Ceramic cup

Ceramic cup is made of glass ceramic, used to drink wine, water, tea ware. The so-called "ceramic" is the clay into a shape, made of clay or other inorganic non-metallic materials, forming, sintering process, used for decoration and protection of the wall of the building and the ground ceramic plate or block. After drying after heating to a certain extent harden it, not soluble in water.

Ceramic history beginning of human beings know only firing low-temperature pottery, later gradually learn to burn to high temperature porcelain. "Tao", broadly refers to all of the ceramics, also refers to all kinds of products of all clay or clay mixture after forming, firing. "Porcelain", refers to the products of low temperature sintering. Usually refers to the body on the iron oxide containing high content, into dark red like, firing temperature at 1250 DEG C for pottery. Body iron oxide containing fewer ingredients, a white shape, firing temperature is in 1250 degrees above inferior porcelain. And in accordance with the knocking, blank absorbency, transparence to distinguish. But, in truth, pottery and porcelain is very difficult to make a clear division of China, making pottery, far from eight thousand years ago in the Neolithic age, has already started. Although the invention of late porcelain, but its appearance, is undoubtedly the ancestors accumulated fruitful results gained rich experience after the pottery. Chinese ceramic history of the development of the dribs and drabs, all that the Chinese nation is a nation with wisdom and creativity. And the China invention, enjoys the very high status in the world, won the "porcelain country" (China) the exclusive title.

From the existing archaeological data, concluded that Chinese primitive pottery began around eight thousand years ago is not a problem. The earliest pottery originated in the the Yellow River River Basin, the dragon in Shaanxi Jinghe, Weihe and Eastern Gansu focus. In eastern Gansu, the first stage of Dadiwan culture, not only is more regular in shape, and decorated with simple decoration, is one of the world's first pottery culture. This period has been the emergence of pottery wheel technology, ceramics has become a special technique. Banpo culture of pottery in a slightly later than the Dadiwan culture, it had more complicated motifs, with geometrical patterns. At the junction of Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi provinces area as the center of the Miaodigou culture, painted pottery patterns are more varied, with arcs and energetic slash reflect the deformation of animal image. The common in the everyday life of fish, birds, pigs and human beings were used as decorative patterns. Description of these decorations are very vivid, layout reasonable, is the original painting works, is also on the China painting history and reliable image data.

In the technology and art China painted pottery, which lasted for four thousand eight hundred years. In fact, the upper limit of time it is still difficult to textual fans, with the archaeological work eight years, may be considered differently. At present the existing data, it can be said that the original pottery is not only the treasure of ancient Chinese art, it also has important a space for one person in the world culture history, it is a precious cultural heritage of all mankind, is a glorious chapter in the history of human civilization a.

Chinese ceramic art

A proud history and achievements, such as: Qin Terracotta Army sincere ancient Tang tri colored glazed pottery, shape and glaze color gorgeous, elegant, quiet and porcelain charm subtle, more is to achieve the acme of ceramic art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and elaborate, in the show life sentiment and humanity characteristics of nation