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The social influence of Chinese tea culture is mainly reflected in Confucian thought, while its aesthetic viewpoint, skills and practical spirit are mainly influenced by Taoist thought.The Taoist School and...

The inscriptions of Yixing purple clay teapots are differ in thousands ways. It is quite difficult to do research on this. There is no inscription in early period of purple...

The essential mineral of Zisha pugs are rock quartz, mica,clay and hematite, etc, they formed a symbiotic crumb structure. During the firing process, further formed the double stomatal structure. This...

The decoration of purple clay teapot The decorative crafts is the extreme important method of raising the traditional porcelain quality and art values. Especially for the Yixing Zisha teapots, it...

About the deduction of traditional ceramic arts should be the considerative integrant elements of contemporary potters and ceramists. In contemporary art as the background, not to be restricted by the...

Taoists, who were called immortals, paid great attention to preserving their health. They believed that tea could ensure good health and a long life. The immortals deified the Taoist ideas,...

The book of Records of Famous Teapots in Yangxian said, "Dong Han,started to make the Ling-flower pattern ware, and they were exquisite already". What is Ling-flower? It is a kind...

Many categories of bamboo in Yixing such as moso bamboo, pale bamboo, hard bamboo, orange bamboo,etc. People always thought plant bamboo was better than plant some flowers in the old...

It is not common of eight-sides square wares in the purple clay square teapots. Most of them are inequilateral eight-sides ware. * Low eight-sides tea sets, modem times, Shen Xiaolu...

The rectangle teapots take much more proportions of the purple clay square teapot, the common style included the rectangle fighting teapot, high rectangle teapot, compressed rectangle teapot,etc. Changes still exist...

* Six-sides Dabin teapot, Wanli Period in Ming Dynasty, Shi Dabin made. It unearthed with an inscription noted it belonging to the tomb of Wanli next 44 years Period in...