Wu Tianyuan said curiously: "I heard 30 years ago that the Yixing purple sand mud is gone, what is the real situation of Yixing purple sand mud?" ”

"The problem of purple sand raw materials has been amplified by some people, and congratulations to them for their successful hype!"

"In the past, purple sand mud cost hundreds of yuan a ton, but now it is 20,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan, and 50,000 yuan a ton. Biquge&InfoAfter 1958, there was a large-scale collection of purple sand mines in Yixing, and local farmers also came to dig purple sand mines. In order to compete, the price of purple sand raw materials at that time was very low, a few hundred yuan a ton. But later, due to a large amount of mining, the purple sand mine dug up groundwater, which increased the cost of purple sand raw material collection. ”

"Some purple sand factories have lost money, and even the main factory has stopped because of the loss. Later, the Dazi sand mine was contracted to farmers and mined in an open-pit manner. Immediately afterwards, there was a hoarding of purple sand mud, and some people hoarded thousands of tons of purple sand mud at once. ”

"In order to raise the price of purple sand mud, people who hoarded purple sand mud let out the rumors, Yixing purple sand mud is gone, this is speculation, Yixing is not short of purple sand mud. Since Huanglong Mountain can dig out good purple sand mud, then the surrounding mountains should also dig out purple sand mud, some of which are more convenient to mine and the quality is not bad. ”

Wu Tianyuan knew this in his heart, and the few mud mines he was looking for this time were not in Huanglong Mountain, but also in other places around. Although the mine is not large, it is enough for Tianyuantang to use itself. They are all excellent mud, coupled with the work of real masters, ten handfuls can be produced a year, and the value will be increased by auction, so that Liu Huasheng can use it to build a brand.

and other markets are cultivated and matured, and then the industrial chain is produced and entered the Japanese market. The Yasuda family has antique porcelain, seals, and a purple clay pot.

"If ordinary people want to come to Yixing to buy purple clay pots, I suggest that they must go to Dingshu Town first, not in Yixing City; It's best to visit the Yixing Ceramics Museum in China first to establish a reference standard before starting. ”

"The most famous Dingshan Longxi ceramic market, store-style retail operation, low-grade commodity pots, very few mid-range pots. China's Yixing Ceramics Mall, low-grade commodity pots, counterfeit celebrity masterpieces are more. Yangxian Ming Tao Yuan, the price is expensive, medium and high-end. ”

Wu Tianyuan suddenly remembered a question and said: "I heard that there are craftsmen in Dingshan who use newly mined cement as a bottom trough to clean, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Xu Hanting explained with a smile: "Qing cement is a pure-bred purple mud mine, which is a more common mud material; The good ones are rare and expensive, and the bad ones are many and cheap. The original Huanglongshan special bottom trough green, this material has been very small, the original No. 4 well has collapsed, the mud is Gu Jingzhou's favorite mud during his lifetime! We have a special person to strictly supervise the production of this mud from the raw ore to the finished product, and strictly control the quality! Mild and elegant, the tea soup is melodious and melodious, and the time is long, after the brewing, the mud color changes from brown to vermilion liver color, and the water color is light and bright! ”

Wu Tianyuan's only regret this time is that he did not find the bottom trough green mud deposits, it turns out that there are too few surviving in the world, and it is impossible to find!

"Many people think that the older the purple clay pot, the better, and they specialize in hiding old pots and old pots. There are two methods of counterfeiting on the market, one is to make the surface of the mud old, the method is to polish the shoe polish, like the way people often touch it, it looks old, or use strong acid to corrode the old. ”

"The second is to coat the purple clay pot with white cement and soak it with water to make an unearthed effect. In fact, the key to measuring the collection value of a purple clay pot is to look at the artistic value. Older is not necessarily better. ”

"What old mud and new mud are still circulating in the market? In fact, the formation of purple sand has gone through tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years to this day, and it can be said to be old mud. As for the weathering period and stale period of mud, there is a difference between long and short. ”

"The longer the clay is in some ways, the better, but it needs to be re-refined before making the pot. The mud with a long decay period is warmer and more plasticity than the mud with a short decay period. The prepared pot is waterless and ugly. One has a water color, which is better looking. ”

Xu Hanting picked up a Gu Jingzhou pot brought by Wu Tianyuan and demonstrated: "A good purple clay pot has several characteristics, first, from the perspective of the shape, if the lid is removed, the teapot spout, handle and teapot spout are generally on a horizontal plane. In other words, if the teapot is turned upside down and flat, it can basically be the same as the horizontal plane. ”

Secondly, if the water in the pot is poured out, and the hand is pressed against the small hole or spout of the teapot lid, if the water does not trickle out or the lid does not fall, it means that it is a good pot. From a functional point of view, the tea flavor is not easy to mold and spoil. If water spills out of the kettle, the water is quickly sucked up by the kettle. A good purple clay pot, after use, even if the empty pot is filled with boiling water, it will have a tea taste. A used teapot with a smoother surface than a new one. ”

"The pot is mainly raised by tea, and green tea is generally used, green tea is warm, and the tea is better to produce new tea in the same year. The grade of tea should be high, the more high-quality purple clay pot products, the better the tea, and the water used to make tea should also be of good quality, preferably mountain spring water or mineral water. First use boiling water to pour the outside of the kettle, which is often said by tea drinkers, and then flush the water. If you often use a wet towel to touch the body of the pot when tasting tea, the color of moisturizing will arise spontaneously. ”

Since the beginning of the 80s, there have been three purple clay pot craze at home and abroad, and many people are known as "pot crazy" and "pot idiot". At present, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Southeast Asia, collecting purple clay pots has become a kind of enjoyment and fun in people's spiritual life, and they are competing to buy them. ”

"The Yixing purple clay pot is very open, there are a few yuan to buy a handful, and there are hundreds of thousands of yuan. The prices of the famous pots of purple sand celebrities and modern craftsmen in the past dynasties are exceptionally high, and the high-quality products can be millions and tens of millions. But this also requires investors to have the ability to discern the truth, and the more famous the person is, the greater the chance of being counterfeited. And once the counterfeit famous pot is debunked, it becomes worthless. ”

"What grade of pot to buy for purple clay pot lovers, first of all, depends on your economic strength. Many contemporary young and middle-aged potters, their production level and artistic temperament are quite good, but they are not yet famous or not well-known, the price of the work is much lower, and some of them will definitely become famous or masters in the near future, which depends on your eyesight. ”

"For purple clay pot lovers who are not very wealthy, they can pay attention to and excavate the real materials, fine workmanship, and have their own unique pot-making style, but now the pot maker is less famous. This kind of person is like a "dark horse", when his fame and reputation develop rapidly, the growth of the added value of his pot will definitely bring satisfactory returns to investors. ”

In the end, Xu Hanting reached a cooperation with Wu Tianyuan, and when the mud was mined and made by his studio, the quantity should not be too much, and the quality should be fine.

Then he was responsible for collecting some potential masterpieces, and even supporting some newcomers to participate in the god-making project. There are many people in Southeast Asia who like to drink tea, and the purple clay pot has great potential. (To be continued.) )