Brief introduction of Chaozhou hand-pulled bamboo pot

Chaozhou hand-pulled Zhu Bao has a long history, profound accumulation and diverse evolution. After the Song Dynasty, Chaozhou became the center of pottery making, and Chaozhou's hand-pulled Zhu pottery jar was a wonderful flower of Chaozhou ceramics. Since the middle of Qing Dynasty, Chaozhou Zhu Clay Pot has its own characteristics, which has been widely produced and applied, and passed down from generation to generation.

Chaozhou hand-pulled Zhu Bao has strong local characteristics, but also absorbs the essence of Chaozhou folk art and forms its own artistic style. Chaozhou Fengxi is the birthplace of hand-painted bamboo pottery pots, and the production of hand-painted bamboo pottery pots has always been an ancestral workshop, and each family has its own clay formula and production method, which has never spread abroad. In ancient times, when the pulley was pulled by hand, the mud needed to extend from bottom to top and turn inside and outside during the molding process, which constituted the movement space of the molding process. When molding, fingers and arms are pinched, pressed and squeezed relatively, which makes the blank twist and become colorful. However, the rapid or slow molding movement stops rotating along the arc or lifts, presses or squeezes along the straight line, which makes the shape of the utensils dignified and round, tall and graceful, vivid in rhythm, or soft in rhythm, showing the integration of technical beauty and morphological beauty. Hand-painted pot is unique in Chaozhou, because the way of hand-painted molding is flexible and free, and the change of shape can be completed in an instant. There are many manufacturing processes, all of which are manually completed by skilled craftsmen according to their experience. They have to go through nearly 60 processes, such as drawing, repairing, batch, pouring, oaring and burning. The finished product has the characteristics of exquisite shape, concise lines, rich colors, high finish and unique skills. Therefore, a good pot is hard to come by, and its works are deeply cherished by collectors and users. Chaozhou Zhu Bao has a wide range of themes, many varieties, outstanding themes, elegant style, exquisite traditional craft characteristics, practical functions and cultural values.