"Uncle Liu, do you still have a special trip?"

Two days later, Liu Huasheng came to the capital from Japan and personally selected the purple clay pot that suited him, Wu Tianyuan looked at him with a pious look on his face, and said with a smile: "These are all weapons and ammunition prepared for you, a new tea ceremony master, can you do it without a divine weapon?" ”

"Very good, these are perfect for me!"

Liu Huasheng was satisfied with the selection of seven or eight master pots, and couldn't put it down: "I've been used to using iron kettles in Japan over the years, and I haven't found a purple clay pot for a long time, so I finally have a baby!" ”

"I haven't always understood the reason why the Japanese iron kettle boils water, can it really be compared to Zisha?"

"I have a lot of master iron kettles in my collection, and there are new kettles with glazed and unglazed ones, and there are also domestic and Taiwan Henglian iron kettles, in contrast, the new iron kettles are not glazed, and the taste of the boiled water is the same as the old iron kettle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Originally, I thought that the water of the old iron kettle must be softer and better than the new kettle, but later I specially used the old kettle of Longwentang and the new kettle of Guiwentang to boil water at the same time, and the water used and other conditions were all the same, so I drank it slowly, and the taste of the water could not be distinguished, and the result was the same."

Liu Huasheng said with a smile: "I replaced the pot of Xinguiwentang with a modern new pot of "Shengrongtang" worth more than 2,000 yuan, and used an old pot of Longwentang worth more than 20,000 yen that is about 100 years old, so that my friend guessed that the boiling water was better, and the result was the same as last time, there was no difference." ”

"It can be seen that the iron kettle is not divided into new and old, it is different from the purple clay kettle, and there will be no pulp."

Wu Tianyuan heard Liu Huasheng talk about Japanese iron kettles for the first time, and he was very curious, because the most popular iron kettle in Japan is iron kettle, especially Long Wentang, which basically monopolizes the entire Japanese market. In the future, Tianyuantang will enter Japan, and it will be the biggest opponent.

"Compared with the glazed and unglazed new pots, the taste is a little worse than that of the glazed, but the difference is not very obvious. But when using tap water, the relative difference is a little more obvious, and the glazed iron kettle tastes similar to the stainless steel kettle. ”

"In southern Japan, there is a kind of iron kettle that is not glazed on the inside, but has a thin layer of black paint, and the taste is basically the same as that of the new unglazed kettle, and when this kind of iron kettle is first used to make tea, the tea soup will turn black, indicating that the iron will penetrate the paint and enter the water. The scale on the old pot will also slightly affect the penetration of iron, so the taste is relatively close, and sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad taste. ”

"Domestic high-quality iron kettles are basically glazed, otherwise it is a thick layer of paint, compared with the glazed new iron kettle in southern Japan, the taste of the water is the same, and compared with the paint, the relative taste is worse, the gap is very small. I took a 200 yuan domestic iron kettle and the southern enamel off the water, boiled water, and Longwentang old kettle boiling water at the same time compared to drink, no one drank out that is the old Japanese kettle, that is 200 yuan domestic new pot. ”

"The early Japanese old iron kettle is cast with pig iron, because the pig iron kettle body is easy to conduct heat and will release a large amount of bivalent iron after heating, bivalent iron and tea tannins, tea polyphenols and other effects will be absorbed by the stomach and intestines to supplement the iron elements needed for human growth, boiling water with the old iron kettle can also have the effect of lowering blood pressure, which is of great benefit to hypertensive patients."

"The iron kettle was called an iron kettle in the original Japanese tea ceremony, and the iron kettle had no handle or spout, and the boiling water had to be scooped out with a small bamboo spoon, just like we scoop out of the soup pot today."

To understand the Japanese iron kettle, it is inseparable from the "hall number" of the old Japanese iron kettle and the kettle master in the hall, especially the famous kettle master, the so-called "hall" number is equivalent to today's workshop or company, the hall owner is equivalent to the chairman of today's company, and the famous kettle master is equivalent to the famous master of our Chinese purple clay pot. ”

"It is impossible not to mention the name of the iron kettle, the famous Ryubundo, whose founder, Yasuke Shikata, was an army general in Tamba Kameyama City, who came to Kyoto in 1770 to work as a caster, and his son Ryubundo inherited his name and founded his own workshop, the first Ryubundo."

"Because Ryubundo is the first iron kettle in the history of Japanese iron kettle to use the dewaxing method precision cast iron kettle, it has a very important position in the history of old iron kettles in Japan, and its fame has influenced Japan and Europe for more than 100 years. Ryubundo's old iron kettle is not only in the collection of Japanese folk and national and prefectural museums, but also in the British Museum and the Togu Museum in Russia. ”

"The so-called lost-wax casting method should originate from China's bronze casting technology, the mold of the casting utensils is composed of molds and models, and the molds must be knocked out after the casting process is completed, so that a model and a utensils are formed, and the artifacts created are unique in the world. In the heyday of Longwentang, no more than 150 iron kettles were made in a year, which shows its rarity. ”

Wu Tianyuan nodded, he had long heard that Longwentang was rare, but he didn't expect it to be only 150 a year? This is really rare and expensive.

Later, two famous kettle masters who had a great influence on Japanese iron kettle making technology and culture followed Annosuke as apprentices and became Annosuke's proud disciples, these two are the famous Hatano Shohei and the first Qin Mizo in the history of Japanese iron kettles. The two of them had different creations after studying under Yasuke, and Hatano Shohei was a master of learning, especially famous for his dewaxing manufacturing, and after the Mantu left Ryubundo, he set up his own door and promised to be Kamebundo, and created his own hall name "Kamebundo". ”

"The master of the six cauldrons did not create his own iron kettle hall, and later I saw that the body of the pot he made generally had chapters such as "Tibetan Liuju Zao", "Tibetan Sixth II", "Third World", "Fourth World", and "Tibetan Six Brewing", which may be related to the fact that he was summoned by the emperor as the imperial kettle master. ”

"In the iron kettle of the Kamebundo system, it is impossible not to mention the high apprentice Meiquan and Mitsushige of Hatano Shohei, the achievements of these two high apprentices were comparable to the master for a while, especially Suzuki Mitsushige, because the pots made were used by the nobles and celebrities of the social palace at that time, so the number is very small and has been found to be circulated in the world only a few, so that the light heavy pot is an extremely rare treasure for many iron kettle collectors, and the current collection price even exceeds that of his master Hatano Shohei, A light and heavy iron kettle is also two or three million yuan at random auction! ”

Liu Huasheng specially brought an iron kettle to show: "The Japanese craftsmanship is rigorous and exquisite, this early pot lid material has a kind of pot lid made of seven kinds of metal casting, commonly known as "Qibao copper cover", this copper cover looks like copper, brass and other non-ferrous metal colors, and some have a concave and convex texture is very beautiful. The lid of the iron kettle is very particular, a good kettle must be the original kettle with the original lid, especially the lid of the famous kettle master, which is perfectly combined with the body of the kettle, and is integrated. ”

"The pots and lids of each hall and each kettle master in the old iron kettle have their own unique styles, especially the buttons on the lid, which are more ingenious, flowers, birds, fish, insects, dragons, turtles, snakes, beasts; Plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, pine cone, etc. are all used. ”

"There are also many silver kettles, copper kettles, and even exaggerated pure gold kettles in various shapes and sizes in Japanese tea ceremonies. Nowadays, tea people generally use old silver kettles and copper kettles to boil old Pu'er tea, and the old tea soup boiled is very delicious, just like boiling soup medicine. As for the pure gold pots, each pot uses hundreds of grams of gold, and if it is used to boil water and make tea, it seems to be too luxurious, so it is better to use it as a good object for viewing. ”

Liu Huasheng sighed: "Like the purple clay kettle, the current price of ordinary iron kettles is relatively stable, generally between 3,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan. A handful of high-quality pots from Annosuke, Kuroroku, Hatano Shohei, and Meiquan are worth more than 100,000 yuan. ”

"Suzuki's light weight pot has only a few handed down, so the price exceeds one million yuan; The fine pots of the kettle masters such as Takagi Jiliang Guard, Ming Yue Sing Haya, Daiku Shou Lang, Nakagawa Jingyi, Amamiya Zong, and Amamiya Zong Bingwei also need more than 500,000 yuan to get it. Some high-grade old iron kettles inlaid with gold and silver have been worth 780,000 yuan. (To be continued.) )