{"id":583,"date":"2023-09-10T13:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T13:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teeregen.de\/?p=583"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:20:33","slug":"yixing-clay-teapot-hulu-calabash-shape__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teeregen.de\/en\/yixing-clay-teapot-hulu-calabash-shape__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Teapot Shapes – Hulu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One teapot for good luck.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\u846b\u82a6
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hulu
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calabash gourd<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This teapot is one of Mansheng\u2019s Eighteen (compare Shipiao teapot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hulu shape is based on the calabash or bottle gourd. It has a lot of practical usees: as food, medicine, as a container for water or medicine, a ladle, a strainer, even a musical instrument\u2026The hulu is very important in Chinese culture because of its beautiful shape, its practical uses and its name. The name hulu \u846b\u82a6 also sounds like fulu \u798f\u7984 ( good luck and prosperity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hulu is heavily featured in literature and art and is connected to Taoism and mythology. It often appears as a magical accessory for a deity, containing pills of immortality, holy water or other treasures. It can also serve as a container for evil spirits or shelter for people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it is not far fetched that there is a hulu shaped teapot – to supply us with unlimited good tea and to ward off evil (tea)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mansheng\u2019s hulu pot has an arched bridge with a little ring as a lid handle which makes a soft clinking sound when moved and adds some playfulness. Other hulu teapots have a little stubble or vine on top of the lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What evil tea should the hulu teapot defend you against?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get yourself some ‚Teapot Shapes II‘ postcards!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n