The earthenware pot of Yixing, from Yixing city of Jiangsu Province, is made from Yixing violet arenaceous mud. It is a unique handicraft of pottery made by hand in China. It has a history of more than 500 years. Because of its unique artistic value and practical value, it is deeply loved by Chinese and foreign people.
The earthenware pot of Yixing is exquisitely crafted by craftsmen through several processes. It’s flat and smooth in appearance, simple and elegant in color. Craftsmen’s ingenuity could be seen from this pots which are too wonderful for thoughts. Different artists have created a variety of earthenware pots with different styles, such as simple but solid or smooth and soft, elegant and refined or approachable. The rich variety of pot types is also intriguing.
Chinese people love tea for a long time. The earthenware pot and tea are a perfect match. The tea soup made from the earthenware pot is more fragrant, which leads a person to endless aftertastes. Even pouring boiling water into the empty pot, there will be a faint fragrance of tea. The longer the pot is used for making tea, the more elegant the color of the pot will become.
In the past more than 500 years, the handicraftsmen of the earthenware pot have come forth in large numbers. In modern times, with the continuous innovation of the artistic concept and the diversification of the technology, the creation of earthenware pot of Yixing is more flexible, and some pots different from the traditional earthenware pots have emerged, attracting more modern people to love it.
