CHINESE FOOD: cuisine culture festival 食在中国

April 6, 2007

the chinese fascinate utensil:bowl and plate

Filed under: culture, picture, utensil — passionstay @ 8:18 am

chinese mid-size bowl

I am just get crazy about the chinese utensil, I mean those various kinds of dishes and bowl.My friends even can’t understand why I bought back so many dishes which in their eyes have little difference .The reason is as simple as those utensil themself. They are so attractive to me. To me they have not the only one function. Also it is an art .Like very great kinds of masterpieces in any other where of the world.chinese spoon

Yesterday ,I went to a gift store that next to the Chengchang Supermarket in Taipa–the City Square.I’ve heard that goods are extremely expensive in that store .But they have discounts these days.So I was just walking about ,and see if there was anything I’m interested in.I found this green grass bowl there ,and the only one left.I felt it special because that I might be not have another chance to own this bowl if I miss it this time .Luckily I now have it.And this is the bowl later I had used to serve with salad to one of my friends P.^^She likes my fruits and vegetable salad very much~Of course here I want to thank Maomi and Xiao helan (another two friends og mine)’s salad dressing.Surely that I could not make such nice salad without those wonderful salad dressing.

A salad in a bowl sits next to a small pie in a pie dish

It seems the vessel had combine the eastern and western style!

Another detail of the chinese vesses that interest me is its amazing and

exquisite design.I really hope that I could have my own camera soon so that I could upload the pictures of my vessels .But still ,I found some nice images from the internet.Chawan, drinking bowls used in a Japanese tea ceremony

Bowls are ubiquitous. Some bowls can be safe to use in a microwave oven, depending on the material that the bowl is made out of.While many Chinese vessels are made of China which can be used in a microwave oven.However some china can not ,because the lacework of the vessels are gilded

.Painted  incised  and glazed earthenware  Dated 10th century chinese

Some plates’ lines are simple .But like a magic tale that reflect our ancestors’ imagination and wisdom.These withe plate with the black lines is a wonderful piece.You can see the line at each side are different thought they looks like the same and symmetrical seeing from a distance .

So some plates are made as decorative items for display rather than used for food.That is what we consider life is beyond the realism.As I ‘d love to live my live to the fullest I admire those wonderful things and the chinese rich culture.

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