Chá chǒng

I-Chachong (chá chǒng 茶宠), ngokwezwi nezwi okusho ukuthi “isilwane esifuywayo setiye” — umfanekiso omncane owenziwe ngobumba olungashiswanga ngoqweqwe, ohlala ethreyini yetiye futhi othelewa itiye. Lokhu akulona itiye futhi akusiyona into yokusebenzisa: akunakuphuzwa ngakho, futhi akunakwenza itiye ngakho. Le athikili, njengaleyo emayelana ne-Yixing zisha, imayelana nento yesiko letiye, hhayi ngeqabunga.

Okuyikho nokungayikho

I-Chachong ibekwa ebhodini letiye (chá pán 茶盘) noma “emkhunjini” wetiye (chá chuán 茶船) — lapho kuthululwa khona amanzi okuqala awashayo kanye nensalela yokugxilisa. Umfanekiso awuhlanganyeli ekwenzeni itiye futhi awunamthelela ekunambithekeni kwetiye enkomishini. Indima yawo yehlukile: yamukela lokho obekungavele kuthululwe, bese kushintsha kancane kancane unyaka nonyaka.

Kulokhu kuyinto ebalulekile ukwehlukanisa izinto ezingomakhelwane ethreyini. Itshe lesazi (gòng shí 供石), amatshe amancane omfula, ukuqopha ku-jade, isisekelo sesembozo (gài zhì 盖置) — konke lokhu kungabangane betafula letiye, kodwa akulona i-chachong: akunikezwa itiye futhi i-patina ayikhuliswa kukho. Umngcele awuncikile kusayizi noma endaweni ethreyini, kodwa ekutheni into iyalimunca yini itiye futhi iyashintsha yini ngenxa yalokho.

Impahla: kungani kuyi-zisha

Iningi lama-chachong libunjwa nge-Yixing zisha (zǐshā 紫砂) — yilona hlobo lodaka olusetshenziselwa ukwenza amathipoti endaweni yaseDingshu (Dīngshǔ 丁蜀). Isizathu siwukuthi kunezimbotshana ezimbili: udonga lwembiza luhlala ludlulisa umoya, kodwa aluvuzi, kanti izimbotshana ezincane zibamba amafutha etiye. Yileyo nto ngqo ethathwa njengenzuzo ethipothi, lapha isebenzela umphumela obonakalayo.

Umbala womfanekiso unqunywa uhlobo lwetshe. I-Zini (zǐní 紫泥) inikeza amathoni ansundu-ansomi, i-zhuni (zhūní 朱泥) — umbala obomvu ogqamile ophuzi, i-duanni (duànní 段泥) — amathoni akhanyayo aphuzi-mpunga. Kuyatholakala futhi i-porcelain yaseDehua (Déhuà 德化): iyajiya futhi ayimunci kangako, ngakho ishintsha kancane kakhulu, futhi kufanele ithengwe ngenxa yokuma kwayo, hhayi ngenxa ye-patina.

Indawo enoqweqwe, ependwe, noma egcotshwe nge-wax ayinikezi patina nhlobo — itiye liyashelela kuyo. Umfanekiso ocwebezelayo kusukela eshalofini lesitolo uzohlala ucwebezela.

I-Patina ivela kanjani

Igama lesiShayina lalokhu kugqwala — i-baojiang (bāojiāng 包浆): “leso sikhumba” okukhulunywa ngaso uma kukhulunywa ngamathipoti amadala nangezinto zakudala. Indlela yokusebenza ilula. Ukugxilisa okushisayo kuyathambisa futhi kusakaze amafutha etiye phezu kwendawo, izimbotshana ezincane zibamba ingxenye yawo, ukuphulula okuphindaphindiwe ngebhulashi nangendwangu kuhlanganisa ungqimba. Ezinyangeni udonga luyafiphala, eminyakeni — luthola ukucwebezela okuthambile, okungabonisi.

Amanye amatiye ashiya umkhondo ohlukile. I-sheng pu’er inikeza indawo ebukhali, efana nengilazi; ama-oolong anezela umbala obomvu; itiye eliluhlaza lishiya ithoni ye-amber e-mat. Akukho muntu ongavimbela ukuxuba — lapho-ke umfanekiso uba irekhodi lalokho osuke wakuphuza, hhayi lwetiye elilodwa.

Akukho ukushesha lapha. Ushintsho olubonakalayo — ngamakhulu okuthela, okungukuthi izinyanga zokuzijwayeza okuvamile, hhayi impelasonto.

Izindikimba nokusho kwazo

• Ixoxo elinamaqhubu amathathu (sān jiǎo jīn chán 三脚金蟾) — indikimba eyaziwa kakhulu, ngokuvamile linohlamvu lwemali emlonyeni; lihlotshaniswa nendaba ka-Liu Hai kanye nexoxo legolide, lifundwa njengesifiso senala.
• I-Pixiu (pí xiū 貔貅) — isilo sasenganekwaneni, okuthiwa ingcebo iyayamukela futhi ayiyikhiphi ngaphandle; ibekwa futhi njengesivikelo.
• Ufudu (guī 龟) — impilo ende; ixoxo (qīng wā 青蛙) — amanzi nesivuno.
• UBuddha ohlekayo, uMile (mí lè fó 弥勒佛) — inhlalakahle nomoya olula.
• Izilwane ze-zodiac (shí’èr shēngxiào 十二生肖) — inkunzi, udrako, inkawu, ingulube nezinye; ngokuvamile zithathwa ngonyaka wokuzalwa.

Indikimba lapha akulona iphupho futhi akusilo isivikelo esinesiqiniseko. Kuyisiko lobuciko, lapho ingcweti ikhetha isimo, kanti umthengi — lokho akuthandayo.

Abakhafula amanzi (喷水茶宠)

Uhlobo oluhlukile — imifanekiso ekhipha umfudlana wamanzi: i-penshui chachong (pēn shuǐ chá chǒng 喷水茶宠). Ngaphakathi kukhona indawo engenalutho enembobo encane. Umfanekiso ugcwaliswa ngamanzi abandayo kusengaphambili; uma uthelwa ngamanzi abilayo, umoya ovalelwe ngaphakathi uyashisa futhi unwebe, ukhiphe amanzi ngomfudlana omncane. Akukho mshini ngaphakathi — ukunwetshwa kokushisa kusebenza, ngakho-ke umlingo uphindeka kuphela ngenkathi umehluko wokushisa usalondolozwa.

Ngokuvamile lokhu kwenziwa ngamadrako (lóng 龙), ama-carp (lǐ yú 鲤鱼), amabhubesi (shī zi 狮子) namaphoenix (fèng huáng 凤凰) — izindikimba lapho umfudlana ufunda njengengxenye yesithombe.

Ukunakekela

• Thela itiye, hhayi insipho. Insipho iyamuncwa yizimbotshana futhi ihlala odongeni — lokhu akunakulungiseka.
• Uma kufanele kuhlanzwe, kwanele amanzi afudumele ahlanzekile nebhulashi elithambile, elibekelwe itiye kuphela (yǎng hú bǐ 养壶笔 — lelo bhulashi elifanayo elisetshenziselwa “ukukhulisa” ithipoti).
• Ungalokothi ugcine umfanekiso emanzini etiye amile isikhathi eside: itiye elimile liyamunca futhi endaweni enezimbotshana kungakhula isikhunta. Ngemva kweseshini, yisule futhi uyomise.
• Gcina endaweni evulekile futhi engenalo uthuli, ethreyini noma eshalofini. Ilanga eliqondile isikhathi eside liyomisa udaka.
• Umfanekiso oshiywe isikhathi eside ngaphandle kwetiye uyafiphala — lokhu kuyalungiseka, izikhathi ezimbalwa zokuwusebenzisa zibuyisa ukucwebezela.

I-Dingshu kanye nesiginesha yengcweti

Izindawo zokusebenzela lapho kubunjwa khona ama-chachong zigxile eDingshu — kuleso sifunda sase-Yixing lapho kukhiqizwa khona amathipoti. Ngokombono owandile, isiko lakhula kulezi zindawo zokusebenzela: kusukela ezinsaleleni zodaka emva kwethipoti, babebumba umfanekiso omncane. Ukuhlola lokhu ngezinsuku kunzima, futhi ucwaningo lwezinsuku oluqondile kufanele lucaciswe emithonjeni yendawo.

Umsebenzi owenziwa ngesandla ngokuvamile unophawu noma isiginesha — i-yinzhang (yìn zhāng 印章), ngokuvamile ngaphansi. Uphawu lodwa alufakazeli ubunikazi noma ubudala: lufakelwa njengakho konke okunye. Lunesisindo kuphela uma luhlanganiswa nomlando ocacile womsuka — kusuka kubani, kusuka kuyiphi indawo yokusebenzela, ngubani owabona ingcweti.

Indlela yokuhlukanisa umfanekiso wangempela

Akukho zimpawu zaselabhorethri eziqinisekile zomthengi, kodwa okumbalwa okuphawuliwe kususa ukufakwa okusobala:

1. Indawo. I-zisha yangempela i-mat futhi inesihlabathi kancane uma uyithinta, ngaphandle kokucwebezela kwengilazi. Indawo ecwebezelayo — i-glaze, i-wax, noma i-lacquer.
2. Amanzi. Amanzi athelwa ku-zisha engashiswanga ngoqweqwe afiphaza udonga ngokulinganayo futhi ayangena; ku-glaze ne-lacquer ahlangana abe ngamaconsi.
3. Isisindo nezinga lokushisa. Udaka luthatha ukushisa kwesandla ngokushesha futhi luhlala lusinda ngokuphawulekayo ngokosayizi walo. I-resin ilula futhi ithi “ifudumele” ngokushesha uma uyithinta.
4. Umsindo nezihlanganisi. Emifanekisweni engenalutho ngaphakathi, udonga lunomsindo omile futhi omfushane; umkhondo wokubunjwa okuyindilinga yonke — uphawu lwe-resin ebunjiwe, hhayi ukubunjwa ngesandla.
5. Intengo. Umfanekiso opendwe ngemibala ngezinhlamvu ezimbalwa zama-yuan — uyi-souvenir, futhi ngeke ube ne-patina.

Uma umfanekiso udingeka njenge-chachong, hhayi njengomhlobiso, okuwukuphela kwento ebalulekile ngempela — udaka olunamazinyane olungashiswanga ngoqweqwe. Konke okunye kuyinto yesibili.

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