Antique Teapot
Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 5:20 am
Liulichang Street: a shopper’s paradise
Beijing is such a shopper’s paradise, with tens of thousands of brand new stores in state-of-art buildings for residents and tourists alike. But one street in particular is right next to some of Beijing’s most famous hotels, and it keeps the style of the old.
Imagine such a place where you will be offered the sense of age, where you can get lost in a sea of antiques and traditional Chinese handicrafts. Liulichang Street, with a history going all the way back to the 16th century, is Beijing’s storehouse for handicrafts.
Since several hundred years ago, the street has been one of Beijing’s most trodden places for shopping. Today people shop from window to window on this very street for unique Chinese gifts, such as fans, brush paintings, tea sets, shadow puppets, antiques, and a variety of ethnic items.
For unique Chinese gifts to bring back, this is just the place for you!
Here are some of the shops:
Pin Hu Tang – A Good Cup of Tea Made Easy
This quaint shop at the west end of Liulichang Street is where big-time tea lovers go for authentic Yixing purple clay teapots. It’s not far from the Haige International Hotel
Yixing teapots are said to be able to improve your tea by allowing tea aromas to build up right in the walls of the pot. The secret lies in the special material they use for the pots: Yixing purple clay, which is porous and absorbent.
The clay is found only in Yixing, and the shop offers a nice collection of purple clay teapots from their own kiln. The owner himself is an accomplished Yixing teapot maker.
The designs of their teapots are quite standout. There are shapes mimicking pumpkins, gourds, stumps, and castles, just to name a few. And you will find skillful engravings on these teapots: a scene showing harmony between man and nature, a quotation from an ancient love poem, or an auspicious animal mounting the lid to entertain your eyes…
These really are things you won’t find in your back home! No wonder so many foreign tourists were willing to buy a few.
Gu Miao Hua Yuan –- Pristine Beauty of Flowers Live On Your Walls
This interesting little shop is tucked away in a 600-year-old building and offers exceptional Chinese flower paintings that have found their way into the homes of many Beijingers. It is just a short ride away from the Hwa Apartment Hotel.
In the shop, you’ll find paintings of plums, orchids, chrysanthemum, as well as bamboo; they all are the work of our master – Mr. Xie.
Mr. Xie is the owner of the shop. He paints a range of flowers, but what he is best at is peony, the flower he loves the most. He’s spent no less than ten years observing the flower in order to create works that are true to life.
That is an achievement few can accomplish, indeed!
Upon your request, Mr. Xie frames his works, or mounts it on a scroll so it can be easily carried.
Qing Ci Lan Ting – A Lovely Touch To Your Home
This interesting little shop with an old-fashioned façade carries a large collection of celadon products made in Longquan, a southern Chinese town knows as the hometown of celadon.
There you will find a nice array of products with designs that are rarely seen outside of China. For example, a bowl is engraved with a pair of fish that are unique to a small river in Longquan. A big river snail is what another teapot looks like. It looks so real that you wouldn’t recognize it as a teapot at first glance!
Frankly, there is a little something for everyone looking for something unique to display at home: a hat-shaped vase for holding roses, a pumpkin-like jar for storing CDs, a lotus leaf-style platter for holding food, and so on.
There are products with cracks all over the body. This is an ancient technique of making celadon. The body continues to crack after a celadon is done, but stands as one thanks to the glaze. The cracks only add up to a more gorgeous looking item.
The shop offers free tea to anyone who comes in and wants to sit down to rest your legs. The manager is a young lady. She is quite knowledgeable in celadon, and would like share her knowledge with her customers.
mammoth ivory carving Handcrafted Miniature Chinese Antique Teapot
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Royal Albert 100 Years of Royal Albert Teacups and Saucers, Set of 5, 1950-1990 $129.99 Cups & Saucers 1950-1990 Set(s) Of 5 – Commemorative Backstamp – Beautifully Packaged Collectable – Classic/Traditional Style – Gold Banding – Giftboxed – Dishwasher Safe – Made In Imported… |
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