Traditional cultural elements in ceramics

More than 10,000 years ago, our ancestors invented pottery by setting the shape of the soil. Afterwards, the pottery was made in mud and built into wheels, and it was burned and burned to the kiln. The level has been continuously improved, and the shape of utensils has become increasingly colorful. Among them are pottery for household use such as bowls, pots, kettles, bottles, pots, pots, pots, pots, etc., and pottery for buildings such as bricks and tiles. With the advancement in the choice of materials and pottery technology, the original porcelain began to appear in the Shang Dynasty, and in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, porcelain with solid porcelain, bright glaze, and high-temperature firing began to appear. Since then, ancient Chinese ceramics have enjoyed great views of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, such as Tang Sancai of the Tang Dynasty, Securi color porcelain, five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty: Chai, Sui, Guan, Ge, and Ding, and the Ming Dynasty's Xuande kiln, Chenghua kiln, and Jiajing kiln. Qing dynasty Lang Kiln red, pastel device, such as enamel. Some of these ceramics are unusually sculpted, and some are as beautiful as jade, crystal clear; some colorful, gorgeous. All this laid the foundation for China becoming a "porcelain country." Ceramics were originally invented for practical purposes, but with the improvement of quality, their ornamental and artistic features have increased.

As the function of ceramics expands, it gradually penetrates into traditional Chinese culture and becomes part of the important elemental composition. For example, in Chinese, the handmade craftsmanship of pottery making from the primitive society has been used in thousands of years of life. It has gradually become associated with concepts such as moral education, national governance, and personality cultivation, and has become an integral part of vocabulary. In Records of the Historian, Zou Yang wrote Liang Xiaoxiao as the author of the book, saying that "The Holy King made the world imperial custom and stood alone on top of the pottery pottery," which means that the rule of the world must be controlled like a potter's wheel turning pottery. Another example is the record of Dong Zhongshu’s response in the book “Hanshu”, which holds that human nature cultivation is like making pottery, “or benevolence or innocence, and moulding”; . The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that the book of heaven and earth, "contains Yuan Bao, a pottery category", that is, heaven and earth creation products, such as potters into a public goods. Such as "Historical Records" recorded the characteristics of the Xiongnu is "their seeing the enemy is profitable as a set of birds, the difficulty is to disintegrate clouds scattered"; "Han" records Wu was persuaded Wang Huainan, that the end of the Qin Dynasty oppression, chaos in the world, "the people centrifugal Disruption should be taken as a warning. The "Ming Dynasty" records that in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Shanchang faced Chen Zhuyuan and believed that "the Yuangang is turbulent and the world is falling apart" and it can be replaced by it.

In literature, ceramics have penetrated into the lives of the ancients from daily necessities to art appreciation, and from the emperor to the subjects, all expressed their love for ceramics through poetry and poetry. Such as the Western Jin Du pre-"Fei": "The water is the note of the side, the other is clear, the device is selected by the Tao pick, from the east." Jin Ren Pan Yue "endowment": "yellow to grant Gan, dumping porcelain to "Routou." "The Tang Dynasty Du Fu" and again in the Wei Department of the big bowl of porcelain bowl": "Dazhao burning porcelain light and strong, deduction, such as sad jade Yu Jincheng, Jun white bowl wins frost snow, urgent delivery Mao Zhai is also poor. "The Song Dynasty Su Dongpo's" tea in the test room ":" Crab eyes have been fish eye students, I want to make Song Feng Ming. ... Gonggong tea tea learn Xiqiao, Dingzhou Hua porcelain red jade. "Yuan Daiwulai "Observing the Emperor of the Tang and Ming Dynasties and Recording the Fu": "The Emperor Tianbao is full of dynasties, the flower slaves hold drums and marches on the Imperial Palace... Song Gongshou is the Prime Minister, and the Lushan Flower and Ceramics Festival." The Ming Dynasty Wang Shuo "Huang Guangwen Xishang White Porcelain Cup": "Yao Meet each other with a smile, Guangwen try a new glass this evening. The light is self-made, and the production should be from the model.” Wang Shizhen “send four kinds of cups with poetry and still write poetry and thank the poem”: “Rao Porcelain Xuan Bowl White In Yushuang, Nautilus and Jade Crest. I want to press it to make a sip. Da Luo stores three pulps in the sky.” Emperor Qianlong has Ge Ge Ge kiln porcelain pillows, clay pots and kilns. , When no respect, Huaci lights, dozens of poems first.

In terms of art, ceramic sculptures are the main representative. Since the birth of Tao Yu, it has a strong religious atmosphere. From sacrificing gods and ancestors to burial vessels, there are primitive ancestor worship and god worship. The scope of pottery sculptures has gradually expanded, but it has inextricably linked Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and various folk beliefs. A large number of statues in the temples of Confucius, Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, ancestral halls, and various types of shrines, including sages, bodhisattvas, immortals, heroes, and various gods, have transformed people’s ideology, religion, and ancestors into idolatry. Ceramics have become Connect the spiritual and material ties to meet people's various needs. According to statistics, since the Tang and Song dynasties, almost every county in the country had Confucius Temples, Buddhist Temples, Taoist Temples, and Land Temples. The number of ancestral halls was numerous. Therefore, there are countless ceramic statues and it has become a major spectacle in ancient China. Religious beliefs and ideological consciousness have promoted the development of ceramic sculptural arts. They have also combined the inanimate ceramics with awesome historical figures and religious representatives, making it an obvious symbol in traditional cultural elements.

Ceramics from the real thing to becoming an important component of traditional Chinese cultural elements has undergone a long historical process. It has invaded a large number of excellent cultural elements. It integrates language, literature, art and history into an important historical memory and national symbol of the Chinese nation. It is an important part of China's outstanding traditional culture. Traditional Chinese culture is extensive and profound. As a part of it, Chinese ceramics have considerable representation both in appearance and in connotation. Therefore, it is particularly necessary to thoroughly study its composition and influence.