"Not be oil lamp of a province! " this results from Xi Shuchuan on the west dam child common saying, common now Yu Ying inspects the get rid of the stale and bring forth the fresh in waiting for work: "That young married woman is not a light that saves oil! " " the lamp that your baby is not province oil! " is this had in real life " province oil lamp " ? The answer is affirmative, sichuan culture experiences the house has oil lamp of such a province on the west.
History of human use illuminative is OK restrospect to primitive society, the Bao of a contented that Chinese history museum reveals should be the earliest lamps and lanterns that we see, arrived first the Qin Dynasty, the bronze lamp small cup of bully gas magnificent is ablaze come on stage, two Chinese, appeared the small cup of lamp of pottery and porcelain of dignified guileless, and Sui Tang introduced to the making craft of lamp small cup a new milepost again, appear those who have practical, artistic quality and scientific sex height to unite is perfect " province oil lamp " . Why should Sui Tang develop province oil lamp? Have since ancient times " rain during springtime is expensive like oil " " gold is expensive like oil " view, we know, the raw material that oil lamp place uses turned a plant into oil from animal oil already, and vegetable oil is main origin is rapeseed oil, agricultural height develops today, a mu of cropland produces the crop with best colza is controlled 300 jins, general many jins 200, normally ability of colza of 3 jins of above gives rape oil of 1 a unit of weight, ancient time is agrotechnical far did not develop today, colza mu produce a likelihood a few jins about a hundred jins, rape oil appears cover is sufficient precious, " red sleeve adds sweet night to read " , since of the Tang Dynasty of the Sui Dynasty martial the dynasty that also is a serious article, military camp and scholar should make illume with not little oil plants, so, the occurrence that saves oil lamp is inevitable also. Yang Anfa main forces of emperor of Yang of fabulous the Sui Dynasty assaults indocile Gao Gouli, because oil plants is insufficient, give orders the whole nation is managing with oil, civilian illume time cannot exceed 2 more, use absolute province oil lamp, the person that violate is punished severely, stone of sea of the first month of Mingshi of city of look forward to, hitting " display for the emperor on province oil lamp " catchword, those who revolt emperor of Yang of the Sui Dynasty is atrocious and regnant, lead a gang brother partner many 7000 arms assaults Sui Jun, it how is important that this story specification saves oil lamp to have in Tang Shi.
House of Sichuan culture experience has on the west such a Tang Shitao is made " province oil lamp " , the end on it submits bowl form dish mouth, 11cm of bowl mouth diameter, outside tall 4cm, hollow affusion interlining, glair color shows olivine, jade-like stone embellish is downy, glair layer coagulates thick moist, glaze nature leaves piece, the embryo is qualitative solid, perfectly round and full, glaze appears very elegant and elegant on integral modelling, dignified and composed, article model guileless is easy, show Cheng Tangwen to change the sort of air boundless do not break elegant and elegant times style again.
Why can province oil lamp save oil? Sichuan culture experiences house merchant learns Wei curator to tell us on the west, change this province oil lamp that experiences a house to be able to see from Xi Shuwen: Province oil lamp and the distinction with the clear oil lamp that be not a province depend on saving oil lamp oil dish below increased an interlining, use perfusion cold water. When oil lamp ignites illume, as time elapse oil temperature rise is fast, oil plants evaporates subsequently, quantity of heat is absorbed to rise to drop in temperature after cold water fill is entered action, reduce oil plants to evaporate thereby speed, reduce oily cost, section spare is oily. Carry out a proof: Oil can be saved after infuse cold water 25 -- 40% the left and right sides.
Province oil lamp developed Song Dai, the craft that make reachs highest state, countrywide pottery and porcelain makes standard of province oil lamp come from the Qiong kiln of Xi Shu Sichuan, the part of province oil lamp that Qiong kiln makes practical, artistic, science, culture, folk-custom all sorts of elegant at an organic whole. The admiration of province oil lamp that well-known poet Su Dongpo produces to Qiong kiln when Sichuan Qiong city is an official has fine, he is in " old word hut takes notes " say: " " book lamp does not use cupreous small cup, alone porcelain small cup most the province is oily. There is the small cup that place porcelain in Sichuan, affusion in a key to do sth of small cup lip, can save oil. " at present this is the record of the earliest character that we see province oil lamp. Through Su Dongpo's conduct propaganda, oil lamp of Qiong kiln province is more radiative brightness of Yi giving Yi, red all over great river north and south. Today, common saying " province oil lamp " the 3 words that already evolved into a win universal praise are phrasal, devoir of figurative simple minded, not the person of ask for trouble, and it is extended sentence " the lamp that is not province oil " more wide to circulate, the meaning has honour have demote, can be to say this individual know a thing or two is clever wisdom, also can say evil of this individual artful slips experienced and astute.
Gu Xuewei curator to years the member that Jiang Yan editorial office makes society with city high a city says: "Hey, you are not the light that saves oil! " you say, this word is to speak still be play cruel!