The bride's head is covered with an auspicious red veil, and the groom wears a traditional dress. In antique tables and chairs, red lanterns are full of joy and good luck. A traditional Chinese wedding, accompanied by the beautiful music played by the piano player, brings the guests into an elegant and classical cultural atmosphere. The most striking thing is the "dowry porcelain" displayed at the wedding. Early birth of your son, great luck and great joy, rich flowers and auspicious names, with antique shapes and exquisite craftsmanship.
In fact, folk porcelain can be said to be a necessity for ordinary people's marriage customs in the Qing Dynasty, but now these things are becoming less and less common among the people. Looking back on the history of dowry porcelain, "dowry bottle" can not be ignored. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the pastel or blue-and-white duster bottle closest to our life can be used to put feather dusters and display porcelain, which is commonly called "dowry bottle" because it appears in dowry.
In the mid-Qing Dynasty, a large number of dowry bottles appeared in Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, mostly blue and white bean green glaze, and pastel bottles were rare at that time. During the Daoguang period, there were many kinds of glazes. In addition to bean green glaze, blue and white or pastel, it was also common to change the glaze bottle from kiln. In terms of modeling, most of them are pankou bottles.
During the Tongzhi period, there were many more pastel dowry bottles than before. Due to social instability, the theme of praying for peace and happiness is widespread in porcelain, which is inseparable from people's universal ideological pursuit at that time. At this time, the shape of porcelain bottles has gradually changed from a big mouth bottle to a big mouth bottle, and pastel dowry bottles have also begun to appear in large numbers.
During Guangxu and the Republic of China, it was almost custom-made for ordinary wealthy families to marry women as dowry bottles, and Jingdezhen kiln increased its production quantity. At this time, the theme of dowry bottles is more abundant, the number of pastel dowry bottles exceeds that of blue and white porcelain, and poems have begun to appear on porcelain bottles, while the number of open bottles has decreased, and the left-mouth bottles basically occupy all dowry bottles. Judging from the content of decorative patterns, they can be roughly divided into the following themes: fairy tales, historical stories, auspicious patterns, flowers and birds, official doll plays and so on.
Fairy stories include immortals' birthday, crossing the sea by eight immortals, sending children by Kirin, celebrating the birthday of Magu, and scattering flowers by heavenly daughters, which expressed people's yearning for a beautiful fairyland at that time. Historical stories are dominated by figures from the Three Kingdoms, such as Three Visits to Maolu, Three Visits to Xuzhou, Heroes' Club, Shooting Jis at Yuanmen and so on. Social ethics include: Meng Mu's choice of proximity, eight barbarians' entry into treasure, etc. Auspicious patterns include: blessing, auspiciousness, longevity, crane and deer in the same spring, wealth and hoary head, etc. The official daughter drama mainly shows the scenes of maids playing with children in the courtyard, showing the leisurely and quiet life of maids. The poems on the back of the porcelain bottle are mainly related to the main pattern, mostly cursive, the date and name of the inscription.
Dowry bottles are commonly known as "pink bottles" and "bravery bottles". It is a porcelain vase that accompanied the woman in the traditional marriage of Han nationality in China from the middle and late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China.
Dowry bottles can be divided into 150 pieces, 200 pieces and 300 pieces according to their size. How many pieces refers to the number of pieces of clay used by potters when making blanks. The more fragments there are, the bigger the works of art they make. As an in-line terminology, it mainly refers to the height of objects, such as 150 pieces with a height of 40.5-45.5 cm and 300 pieces with a height of 56-6 1 cm. Dowry bottles can be divided into blue and white, blue and white plus color, pastel color, light crimson color and other forms. The related dowry is: a pair of dowry bottles, a mirror, a pair of hats, a clock and a pair of wooden cases. The most common arrangement is: put a mirror between a pair of dowry bottles; Put a clock between a pair of caps. Was placed in a wooden box. A symbol of peaceful life. Some wealthy families also have tea cans and generals' cans for their attendants.