- Zisha No.1 Factory:
Since the Yixing Zisha Craft Factory was established in 1954, many ceramic art masters, including the seven elders of Zisha, have gathered in theNo.1 factory. For more than 40 years, it has trained a large number of Zisha national masters, provincial masters, provincial celebrities and senior arts and crafts artists. The famous Zisha high-quality goods are emerging in an endless stream, which is talked about by people. This period of time can be described as the most glorious period for Zisha in the past few hundred years. It was not until 1997 that the state-run business was terminated and transformed into a private business.
- Aged Purple Mud from Zisha No.1 Factory:
Under the production mode during the state-run period, the No. 1 factory had the preferential right to the mud. Therefore, the Aged Purple Mud of No. 1 Factory refers to the purple mud that was mined and refined in the No. 4 well of Huanglong Mountain in the 1980s. Today's Aged Purple Mud in No. 1 Factory is mainly home-collected materials, and the quantity is not large. The more you use it, the less it is. This is why many pot lovers are now pursuing theAged Purple Mud in No. 1 Factory. In a sense, the longer the stale period of the mud, the better, but the mud with a too long stale period needs to be refined again before making the pot. It has been stale for a long time, and it has been described as old for a long time, so it is called Aged Purple Mud.
- Features:
Aged Purple Mud from Zisha No.1 Factory has been stored so far, and the stale time is relatively long, so it is called Aged Purple Mud instead of purple clay. The old mud that has been stale for a long time is generally easier to soak in the pot, especially the Aged Purple Mud from Zisha No.1 Factory. The mud itself comes from the No. 4 well of Huanglongshan. Old fashioned, maybe you can show the warm and elegant color and texture with a little shower.
- Suitable teas: Black tea, old white tea, Pu'er ripe tea
- Ps:
Don't think that the darker color is the Aged Purple Mud from Zisha No.1 Factory. The color of the purple clay teapot is related to the ratio of the mud and the firing temperature. When fired at different kiln temperatures, different colors and shrinkage ratios will appear. Even pots made of the same clay material have different colors and surface textures.
To identify the Aged Purple Mud from Zisha No.1 Factory, we still need to start from the most essential characteristics of the clay, that is, water color, texture, and soaking degree to comprehensively consider. Generally speaking, most of the mud in the No. 1 Factory at that time was mainly refined by hand, and the uniformity of the grain texture was not as fine as that produced by machines today, and it would feel a little frizzy to the touch when it was first made. After so many years, the surface of the old pot has been naturally oxidized, and the pulp will come out without being raised, and the color is excellent.
