1, rich economic development
Yixing is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and on the bank of Suzhou Taihu Lake in the Yangtze River Delta. Known as Jingxi in ancient times, it is famous for Daling Mountain in Cangshan County. After Qin Shihuang unified all parts of the country, it was renamed Yangxian County. After Jin Huidi was renamed Yixing, Yangxian County. In the Song Dynasty, Song Taizong's name was Guangyi. In order to avoid taboo, it was changed to Yixing, and the name has been used all the time. According to historical time, Yixing has a historical time of at least 4,000 years, and it is a well-deserved ancient capital of historical time. Yixing enjoys a superior geographical position, with hilly terrain and mountainous areas in the south and lush trees. Since ancient times, the north has been a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, a land of plenty.
Step 2 produce famous tea
Yixing is one of the famous ancient tea areas in China. After the Qin Dynasty unified China, tea planting in Yunnan and Sichuan areas slowly spread to the middle and upper reaches of Xiangjiang River. Looking through the historical records, we will find that as early as the Han Dynasty, there were records of "Yang Xian buying tea" and Hanwang going to the Ming Tombs to "teach children to make tea", indicating that Yixing had taught tea making techniques as early as thousands of years ago.
You need mountain spring water to make tea. The ancients thought that the water for making tea was "on the green mountains and green waters, in the current and under the river". In the Tang Dynasty, Ziyun Spring in Yixing also became a good spring for fried tea, which must be paid tribute as imperial tea. It is said that Ziyun Spring was transported to Kyoto, Beijing and Chang 'an from far away by water, using the local teapot vase of Taodou (formerly known as Hu Ya) as a vessel. Myrica rubra soup soaked in Ziyun Spring is clear and thick in color, with tea rhyme and endless aftertaste. In short, Yixing produces famous tea, tea sets, teacups and other commonly used equipment are also developing.
3. Literati meet and extract.
Yixing is a blessed land with talented scholars and writers since ancient times. There are four top scholars and ten prime ministers here. Ancient celebrities, such as Zhou Chu in the Southern Song Dynasty, Chen Qingzhi in the Han Dynasty, poets in the late Song Dynasty, famous prime minister Zhou Yanru in the Ming Dynasty, and modern artists Qi Baishi and Wu Guanzhong all came from here. Many celebrities from different places have also lived in Yixing. For example, in order to better study tea scientifically, Lu Yu went to Nanshan, Yixing, Shenzhen to plant tea, pick tea and stir-fry tea, and lived in the mountainous area for a long time, accumulating rich and colorful social experience and obtaining first-hand raw materials for his compilation of Tea Classic. There are many talented scholars. Many people praised Yixing tea and left poems. Undoubtedly, their advertisements for Yixing tea and Yixing teapot equipment have promoted Yixing teapot to all parts of the country.
4. Production of clay
China is famous for its porcelain, and the English word "China" is synonymous with porcelain. Porcelain means porcelain, and Yixing means China porcelain, so it has the reputation of "Taodou". Yixing's pottery industry is often developed, which is related to Yixing's clay production. The south of Yixing is a hilly and mountainous area, where clay is stored in large quantities. Dingshan is a rich and colorful clay and fuel planting area in Yixing. Basically, every household makes blanks, and there are kilns everywhere. Its clay has high ductility and low shrinkage, which is incomparable to other areas. Therefore, even under the same processing technology strength, the artistic level of Yixing teapot is always higher than that of teapot produced in other regions.
5. The long history of pottery firing.
Yixing has a long history of firing pottery. It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a doctor in Vietnam, Fan Li. After Fan Li helped Gou Jian destroy Shu, he moved to Yixing and changed his surname to Tao. Therefore, today, ceramic workers in Yixing still respect Fan Li as the founder of Tao Ye.
Archaeological data show that Yixing became the pottery firing management center in the south of the Yangtze River in the Han Dynasty, firing glazed pottery, gray pottery and red pottery. Longquan celadon was fired on a large scale in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, and became the key producing area of Longquan celadon in China. The key manufacturing areas are concentrated in Dingshan, Shushan and Tang Dou (now Dingshu Town) on the east bank of Suzhou Taihu Lake. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, the scale of porcelain production had expanded, and "every household was busy making pottery, making a thumping mud sound". Thousands of years of pottery-making history has never ended, and the production and manufacturing technology is improving day by day, which enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.