Wondering what kind of bowl a sea bowl is?

Hai Bowl is a large basin-like bowl.

Hai Bowls, also known as soup bowls, the northern part of Shaanxi Province, called the "old bowl", the sea bowl, because the bowl is large and named. "Sea", that is, "big" meaning, as the amount of sea, sea Han, eat and drink. At that time, the bowl, there are fine porcelain, ordinary porcelain, coarse porcelain, and even unglazed; countryside is divided by size, there are sea bowl, big bowl, three bowls, two bowls, tooth bowl and so on.

The custom of eating with "sea bowls" in Guanzhong, Shaanxi

In ? Shaanxi? Guanzhong, a unique living landscape and customs are endless, that is, whether the countryside or the city, people like to eat behavior and accustomed to the use of porcelain bowls, Guanzhong people used to call this big bowl called "big bowl", "old bowl", or "sea bowl".

The "old" word does not represent the old bowl of history how long, but the bowl of the "boss" meaning. In addition to a sense of closeness, the word "old" also carries deep cultural connotations.

"Sea Bowl" on the more sea and sky, there is a big, see the old Qin people's extraordinary temperament, all the trivial matters, love, hate, love and sadness, can be loaded into the sea like a vast old bowl, puh-la-la, gulp swallowed, patter, clatter, and no more.

Guanzhong this old bowl in the rice bowl, is definitely a bowl family deserved "big brother", as big as the southern people with soup basin. It is said that "the bowl is difficult to separate" is? Shaanxi? One of the eight strange things. Shaanxi? People eat regardless of young adults, the elderly, children or women, all use the old bowl. With such a bowl absolutely save time, once can be enough, do not have to sheng the second time.