Research On Poetry Of Ceramic Tea Set Were Written During Tang And Song Dynasties

Poetry of ceramic tea set are exotic one of brilliant ancient poetry, they have shown uniquestyle particularly in Tang and Song period. This article is composed of three parts, defining theceramic tea set poetry and introducing their development firstly, then interpreting their same strainon aesthetics. According to the premise, I focus on study of the feature of ceramic tea set poetrywere written during Tang and Song dynasties, and make brief analysis about the reason why wereSong dynasty’s poets so likely to sing the black glaze vitreous enamel.Regarding the demarcation of ceramic poetry, the biggest debate from academia is if thepoetry were written on ceramics belong to ceramic poetry. Depend on the poetry of “so-calledceramic poetry must have the lingering charm and elegant demeanour of ceramics.” from Mr.Chen who are the scholar made relatively full expound about the definition of ceramic poetry atpresent. He think the part of ceramic poetry were written on ceramics, which could create theaesthetic feeling relate to ceramics, can be called ceramic poetry, while the others are not.Therefore, the poetry of ceramic tea set can be defined, they are poems sing the ceramic teaset,including the part were written on ceramics which have the charm of ceramics. Theirdevelopment present a procedure that increasing in number and various in content. Meanwhile,they have the unique style because of the homoplasy about taste and mentality exist in Tang andSong dynasties’ poets.The most important part is the features shown on ceramic tea set poetry of Tang and Songdynasties. Firstly, the poems stressed the color description of green and white, and have shown apeaceful artistic conception by using this color to describe ceramic tea set. And depend on theconcept of “gentlemen think the moral character as pure as jade”,poets sing their noble characterby mean of praising ceramic tea set same to jade. Secondly, the poems have shown the beautyfeature combining porcelain and tea because they are affected by fashion of tea drink in that periodin the poems, we also can see poets pursue of poetic life. Lastly, the poems are affected byBuddhism, so they have shown the outlook on life that detach and let it be when facing trouble andlife.In addition, black glaze poetry uniquely exist in the poetry of Tang and Song ceramic tea set.Just like a dazzling meteor, it’s hard to find them in literature neither before or after Song dynasties. As to the reason, some scholar think the black glaze’s color against the color of white tea, thiscontrast isn’t fit to ancient scholar’s appreciation of the beauty in natural. Then why poets of Songdynasty are love to sing black glaze poetry？I think it’s not only because the funny of compare teaart between poets, but also due to black glaze’s help for introspection.