Cold dew today
It has been since ancient times
The custom of appreciating chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum tea, and drinking chrysanthemum wine
If you go back to the Liao Dynasty a thousand years ago
What is the best way to use for chrysanthemum wine?
Three highlights, take you to know
Liaoning green glaze patch group dragon chrysanthemum pattern double-hole chicken crown pot
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Leather, ceramics are silly and can't be distinguished
The outdoor portable ton pot of thousands of years ago looked like this ↓
This outdoor portable ton pot in front of you
From the Liao Dynasty thousands of years ago
△On the right side is a Liaoning green glaze patch dragon chrysanthemum pattern double-hole chicken crown pot Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
First look at it
You may have questions 🤔 about the materials from which it is made
The piping around the jug seems to be stitched with leather
△Liaoning green glaze patch group dragon chrysanthemum pattern double-hole chicken crown pot Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
And the print and glaze color on the body of the pot
It also shows a hard texture
So what is it made of?
The answer: ceramics
The whole ceramic is dark green throughout
Both sides of the pot are decorated with different patterns
One side is a combination of tuanlong + cirrus cloud
△Liaoning green glaze patch group dragon chrysanthemum pattern double-hole chicken crown pot Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
The other side is a folded chrysanthemum + flowing cloud
△Liaoning green glaze patch group dragon chrysanthemum pattern double-hole chicken crown pot Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
There are two small holes in the top of the pot body
Pass it with a rope and take it with you
△The small hole can also be tied to the lid of the pot with a rope, and the lid of this chicken comb pot has been lost
Top left corner of the kettle
There is also a very mini horseback riding figure
Decorative techniques such as printing, pasting, and carving
It is reflected in this kettle
The ornamentation is vivid and realistic
It can be seen that the superb skills of ceramic craftsmen in the Liao Dynasty
Well, ceramic kettles
Why imitate the style of leather?
To solve this mystery
You need to find out
The best partner for outdoor outings in the Liao Dynasty
"Chicken comb pot"
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There are horns on the head
The design of the chicken comb pot is inspired by the grassland!
Chicken comb pot
Due to the perforation of the upper part of the pot or the part of the lifting beam
It is named after the crest of a rooster
△Liao white glaze single-hole chicken comb pot Collection of Tongliao City Museum
△Liaoning green glaze patch group dragon chrysanthemum pattern double-hole chicken crown pot Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
The overall style of the chicken comb pot is inspired by
The Khitan people living in the northern steppe
The Khitan people lived by water and grass
It is customary to carry water, wine and milk 🥛 with you in a leather container
Although the skin bag is light and durable
But its stored liquor, milk
It is easy to breed bacteria in hot weather
With the mutual influence of Khitan and Central Plains Han culture
Craftsmen use pottery, porcelain, silver, gilt, etc
Modeled after the shape of a leather water bladder, a chicken comb pot was made
△Liaoning gilded deer pattern silver chicken crown pot Collection of the National Museum of China
△Liao green glazed chicken crown pot Collection of Jilin Provincial Museum
According to the appearance style, the chicken comb pot is mainly divided into:
There are two categories: beam lifting type and perforated type
△The left is the perforated type, and the right is the lifting beam type
Among them, the lifting beam is divided into cross beam and ring beam
△The left is the beam, and the right is the ring beam
Perforated types are divided into single-hole and double-hole types
△The left is a single-hole type, and the right is a double-hole type
It has the characteristics of the northern steppe peoples
And beautiful and clean
The chicken comb pot can be called the explosion of the kettle at that time
Popularity: one per person
If there were travel bloggers at the time
There will definitely be a chicken comb pot in the unboxing Vlog
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Simple→ Complex→ simple
The unique history of the little kettle
It existed in the Liao Dynasty for more than two hundred years
The cockhead pot has undergone its own unique development and evolution
△Schematic diagram of the evolution of the type of the chicken crown pot in the Liao Dynasty (Northern Cultural Relics, No. 4, 1996, Exploration of the Typology of the Liao Dynasty Chicken Crown Pot, Feng Enxue)
Early chicken comb pot
The production is regular and the decoration is simple
Intricate ornaments are rare
Liaojingzong to Xingzong period
It is a prosperous period for the development of chicken comb pots
At that time, the shape of the chicken comb pot was rich in changes and paid attention to decoration
In the late development of the chicken comb pot
Its production is back to simplicity
The pattern ornament basically disappeared
Although in the long river of history
The comb pot has not been used for people for long
But from it, we see
The imprint of the fusion of northern ethnic minorities and Central Plains culture
Stitch patterns, leather buckles, etc. on imitation stitches on the chicken comb pot
It shows a strong Khitan national style
△Liao silver-glazed chicken crown pot Collection of Jilin Provincial Museum
Chrysanthemum, peony, tuanlong and other common patterns in the Central Plains
It makes the comb pot more delicate
△Liaoning green glaze patch group dragon chrysanthemum pattern double-hole chicken crown pot Collection of Liaoning Provincial Museum
It uses a chicken comb pot with a grassland style
Drink a glass of chrysanthemum wine
Ancients thousands of years ago
Maybe that's how you got through the cold dew
Executive producer丨Tang Yi
Producer丨Wu Huifeng
Copywriter丨 Zhai Zihao
Vision丨Lin Qi
Technology丨Tang Pei
Review丨Zuo Zhongming
Coordinator丨Liu Ying, Shuai Zhongqin
Special thanks丨Liaoning Provincial Museum, Liaoning Station, China Cultural Heritage Newspaper
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