Li Bai said, "Ten thousand cups of golden wine and ten thousand yuan of jade plate." He told us that wine should be equipped with a "golden bottle" and delicious food should be decorated with a "jade plate" to have great value. When Du Fu described the luxury and splendor on the dining table in the Tang Dynasty. There is also a poem: "The red hump is taken from the emerald broiler, while the sweet fish is ordered on a crystal tray." Hump is delicious. After cooking, serve it in a green "jade pot". Steamed fish is put in a crystal plate and presented to dignitaries. This is a perfect match, and the table is full of brilliance.
Today, we can still feel the legacy of happy ever after's emperors and eat and drink in some high-end hotels. The material of gold, silver, jade, ivory and the craft of carving phoenix and dragon can certainly satisfy people's psychology of longing for a better life and paying for honor and style. There is nothing wrong with people who pursue this feeling. But luxury is just a form of beauty. In the use of tableware, beauty can also be reflected in style and art.
Tableware materials have developed from pottery, bronze, gold, silver, lacquer, jade and enamel to the popular stainless steel and high plastic, which is really colorful. However, no kind of tableware is as widely used and has strong vitality as porcelain. It is durable, not easy to absorb water, clean and beautiful, and tastes both elegant and popular. Therefore, whether at home or in restaurants, most people like to use porcelain. Stone mill tofu flower village and fragrant old Sichuan restaurant use uniform white porcelain tableware, which plays a comparative and foil role in rich Sichuan cuisine. Pineapple series dishes use pineapple as tableware, and coconut series dishes use coconut as tableware; Bamboo tube series dishes use bamboo utensils as tableware, thus conquering diners. Bamboo cage snacks, kumquat bullfrogs, bamboo woven snacks and pottery jars filled with Pakistani Bulao wine create a harmonious nostalgic atmosphere. The small purple sand tableware, gold lacquer boxes and special-shaped dishes of Tanfu cuisine reflect the exquisite and elegant residential food culture style.
Porcelain has a long history in China, and there are excellent products all over the world since ancient times. For example, the world-famous Jingdezhen porcelain is an outstanding representative. Now China has porcelain factories all over Kyushu, and many famous ancient porcelain have been restored and developed. For example, the wire colored porcelain and red-green colored porcelain stored in Cizhou, Pengcheng, Hebei Province, the "Bai Jian" porcelain stored in Dehua, Fujian Province, the green porcelain stored in Longquan, Zhejiang Province, the red glaze and glazed porcelain stored in Jun kiln in Henan Province, and the pink-blue glazed porcelain stored in Linru, Henan Province, etc. Some also boldly innovate, such as the underglaze colored porcelain in Liling, Hunan, which is rich in color; Zibo talc porcelain is as transparent as jade; Lu Yu is elegant and pleasant, and the porcelain in Tangshan, Hebei Province is delicate in color, and the painted porcelain is bright and dazzling; Guang Cai, Cai Chao and Zhijin colored porcelain in Guangshan are elegant, and the modern flavor and taste of Chongqing Zhaofeng ceramics are in place. Famous porcelain in various places, each making good use of the field. They are like a beautiful dowry, and they also package dishes and life.
Although tableware is inedible, it can bring beauty and interest. It's a dowry for dishes.