Zisha pottery is one of the traditional ceramic arts in China, with a long history and rich cultural connotations. Zisha pottery originated in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, China, and has a history of several hundred years. Yixing Zisha pottery enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad for its unique shape, technology and quality, and is known as "the hometown of ceramics in China".
The origin of purple sand pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, but the real prosperity began in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, Yixing was rich in purple sand mineral resources and the local handicraft industry was developed, which became a favorable condition for the development of purple sand pottery. On the basis of local handicraft industry, ceramists have been experimenting and innovating, and gradually formed a series of mature production technologies and technological processes, thus creating unique purple sand pottery.
Manufacture of purple sand pottery
The production process of purple sand pottery is very complicated, which needs to go through many processes, including material selection, kneading, carving, firing and so on. Among them, the selection of materials is very important. Purple mud ore should choose raw materials with high purity, good viscosity and fine texture.
In the production process, ceramists need to flexibly use various techniques and tools according to the different requirements of their works, such as carving, drawing, painting, cutting, pressing, pinching, pulling and extruding, so as to make the clay blank lifelike and expressive. Finally, the ceramist sends the made works to the kiln for firing to ensure their quality and beauty.
Purple sand pottery technology not only has profound cultural heritage in China, but also has been highly recognized internationally. From 65438 to 0986, China Zisha pottery was exhibited at Hamburg International Ceramic Art Exhibition for the first time, which attracted worldwide attention. Since then, the status of China Zisha pottery in the international ceramic world has been continuously improved, and it has become one of the important representatives of China culture going to the world.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Zisha Pottery.