What are the characteristics of painted pottery in China?

Painted pottery in China is characterized by vivid patterns and strong sense of rhythm.

Painted pottery originated in the Neolithic Age about 10000 years ago. In the Neolithic Age, people invented the technology of burning pottery, and the farming culture was relatively fixed. There were relatively developed pottery in Guanzhong area during the old Guantai culture period around 6000 BC, and a few of them were decorated with wide ribbons at the mouth, which was the bud of painted pottery.

In 5000 BC, many exquisite painted pottery were found in Yangshao cultural site in banpo village, Xi 'an, which shows that during Banpo period, people have been able to control the kiln temperature skillfully and the painting art has reached a high level.

The shapes of painted pottery are basically daily necessities, such as pots, bottles, cans, urns, pots, pots and so on. And it is hard to see any other special uses in appearance. In Yangshao cultural site, two cases of reasonable burial of cinerary casket children were found. A small hole was opened in the urn, which expressed the primitive man's desire for regeneration.

History of painted pottery

The origin of painted pottery in China has long been controversial. The fish pattern basin with a diameter of 5 1cm found in Dadiwan is the largest fish pattern basin found in China. It is completely different from the upper Yangshao culture. The pottery pieces are crisp in texture and uneven in color. There are almost no large pieces of pottery, and most of the funerary objects in the tomb have been broken. Excavators vividly called these pottery pieces "pastry", which shows that the pottery-making technology was relatively primitive at that time.

The device found in this way has a special shape, with a small tripod at the bottom, or a bottom or a round foot, and basically no flat-bottomed device. More strangely, dark red stripes were found inside and outside the mouth edge of the bowl-shaped vessel. The above characteristics undoubtedly show that they are not the Yangshao culture.