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One of the origins of the Han ethnic group, the epic poem of the pre-Qin Zhou ethnic group, "Shi Daya", has "Mian Gua Ou, the first birth of the people", which refers to the original birth of human beings in the gourd.
In the neolithic cultural sites of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other provinces in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, many gourd-shaped artifacts imitating the shape of the figure have also been found.
Dadiwan human head faience pottery vase collection of Gansu Provincial Museum
This faience vase is modeled after a female head and a gourd-shaped pottery with a large, rounded belly.
The multi-seeded gourd and the winding vines have been given the meaning of multiplicity and continuous reproduction by humans.
The gourd is also a Taoist sacred object, both a magic object to the fairy land and a container for storing jindan.
Tang Dynasty Changsha kiln brown green cloud pattern gourd type holding pot
The gourd is naturally beautiful, coupled with the Taoist mythology of the gourd contains the rendering of the legend of fine wine, so the literati doctor liked to use gourd-shaped wine utensils and utensils, and also left a large number of poetry articles and paintings of the gourd.
Southern Song Dynasty Ma Yuan's "Ta Ge Tu" part
Gourd bottle, as the name suggests, is shaped like a gourd bottle, since the Tang Dynasty, because of its harmonic sound "Fulu", loved by the people, it has become a traditional instrument.
Southern Song Dynasty Longquan kiln pink blue glaze convex gourd bottle
Jun kiln sky blue glazed gourd bottle gold-yuan
The Ming Dynasty was a period of convergence in the development of China's porcelain, and the blue and white, five-color, doucai, monochrome glazed porcelain and so on in this period have been greatly developed.
Multicolored cloud phoenix pattern gourd type wall bottle Ming Wanli
Blue and white tangled lotus pattern gourd bottle Ming Chenghua
Blue and white Arabesque ribbon ear gourd flat bottle Ming Xuande
The Jiajing period was one of the most produced porcelain periods in the Ming Dynasty, the Jiajing Dynasty lasted 45 years, the production of official kilns has never stopped, only according to archived records, the Jiajing Dynasty sent more than 600,000 pieces to Jingdezhen, plus more than 300,000 pieces of unfinished firing since Hongzhi, a total of nearly 1 million pieces. Nearly half a century of production has formed a unique style of Jiajingguan kiln porcelain.
Jiajing Emperor
The gourd bottle was the most popular form during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, because the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was very obsessed with Taoism, and the gourd was an important representative of Taoism. Therefore, the Blue and White porcelain with Taoist themes appeared in large quantities during the Jiajing period, and the shape of the instrument was also changed.
Ming Jiajing Yellow ground red color tangled lotus pattern gourd bottle
Ming Jiajing blue and white tangled lotus pattern gourd bottle
As an important magic instrument for praying for the blessing of many children and many blessings, the gourd was deeply loved by the Qianlong Emperor. Let's take a look at the gourd bottle with a beautiful meaning in this period!
The Qianlong Emperor is the source of the Palace Museum
Qingqianlong holly glazed gourd bottle
Qianlong style blue and white eight immortals over the chart gourd bottle Qing Qianlong
The interior is glazed with white glaze and the outer wall is decorated with blue and white flowers. The neck is symmetrically placed with phoenix ears, and the ruyi cloud pattern, the ying luo pattern, the banana leaf pattern, and the echo pattern are painted. The upper abdomen is painted with auspicious cloud bat patterns, and the lower abdomen is painted with the theme pattern "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea".
Ivory carving double joy character "Daji" gourd in the middle of the Qing Dynasty
This work was made between Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty by the masters of the Qing Palace's dental works for royal weddings. The outer wall is covered with goldwork brocade, and the relief dyeing of tangled melon fruits, flowers and butterflies, and bat ornaments. The two sides of the center are illuminated, one side is carved with the words "big" and "auspicious", and the other side is carved with red Lishu double happy characters.
Turquoise green alum red cloud bat pattern gourd bottle Qingqianlong
The shape of this bottle is full and dignified, and both the pattern and the shape reflect the understanding and pursuit of "Fu culture" in the Qianlong period. The "red bat" on the bottle is harmonized with "Hong Fu", which means "Hong Fu Qi Tian".
Qianlong doucai hook lotus pattern "shou" character pattern gourd bottle Qing Qianlong
The whole body is decorated with a lotus pattern of fighting colors, and decorated with red bats and a seal "Shou" character pattern, symbolizing the long life of happiness.
The shape of the gourd is lovely, the meaning is beautiful, there are many beautiful gourd bottles, today I will see here first, I wish you a deep and auspicious blessing!
Some of the pictures come from the Palace Museum and the Internet, such as invasion and deletion
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