Check out Richard Cervantes's appraisal of a Chinese Yixing Clay Teapot, ca. 1840, from Portland, Hour 1. Aired: 04/02/18 Rating: TV-G Buy Now: Buy on iTunes Buy on Amazon ...

Many Chinese believe that purple clay teapot, or Zisha teapot, is the best because it can bring out the fragrance and flavor of tea. And now an exhibition featuring this magic purple clay teapot ...

Yixing is a small city in east China renowned for a unique type of clay, used for creating fine pottery. The diameter at the teapot's widest point is 1.6 meters.(Photo: CCTV.com) ...

Yixing Purple Clay Teapot [Photo from wuxinews.com.cn] The city of Yixing has a pottery-making history of more than 2,400 years, with the Yixing purple clay teapot being the most famous one.

China Yixing purple clay pot maker Li Ming (son of Chinese art and craft master Li Changhong) said: “The dragon and phoenix on this royal enamel teapot are very lifelike.

Curtis Smith, associate professor of Chinese language and literature at Grand Valley State University, cradles the unglazed clay teapot from the Yixing village in Jiangsu province near Shanghai ...

China just dealt a crushing blow to creativity. On February 21, ... A tourist information center located in the Jiangsu province is inspired by the area's clay teapot culture.

According to centuries of Chinese literati, zisha pots brew a superior cup of tea: Zhou Gaoqi, in the 1640s, wrote that the clay was “perfect for enhancing the colour, aroma and flavour of tea ...

Clay Figure Zhang is a household name in traditional folk art in China, and such artwork has a history of nearly 200 years. It was listed in 2006 in the first batch of China's national intangible ...