Historical records of canned crickets
In ancient times, cricket was raised in porcelain pots, but in modern times, mud pots are generally used. "Notes on Bone Dong" said: "Clean the mud inkstone, sew silk bags and put fenshui, and then take it out every year. Those with fine sand and mud are already solid bags, and pottery is inkstone, so the water will not dry up. " Clay pots are like inkstones. Fine and moist, good air permeability and moderate water permeability. The inner and outer walls of the pot are smooth and do not hurt the whiskers of the cricket. Compared with porcelain pots, jade pots, stone pots, cages and gourds, it is more suitable for crickets to survive. Canned crickets can be roughly divided into Beijing-flavored canned crickets in the north and Su-flavored canned crickets in the south. There are round cans, square cans, hexagonal cans, octagonal cans, bamboo cans and pumpkin cans. There are flat cover, seat cover and flashing light cover, which are divided into eyes and eyes; The bottom has a flat bottom and a concave bottom; Foot shapes include round foot, animal foot, three-legged to six-legged and so on. The best in the cricket jar, the essence of clay refining, is no less than famous porcelain, purple sand and other works of art, which have survived to this day and are precious. Cricket jars made in Zhang Wanli in the late Ming Dynasty and Zhao Ziyu in the Qing Dynasty are the rarest and most valuable. For example, the cricket jar made in Zhao Ziyu during the Kangxi period in the Qing Dynasty was made of clay, light as mung beans, delicate and regular, smooth and delicate, and the jar was made of very solid and flat rammed earth. There is a rectangular Yin He with double lines written by Yang Wenkai in the cover, and the words "Jade Made in Ancient Zhao Yan" are written in a round and neat font. Outside the bottom, there is a rectangular double-line printed box of Yang Wen, and there are six characters of Yang Wenkai's book "Kangxi Year of Qing Dynasty" in the box. The jar is packed in a blue cloth box with a red paper label on the outside, which shows that it is one of the precious famous products carefully made by Zhao Ziyu. "Green mud" is its variety, and "Thirteen cans of A" is its grade and quantity, which makes people feel very comfortable. Zhao Zhongxiang, a famous TV presenter, collected canned cricket made in Zhao Ziyu.