Teapot: Tea with nourishment

Teapot cognition, interpretation from a practical point of view - teapot is a stomach, raising tea.

With regard to the wonders of the teapot, the dynasties did not know how many people had compiled many legends, nor did they know how many people wrote poems. According to my combing and induction, the wonderful things of the teapot are mainly reflected in the following three aspects:

The first is the smell of fragrant. There are many utensils that can make tea, such as copper pots, tin pots, stone pots, jade pots, porcelain pots, and so on. Many people, especially the old tea visitors, are invariably the first choice for teapots. Naturally there are reasons.

As the saying goes: Water is the mother of tea and the pot is the father of tea. For the gestation and formation of tea soup, the role of the pot can not be ignored. After several identifications and comparisons of the dynasties, tea visitors finally discovered that the teapot has the ability to develop the color, fragrance, and taste of the tea soup to the utmost.

Wen Zhenheng of the Ming Dynasty was not only a cultural celebrity, but also a "hardcore" tea guest. He wrote a book called "Long Story." The "long" person is also redundant. Ancient literati often use "long objects", also known as "excessive artifacts", to refer to things that they think they can't discard most. In "Long Things", Wen Zhenheng wrote: "The pot is made of sand, and neither the lid nor the soup is cooked." The implication is: Use a teapot to make tea, with a strong taste. Aroma is positive. Zisha pot, no glazed inside and outside, always "upside down." Therefore, a well-to-do teapot, even when it is not in use, emits a faint smell of tea.

Followed by anti-corrosion. Compared to other materials, purple sand has the characteristics of "permeability without leakage". The so-called "permeability without leakage" means that it has good air permeability, but it does not leak water. this point is very important. To give an example of not necessarily appropriate, a pair of leather gloves, you are wearing a day, and will not sweat. However, if it is artificial leather, it will become wet when it is worn for a long time. Because of the material of artificial leather, it does not have the characteristics of "permeability without leakage". The teapots made of "purple but not leaking" purple clay have anti-corrosion and anti-corrosion functions.

It is said that this wonderful function was first discovered by an old carpenter. A long time ago, there was an old carpenter who had forgotten the teapot he carried with him on the girder of the Tripitaka when he was building a temple. The project was over and the scaffolding was removed. The old carpenter remembered this. So he thought many ways. It took him a few days to finally climb the beam of the Tripitaka floor and retrieve the teapot. But what surprised him was that the water in the pot was still not there yet. At the time of the midsummer, not to mention a few days, that is, one day, the tea soup will degenerate. As a result, people have known that the teapot has the magical function of "not making tea in the winter and not making tea in the tea in the summer."

The third is the change of light. Zisha pot making mud, commonly known as "colored soil." Many people believe that sand pots made from "colored soil" are spiritual. During the firing process, the purple clay will constantly change its color as the furnace temperature increases. As Wu Meiding of the Qing Dynasty put it: “The kiln of Qiu Qi is a unique name.” Zisha jug will also change its color during use. A teapot, as long as you carefully nurture, it will continue to change its light and color with the passage of time. Eventually, it will become a "jumbo" and a surprise for collectors and users. .

Just because the teapot has three flavors of fragrant flavor, anti-corrosion, anti-corruption, and color change, the famous celebrity Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty wrote this comment in the article “Miscellaneous”. In sand (nothing is more wonderful than a teapot). The finest of pots (the most precious pots of gold) is nothing more than Yangshuo (now Yixing). It is known to everyone." The teapots of the world are mostly produced in the same place. One place is Dingshu Town in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province. The rich Jiangnan small town is located between Dingshan and Laoshan, hence the name. Since the Song Dynasty, there has been a world of pottery that “every family has made billets and households have mud.” According to the ancients, people in the town of Dingshuo said, "The food and clothing needed are only for the pottery industry." This means that all the food and clothing are dependent on the pottery craftsmanship. For more than 600 years, thousands of skilled craftsmen have been leisurely pondering and silently passing on and striving to show off their secret pot skills.

The raw material for the teapot is not ordinary earth, but a hard, rare ore. The kind of ore, there is no place in the world. Only the caves around Dingmao Town have enjoyed the reputation of “gold in the mud” and “mine in the mine”. There have been foreigners, including some Japanese, trying to make teapots from the mud in their hometowns. The results have all failed. The kind of rare ore, after weathering, crushing and forming the purple clay mud has ordered, high density of pores, and these mysterious air holes are just the material basis to ensure that the teapot has a variety of wonderful functions.

The Chinese nation is a group of people who love to drink tea. As the saying goes: “Opening the door for seven things, chai vinegar and salt sauce vinegar tea.” There is another version of this saying, called: “Literati seven treasures, poetry and poetry tea.” Regardless of saying “seven things,” or Talking about "Seven Pieces of Poems", there is always a "tea". Many old tea guests think: "I would rather have no food on the day, not a day without tea." Qianlong emperor tea addiction such as life, even opened such a gold mouth: "The DPRK can not be a day without a king, the king can not have a day without tea. "Famously said: "Good horses are equipped with good saddles and good teas are served with good pots." In China, where good tea is produced, it is a natural thing for Chinese people who love good tea to have a good teapot.

From an aesthetic point of view - teapot is a work of raising eyes and raising heart.

Yixing's Zisha pottery, which originated in the Song Dynasty, matured in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty, has a history of more than 600 years. Compared with other handcraft techniques, the most distinctive feature of the purple clay pottery is that it adopts a rare and magical clay material, and does not use any mold. It does whatever it takes to create a tea set. The result of this unique manual technique is that each pot is unique. A large amount of literature and history information tells us that many literati, such as Su Dongpo, Zheng Banqiao, Li Yueng, Dong Qichang, etc., are all lovers of tea. Many officials and politicians, such as the Emperor Qianlong, Hong Li, Zhang Zhidong, Governor of the two rivers, Lin Lin, and Yu Deyou, the dean of the examinations, are also people who love pots. To say that people love potters in the present, there is no way to say it. I can only say "abound everywhere, too numerous to mention". Why do many people love Zishahu? My experience is: If you use pot as a friend, your temperament can be cultivated, and character can get **. If you use pot as a friend, your spirit can be sublimated and your soul can be soothed. The teapot blends poetry, books, paintings, and prints into one, and you can attach your favorite poems, calligraphy, paintings, and seals to the top. A cultured teapot can give comfort to your soul.

The cultural connotation of the teapot is from the cultural point of view – the teapot is the carrier of traditional Chinese culture.

First of all, the teapot has reached an excellent agreement with the ancient five-line theory of yin and yang. Ancient ancestors believed that the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth were the foundation of all things. As early as in the Western Weekend, there was the saying that "the five elements were mixed and mixed into one thing." Zisha used as a teapot, commonly known as colored earth, corresponds to the five elements. In the mud of the teapot, there is water, soil, and gold sand; in the process of firing sand pots, wood and fire are used. Therefore, a teapot is exactly the crystallization of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Many people think that holding the five elements and colors in their hands and arms in their arms is the essence of holding everything and carrying a big world. Therefore, I feel particularly steadfast in my heart.

The thinker of the Western Weekend, Yang Yang thinks: Yin and Yang reconcile, everything grows. Loss of yin and yang, chaos in the world. Lao Tzu also said: "All things are negative and hold the sun." The utensils of the teapot are both "negative yin" and "possessing yang." In any teapot, we can see the symbol of Yin and the symbol of Yang. We can see the combination of feminine and masculine. In daily utensils, what else can be so natural, from beginning to end, reflect the philosophical ideas of yin and yang? Holding such a teapot in her hand and holding it in her arms is of course meaningful and connotative.

Secondly, Zisha Hu and Confucianism, Taoism, and family culture have achieved a perfect fusion. If we say that the wine culture has a romantic color and the tea culture has the tone of realism, then what characteristics does the purple sand culture have? In my opinion, the distinctive feature of the purple sand culture is to promote a rational and flexible inclusiveness from beginning to end. Zisha culture is open-minded and never goes to extremes; Therefore, whether it is Confucianism or Taoism, whether it is a monk or a lay monk, you can find emotional support and spiritual homeland in the world of teapot.

The core concept of Confucianism is the golden mean. Cheng Song, a scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, believes: “Indefinitely speaking, it is not easy to refer to mediocrity.” For the purple artistes, especially for the production of “glossy” zisha artists, “unbiased”, “uneasy”, “nothing is wrong” And" is exactly what they have always pursued. In the use of color, the purple artist pays attention: "Purple is not squeaky, red is not squatting, green is not tender, yellow is not petite, ash is not dark, black is not ink." ?

Taoism respects nature and adopts nature. "People are legal, heaven is heaven, heaven is real, and Tao is natural." Nature is at the highest level. Taoist pursuit of "the fun of the secluded field" and "thinking about leisurely life" advocated "a clean and untouched, inactionless, clean and natural environment." In the period of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, this ideology became a mode of life that reclusively concealed the mountains and forests, traced the horizons, was unrestrained, unfathomable, and excelled in the pursuit of spiritual freedom. For the purple sand artists, especially for the production of "flower goods" Zisha artists, advocating nature, natural law, highlighting the pastoral elegance, spiritual freedom, it is their unswerving pursuit. As far as I know, many zisha artists are happy to live in the countryside and are reluctant to move to the cities. In order to experience idyllic fun, the picture is to facilitate the natural law.

The Buddhist family pays special attention to fate and believes that everything is born of cause. Everything is empty except for cause. The first teapot in China, known as the "tree pod pot," was born in the Jinsha Temple in the Holy Land of Buddha, and the master of the spring of the Ming Dynasty (Jing dynasty, Jiade Dynasty, Jiangsu Yixing Sand Craft Potter) was the master of the sands. Is also a monk in the temple. It seems that the teapot is associated with the Buddhist family. The Buddhist family believes that "Buddha's body is constant, Buddha's nature is me, and all sentient beings have buddha's nature." As long as "anything goes right and you get confused," you can "simply realize Buddhahood."

However, how can all living beings and mortals get the "Epiphany"? Many monks think that "tea to go" is one of the paths. Mr. Zhao Puchu once said: “The seven bowls are very tasty, and a pot is really interesting. It's better to eat tea when it is empty.” This means that instead of guarding hundreds of Scripture books in vain, it’s not as good as Go for tea. The one that most people sculpted on the teapot was exactly the “tea to go”. “Eating tea to go” seems to be a veritable sentence. It is actually a Zen language. It contains a secret message, and contains a doorway for people to think through things and gain insights.

In summary, the teapot is an art work with high cultural content. It is unique, came into being, and perfectly realized the combination of daily home and art play; it took root among the people, admired the literature, and reached an excellent agreement with the ancient “five-line theory”, “view of yin and yang”, and “civilian vision”. It is open-minded, full of sea and rivers, and it has achieved perfect integration with traditional cultures such as Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Therefore, since the Ming Dynasty, the teapot has been favored and sought after by the world's tea lovers, especially the literati.

Teapot tasting, appreciation This is a topic of opinion. As the saying goes, "The beholder's eyes come out of the West." I like pots. You don't necessarily like them too. In the same way, your special baby pot, I do not necessarily think it is the best. Therefore, it is difficult for people to establish an absolute objective and absolute justification system for the teapot.

Now let's talk to everyone about the few points you need to pay attention to in appreciation of the teapot. Old artists often say: There is no way to make a pot, but there is a radius in the pot. What they say is about the rules of the pot. It is the basic principle of making pots and rewarding pots. The late master of art and art Mr. Gu Jingzhou thought that a good teapot should be "shaped, deity, spirit, and state." "Form" refers to the shape, mainly refers to the outline and surface of the teapot; "God" refers to the verve, refers to the spirit of the teapot; "qi" refers to the temperament, and the use of the teapot, the color and the coordination of various components, coordination "State" refers to the attitude, involving the size of the teapot, height, weight, rigidity, hardness and softness. Mr. Gu believes that these four aspects can be "a truly perfect good work" if they can be "unified." Another master of arts and crafts, Mr. Xu Xiujin, believes: “Teaching is a good thing.” “Li” mainly refers to the principle of things; “interesting” mainly refers to the interest of love. The so-called "community" is to be practical, easy to use, and use. It is necessary to be reasonable in terms of the size of the volume, the height of the body, the twists and turns of the spout, and the design of each component. The so-called "interesting" is to have fun, elegant, and interesting. Interestingly, boring is down; interest is high and interest is low. A teapot with both reasonable and interesting tastes can meet the dual needs of daily homes and temperament.

For the appreciation of the teapot, I also have a little thought and experience. My appreciation standard is: A good quality teapot should have four characteristics: First, it must look good, so that you will love it at first; Second, it will make you look and make you never get tired of it; Third, it means something that makes you feel good. It cannot be said; the fourth is fate, which makes you feel particularly concerned.

The so-called good-looking, is to seize the eye, to be outstanding, to be in the terracotta jug in the forest in general, refined and coquettish collar, so that people never forget, at first sight. What needs to be pointed out in particular is that eye-catching is not eye-catching and superiority is not out of place. The kind of works that attempt to snatch everyone's eyeballs through strange shapes and bizarre decorations are visually tempting, but because they are too fancy, it is impossible to seize the eye.

The so-called "see-through" is to stand up to the careful look and repeated look. Some of the pots, at first glance, were heart-rending, and they looked a little rough. Today, they look at the flowers, and they look at it tomorrow. Excellent artwork is full of charm and soul. Whether it is possible to condense the elegant purple sand soul in the works is the most demanding and test for the purple sand artists. Therefore, in order to meet the standards of seeing and seeing, it is not only required that the authors have connotation and creativity in the design concept, but also that every detail must be done flawlessly, and every procedure must be perfect.

The so-called meaningful means that the work is ideological, philosophical, intriguing and interesting. The high-level thoughts, philosophy, mysteries, and tastes often have unclear and unclear characteristics. Lao Tzu’s “Tao Road, Road, Road, Name, Name,” reveals this feature. Tao Yuanming's "There is a true meaning in this, and you want to discern what you have forgotten," describes this phenomenon. For those who can't tell clearly and unclear ideas, philosophies, mysteries, and tastes, people often call it "magic" in a unified way. Miao is a kind of realm, a kind of heavenly interest, a kind of aesthetic feeling that makes people feel endless and beautiful. Therefore, if a teapot can make people feel wonderful, it must be a fine pot, purple sand.

The so-called fate is that when you leave it, you always miss it. Its appearance, its shadow, is always shaking in front of your eyes. This article is particularly important and my latest experience. The pot that you are particularly concerned about is not generally a mistake. If you don't buy it, your heart will always feel uncomfortable and your days will not be happy. When you made up your mind to get ready to buy it, it was already bought by others.

The making process of teapot is China's outstanding intangible cultural heritage. This heritage, this wealth, belongs to you and belongs to me, and belongs to us all. We should learn more about the history, current status and future of Zisha pot art. Conditional friends may wish to replace the plastic cups, pickles bottles, and “**” cups in their homes and offices with the teapots to fully appreciate the charm of the teapot. I believe that with a teapot that I love, even if I live in an impetuous, sturdy, materialistic society, our lives will surely become calm, rich, and elegant!

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