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■ The white glazed lion pillow of Cizhou Kiln in Song Dynasty is 33cm long (in Guanfu Museum).
One third of people's life is spent on pillows, and the size, shape and hardness of pillows directly affect the quality of sleep. If the pillow is not good, it will lead to poor sleep, unfortunately.
Porcelain pillows became popular in the Tang Dynasty. Ancient pillows were made of many materials, including ceramics, jade and stones. The most distinctive thing should be the police pillow-that is, cutting a piece of wood to make a pillow, which should be the most convenient way.
Porcelain pillows are also famous. According to some data, the history of China people sleeping on porcelain pillows began in the Sui Dynasty and prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the Song Dynasty. Porcelain pillows were spread all over the country. This is a typical lion pillow (right). Generally speaking, we see more tiger pillows because tigers are an image in our traditional culture.
Today, most people are no strangers to lions, but the ancients were not. It was the first time for China people to see such a strange thing when the Yue people paid tribute to the lion in the Han Dynasty. At that time, people in China thought that all long-haired animals should have balanced hair, while the hair of lions grew unevenly around the neck and tail, especially the male and female lions. Therefore, lions have brought us ancient people a very strong visual impact. Therefore, from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, China people formed a strong cultural impression on lions, so the lions before the Song Dynasty were very realistic.
After the Tang Dynasty, foreign countries stopped paying tribute to lions in China, and China gradually lost sight of lions, but it was necessary to maintain the image of lions, so the image of lions gradually changed and changed, becoming more and more like dogs. What should craftsmen do after the Tang Dynasty if they don't see the lion, but they still have to make the image of the lion? The man above said, haven't you seen lions and poodles? Do it like that. Therefore, the lions in the Forbidden City, whether at the gate or inside, are all dogs. It broke away from the original ecology, lost the feeling of wildness and gradually became very docile.
Ancient pillows also pay attention to brands. We modern people always like to recognize a brand when buying things, that is, a brand. Which porcelain pillow do you think is the best? Cizhou kiln and Dingzhou kiln belong to a large range; There is also a small scale. Brand awareness began in the Tang Dynasty. For example, the flower pillow is obviously made by a man named Pei, and it is twisted. In the Cizhou kiln of the Song Dynasty, there was a famous Zhang Jiazao, that is to say, the person who made pillows was surnamed Zhang.
Cizhou kiln is the most extensive kiln mouth in the north, with a wide variety. In addition to carving poems on porcelain pillows, there are many decorations reflecting people's lives at that time, such as playing football and fishing, which are full of life breath. So that some people conclude that there are as many as 58 kinds of decorative techniques in Cizhou Kiln, and they are very detailed. I think there are generally three decorative techniques. The first method is called "playing hardball", and hard objects such as knives and bamboo pieces are used to carve on it. The second method is called "soft touch hard", that is, draw on it with a pen, without moving hard things such as knives and bamboo pieces; The third method is "both hard and soft", which includes both carving and painting. This is a simple classification method for Cizhou kilns.
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