浅析中国酒器文化 - 英.doc

Analysis of Chinese Drinking Vessel Culture Abstract：Drinking vessel, a vessel which is used to hold wine, is a tool people use to reserve, hold and drink wine. Just as calligraphy is particular about the scholars four jewels(writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper), tea is particular about exquisite tea set, Chinese has always deemed that delicious food is inferior to exquisite vessel. When people are drinking, they are not only particular about people, environment, seasons, especially, whether the drinking vessel is fine or not, suitable or not. Key words: drinking vessel; history; change No matter in modern or ancient times, wine has penetrated into the political, economy, literature, art, food, health and other aspects of the social life. Where there is wine, there is drinking vessel. Together with spirits culture, drinking vessels as important carriers of culture become an important part of Chinese traditional culture. Drinking vessels also contain history background, living environment, customs and habits, values etc in every dynasty. So the production and development of drinking vessels are almost with wine in such long history. It has experienced five historical periods. The initial stage During the invention of artificial grain wine, Emperor Yan and other ancient people also invented the earliest drinking vessels -- pottery drinking vessels. This was the initial period of drinking vessesl in our country. Pottery drinking vessels which belonged to the Yangshao culture(the important Neolithic culture in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, was found in Henan province Sanmenxia city Mianchi County Yangshao village in 1921), were usually painted of colorful, vivid and chic patterns. They had not only the value in use, also a very high value of artistic appreciation. White pottery appeared from the late Neolithic Age to the Shang Dynasty. Artificial prehistoric vessels currently known were divided into pottery drinking vessels and lacquer ves