Chapter 1,204 Selling so hot that its out of stock
There is a popular story about the origin of baby pillows.
According to legend, during the Northern Song Dynasty, a kiln-burning couple had no heirs, so they went to the local Tianhou Palace to pray to the Queen Mother to give them a son, and invited a clay doll home.
But the clay doll did not deliver the child. The husband was so angry that he smashed the clay doll into pieces.
The wife was very sad and dreamed of a baby when she fell asleep at night.
When I wake up, I will make a doll-like porcelain pillow according to the appearance in my dream.
The husband helped to bake it into shape, and his wife slept with it on her head every day.
Unexpectedly, after half a year, I actually became pregnant.
The two were overjoyed and thought it was the porcelain pillow.
From this, the child pillow has the meaning of sending a child.
Lotus, child, means that the melons and melons are endless, and the children will be born in succession.
This is our country's traditional auspicious decoration, which carries people's best wishes for the inheritance of blood.
What's more, the ancients attached great importance to the reproduction of offspring. With such auspicious pillows, they could pray for abundant offspring even in their dreams.
Dingyao baby pillow was considered a "hot hit" product in the past.
With the development of technology and modeling, the technology of children's pillows is becoming more and more sophisticated.
Coupled with the childlike look, the childish expression is very endearing.
As soon as this kind of baby pillow came on the market, it became a hot commodity, and demand soon exceeded supply!
Records at that time said that "the south was temporarily unavailable", but it was so popular that it was sold out!
Even though there were many famous kilns in the south and their skills were profound, they just relied on the baby pillow, and all the limelight was suddenly snatched away by the upstart in the north.
Since the market demand is so strong, why not everyone get a share of the pie!
There is no copyright protection anyway, so Jizhou kiln and Jingzhen kiln in the south began to imitate it one after another.
Although copycats have become popular, Dingyao children's pillows have always maintained their position as the industry leader and remain unwavering.
Because it not only depicts the appearance of children, but also captures their essence.
Of course, the above story is just a legend, perhaps a gimmick created by the ancients for publicity.
However, the advantages of porcelain pillows in ancient times were still great.
In the hot summer, when we hide in air-conditioned rooms to escape the high temperature, have you ever thought about this problem?
How did the ancients escape the summer heat? So, Mrs. Bamboo and porcelain pillows came into being.
It can be said that porcelain pillows were urgently needed, so as soon as they were invented, they became popular throughout ancient society.
Since it is so popular, the only porcelain pillows handed down from ancient times cannot be children's pillows.
It's just that Ding kiln children's pillows are more famous. Although other porcelain pillows have a slightly weaker reputation, they are still very famous.
Chen Wenzhe's craftsmanship is pretty good, but he can make a baby pillow fairly quickly.
After all, except for glazing, other processes are very simple for him.
For example, clay training, carving, and then glazing and firing.
Besides, he had practiced using a baby pillow before.
As he becomes more familiar with it, it will really not be difficult for him to make a baby pillow.
So, as he kept doing it, he found that there were quite a few.
And when it came to glazing, he couldn't apply all white glaze, which would be too monotonous.
Therefore, you can use gold color, red glaze, green glaze, and black glaze.
Of course, it feels a bit wrong to simply use black glaze to make a porcelain pillow.
If it is used to relieve the heat, green glaze is actually the best.
There are also surviving antiques of such works in modern times.
In the Zhoutai City Museum, there is a collection of an ancient "sharp tool" for enjoying the coolness - a green-glazed Ruyi-shaped banana leaf pattern pillow.
It has a Ruyi-like shape and is a porcelain from the Song Dynasty. It has a history of about a thousand years.
Nowadays, it seems that its practical value has gradually disappeared.
However, the shape and the beauty of the painting art contained in it have settled over time and are amazing.
"The mist is thick, the clouds are sad, and the day is long, and the beasts are selling gold. It is the Double Ninth Festival. Jade pillows and gauze kitchens, the coolness comes through in the middle of the night. After dusk, I put wine on the east fence, and there is a faint fragrance filling my sleeves. I can't help but feel ecstasy, the west wind blows behind the curtain,
People are thinner than yellow flowers."
This song "Drunken Flower Yin" by Li Qingzhao is called "cool" in every sentence.
The "cool" in the fourth sentence lies in "jade pillow".
The jade pillow here is not made of jade, but refers to a porcelain pillow. It was a must-have item for the ancients to cool down in summer.
This green glaze porcelain pillow, its full name is Green Glaze Ruyi-shaped Banana Leaf Pattern Pillow, was fired in the Song Dynasty.
It is 28.5 cm long, 24.5 cm wide, and 7.3 cm to 10 cm high.
Viewed from a distance, the entire porcelain pillow appears emerald green.
The wishful-shaped pillow surface is like a gloomy lotus leaf in midsummer, bringing people a burst of coolness.
It is also like a pool of green water, nourishing the irritability in my heart.
This green-glazed lotus leaf-shaped pillow was unearthed in November 1984 in the southwest of Taicheng, Zhouzhou.
Except for the transparent glaze on the bottom surface, the rest are all low-temperature green glaze.
Through the picture, you can clearly see that there are four burning points on one side of it, revealing dark red fetal soil.
This can show that this porcelain pillow was fired standing up.
If you look carefully at this porcelain pillow, you will also find that three swaying banana leaves are engraved in the wish-shaped consecration on the pillow surface.
Maybe it's a characteristic of the Song Dynasty, or maybe the craftsmen in the Song Dynasty were more conscientious.
Anyway, I don't dare think it's any kind of decoration, it's all carved to the smallest detail.
Like banana leaves, each leaf has jagged edges and slender veins, which is very vivid.
In addition, there is a jade-shaped frame printed on the bottom of the porcelain pillow, with the four words "Chen Family Mark" inside the frame.
Just like today's famous brand trademarks, it shows that it was a high-end product at that time.
Small things contain great truths. People may be confused after seeing this porcelain pillow.
Is this hard and big thing suitable for making a pillow? In fact, there is a great truth in this.
The hard texture of porcelain pillows will "force" people. After falling asleep, they will constantly adjust their sleeping positions and keep their bodies active, which is good for their health.
When using, you can also cover the surface with cotton yarn to adjust the softness and hardness and avoid catching cold.
According to some actual pillows discovered so far, the four corners have varying degrees of wear and tear, while the middle part is relatively intact. This also proves from the side that when the ancients used porcelain pillows, most of them would cover them with a layer of bedding.
Other studies have found that in order to ensure that the cervical vertebrae are not compressed during sleep, the ancients also specially designed a tray for the neck, so that the entire body can lie on the porcelain pillow in a natural state and sleep comfortably.
In fact, the history of using pillows in our country is very long. There is a record of "turning and lying on pillows" in "The Book of Songs Chen Feng Zepi".
As a daily sleeping tool, pillows have been made of various materials and types since ancient times.
The pillows used for sleeping in ancient times were very different from those used today.
In addition to the original wooden sleepers, later on, with the changes of the times and the abundance of raw materials, there were more varieties.
With the changes of the times, there are gradually hard pillows such as jade pillows, pottery pillows, lacquer pillows, porcelain pillows, bamboo pillows, and cloth pillows, with porcelain pillows being the most popular.