Analysis on the Historical Role and Significance of Purple Clay Teapot and Its Inscription Decoration
Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Chinese tea culture is rich in content with a long history, and as an ancient Chinese philosophical thought, the tea-culture-based "teaism" spirit is also keeping pace with the times under development and innovation.Tea set is an important content of Chinese teaism, and as a traditional tea set, the purple clay teapot has its own unique and irreplaceable characteristics: (1) The iron-rich purple clay material will generate numerous pores in the firing process, which enables the tea set possessed of both heat and freshness retaining properties and ensures that the tea or foam in purple clay teapot would not go bad after days of storage.This is the advantage that metal container, porcelain and other ceramics do not have.(2) Upon natural weathering and artificial selection, the purple clay teapot has possessed strong plasticity, which ensures that all purple clay teapots, no matter plain geometrical ones or fancy ones, are able to excellently represent the authors' thoughts and unique aesthetic appreciation.Pottery makers in Yixing had made further development based on the shape of bronze and porcelain wares, while masterpieces of masters including
Author: Hongshan Chen
Institution: Henan University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2079685982