple clay resources. History contains: from tomorrow and until the early Qing Dynasty, where the the Yixing system, Taigu hard and firm, color Run light. This mud deep in the lithosphere, is a natural colored clay, can be described as Yixing specialty. The argillaceous has good plasticity, without adding with other chemical raw materials, good ventilation, without glazing that is flat and smooth, coupled with the appearance of dignified, calm color, texture, and particles of the United States and many other advantages, in fact, the production of the finest teapot material. Qing Dynasty poet Wang Wenbo praise purple clay: “Human bead Yasutari the take, not at Yangxian a pill soil.”
Purple clay pottery in the ingenuity of the hands of the artist, it is changing the mix, all kinds of wonderful teapot, teapot surface, also has mountains, water, birds, insects, characters, calligraphy, illustrated, described as wonderful workmanship. Compact design teapot not only has a strong practical, but also have high artistic pot poetry, painting, have fun, and even the soul. From the two mud to a pot, in the process, completely independently produced by individuals. How system what kind of pot, the so-called common pot see, for example, to the wise of heart potter, a pot is one of the world. The ancient tea drinkers teapot regarded as the first of the world tea, Jane with arch Bi, the bead.
Speaking of the Teapot best, I must also mention popular for the spring the maker and Drymaria toad pot. According to legend, created by the famous Ming Dynasty teapot artists for the spring. Born poor for spring, talented, hard working hands and feet in worship the pottery master old monk as a teacher not the case, do everything possible to study carefully. His old monk made the size of the pot like silent plotted figure, his side DIY, groping experience. Finally made: the expensive, resembles the peach QiuZhi the knots, old Emotion; spout and pot has sprig configuration, naturalness; expensive, both sides of the heap to the Peach Blossom in full bloom and slender peach leaf, vivid, several may be spurious; matched Yixing primary colors for spring maker of elegant simplicity, creating a new style of purple craft. Someone exclaim: “for a spring small pot, used for decades, value Jin Wat.” For the spring pot “historical records to become the first batch of teapot rarity for spring is the first one found records Teapot famous artists.
