无锡的紫砂壶建筑英文介绍

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Yixing Teapots
Clay teapots from the town in Yixing,near Wuxi,are an indispensable accessory for tea drinkers throughout China.Usually small,squat,and brown,fine craftsmanship and special materials make them an ideal vessel
for making tea.The fired clay is uniquely able to bring out the flavors of tea leaves during brewing.Since the clay is absorbent,unlike porcelain or metal,some of the flavor is absorbed into the pot during each brewing.This gives the tea a richer and more mellow flavor - after using a pot many times,the pot itself can flavor boiling water without adding any fresh tea leaves!
Much of the unique quality of Yixing teapots comes from the special dark brown clay they are fashioned from.The clay is not simply dug from the ground,but is actually made from rocks unique to the area,ground into powder and mixed with water.Craftsmen use choose several different types of rock and combine them in different proportions in light of what they are planning to make.The different colors of the best Yixing pottery come from different colored clays,not from paint or glazes,so pieces with several colors actually use several different clays.As a result,Yixing pottery is less brightly colored than Chinese porcelain,and uses more muted earth tones.
Yixing pottery is not made on a potter's wheel or with thin coils of clay.Instead,artisans use a complex array of hand tools to shape the parts of a teapot,then put them together before firing.All the parts of a single teapot must come from the same lump of clay and must be worked at the same time - otherwise differences in the consistency of the clay or changes in air temperature or humidity of the environment where it is worked could cause cracks and breaks when the pot is fired.Each pot is made of five parts - base,lid,walls,spout,and handle.After "tenderizing" a suitable lump of clay with a heavy wooden mallet,the artisan slices it up and rolls out a thin sheet to use as a base,making it a perfect circle with a small com追问

无锡紫砂壶建筑介绍，而不是紫砂壶，而且英文别太难，因为是口语课上讲的