The introuction of the House Dinning Utensils

The introuction of the House Dinning Utensils

In the past, the rich family in Lu-Kang paid much attention to the household utensils used in the party. Different occasions had different household utensils for the special purpose.

The household utensils stored in the Lu-Kang Folk Arts Museum were all very elegant and luxury in the style. The sculpture and the painting on the objects were excellent delicate due to they were all used in the party for the guests and the birthday party.

Among them, the most unique utensils were the Cups of Nine Dragons which had nine cups from the big size to small size. This kind of design could increase the fun of drinking of the party. However, it was a piety that two cups of the set of the Cups of the Nine Dragon stored in museum had been lost.

In addition, we could see many other household utensils in the Room 204. All the historical relics could reflect the real life of the folk society.

The whole View of the House Dinning Utensils

Party Utensils	Smoking Tools	Smoking Tool
Cake Model	Silver Utensils	Party Utensils
Vine Basket	Tea Utensils	Daily Utensils
Cups Set	Casino Tools	Hair Cutting Basket

The Party Utensils

The Party Utensils(1)

China is famous for the excellent skills of making the china especially the works in the Qing Dynasty. The china in the Qing Dynasty was usually so graceful, elegant and luxury in the style. The Qing Dynasty was the highest peak of the development of making the china.

The Party Utensils(2)

The Qing Dynasty was the highest peak of the development of making the china. When the official kiln faded, the folk kiln rose gradually. Most of the designs of the the utensils were all asking for being lucky.

Explanations of the party utensils

Name：Four Seasons China Dish Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was good for its excellent painting, which were so skillful and graceful. Besides, it also could show the excellent literature  in poems on the dish which was very unique.	Name：White China Tea Dish Material :  white china Explanation: This kind of china was so skillful and graceful. There was no any painting and pictures on the tea dish.
Name：High Leg China Dish Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was good for its excellent painting, which were so skillful and graceful. Besides, the pictures of the Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum on the dish which was very unique.	Name: Fruit Dish Material :  china Explanation: This kind of folk art was good for its excellent sculptures, which were so skillful and graceful. The dish was divided into five sections in order to place different kinds of fruits.
Name：Blue China Dish Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was so skillful and graceful. There was no any painting and pictures on the tea dish and they were all the style of Ming Dynasty.	Name： Sauce Dish Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was so skillful and graceful. There was no any painting and pictures on the tea dish and they were all the style of Qing Dynasty. The shape of Supreme pole, Tai Ji, was very unique.
Name：Fu-So China Bowl Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was so skillful and graceful. There was no any painting and pictures of bats on the tea dish and they were all the style of Ming Dynasty.	Name： Steaming Cup Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was so skillful and graceful. There was no any painting and pictures on the tea dish. There were ears holes on the both side of the cup.
Name：Colorful China Bowl Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was so skillful and graceful. There was no any painting and pictures of bats on the tea dish and they were all the style of Zin Der Town china.	Name： Dragon Steaming Cup Material :  china Explanation: This kind of china was so skillful and graceful. There was no any painting and pictures on the tea dish. There were two ears on the both side of the cup.
Name：High Leg China Dish and Wood Stage Material :  china and wood Explanation: This kind of china was good for its simplicity. Besides, there was not any pictures or painting on the bowl at all.

Silver Utensils

Gold, silver and bronze are three kinds of the most popular material to be used in making the household utensils. They all have the excellent metal feature of easily to be changed to any shapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tools of Making Cake

The tools of making cake were all made of wood according to the shapes of the cake. The Chinese cake was used to cerebrate the birthday or pray to the ancestors, and the tomb sweeping day as well.

The explanation of the Cake Model

Cake Model─The tools of making cake were all made of wood according to the shapes of the cake. The Chinese cake was used to cerebrate the birthday or pray to the ancestors, and the tomb sweeping day as well.The sculpture on the model were lucky picture like fish, turtles, bats and so on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Utensils

The tools of making cake were all made of wood according to the purpose. There was a high pragmatic demand in the daily life.

Explanation of the Daily Utensils

Name：Tools of Eating Areca Material :  Wood Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful.  The tool was used to break the areca to eat.

Name： Rice Spoon Material :  Wood Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful for eating the rice for Chinese.  There were many pictures of sculpture on the spoon.

Name： Rice Barrel Material :  Wood Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful for eating the rice for Chinese.  There were many pictures of sculpture on the barrel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tea utensils

The tools of tea utensils were all made of pottery and china according to the purpose. There was a high pragmatic demand in the daily life. Drinking tea has become the art of tea. That’s very interesting.

Explanation of the Tea Utensils

Name：Tea Pot Material :  Tin Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful. The tool was used by the women for making up.	Name： Stove Material :  bamboo Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful. The stove was very important for the elder to keep warm in the winter.	Name： Tea Utensils Material :  pottery Explanation: This kind of tools was so skillful and graceful for dreaming tea. There were many pictures of on the tools. Dreaming tea is one of the important arts in China.
Name：Tea Pot Material :  Tin Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful. The tool was noted for its shape. The pot had the rectangles in the body of the pot with a handle.	Name：Tea Pot Material :  pottery Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful. The tool was noted for its shape. The handle of the pot was that kind of the bronze ropes.	Name：Tea Pot And Box Material : bamboo and china Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful. The tool was noted for its pretty painting. The handle of the pot was that kind of the vine ropes.
Name：Tea Can Material :  Tin Explanation: This kind of tool was so skillful and graceful.  The tool was noted for its shape. The pot had the rectangles style.	Name：Tea Can Material :  Tin Explanation: The can was used to store the tea. The tool was noted for its shape. The pot had the six angles style. There were also many poems written on the can.	Name：Wine Pot Material :  Tin Explanation: The pot was used to store the wine. There was also a tin dish. The tool was noted for its shape. They were often used in the Chinese parties.

Water Smoking Dry Smoking Gun

There was a water barrel used to as a filter to clean the smoke to be smoother to be smoked. The smoking guns were for males, but some were created for the ladies.

Water Smoking and Dry Smoking Gun

Name：Water Smoking Gun Material :  bronze Explanation: The gun was used to smoke. The tool was noted for its shape. The gun had the six angles style. There were many parts to form the gun.

Name：Dry Smoking Gun Material :  bronze and agate Explanation: The gun was used to smoke. The tool was noted for its shape. The gun had a bag. There were many parts to form the gun.

 

Smoking tools of Opium

Opium is made of meconium. Before smoking the opium, the smoker had to fry the opium with fire. When the opium became dry, the opium could put it into the gun to smoke and happily smoke on the bed like a deity.

Smoking tools of Opium

The person who was smoking the opium on the bed. ( Picture from the Lu-Kang Folk Arts Museum)

Casino Tools

Some people are sensitive to the casino. However, gambling is an ordinary activity all over the world. We are just here to pay attention to the good idea of the designer to create so many creative and graceful sculpture on the casino tools, instead of spreading the gambling game.

Casino Tools	Hu Loo Men
Card Nine	Dice
Mar Jarn	Casino Tools of Bamboo
Cards of Four Colors

Vine Basket

In the Chinese custom, most of the furniture was the color of red in that the Chinese like the color most. Color red means being lucky. The color of the vine baskets were all about the red color.

The red vine basket in the museum was the work done in the Qing Dynasty. The sculpture of the basket was very delicately and graceful. The basket was made of good vine, and the painting in the past in Lu-Kang was excellent to create such nice and conformable furniture.

After passing over three hundred years, the vine basket was the same as the day that it was just finished. It was like a fantastic magic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cups Set

The tools of tea utensils were all made of pottery and china according to the purpose. There was a high pragmatic demand in the daily life. Drinking tea has become the art of tea. That’s very interesting. Most of the cups were painted by various colors and they were all very thin on the body of the cup.

Cups Set

Warm Wine Pot

Cups of Nine Dragons

Explanation of the Cups of Nine Dragons

資料、照片來源：鹿港民俗文物館集錦(一)

Cups of Nine Dragons--It was made in the Zin Der Kiln in the Qing Dynasty. The name of the cups『Cups of Nine Dragons』could be misunderstood by the people to believe that there were nine dragons on the cups. In fact, there was none. It’s very interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hair Cutting Load and Hoop Barrel Load

Hair Cutting Load
In the Qing Dynasty, all the men were forced to cut some part of the hair to obey the law of the official orders. Therefore, some barbers were assigned to go to the local area to serve the folk people. So was the origination of the Hair Cutting Load.

Hoop Barrel Load
In the past, most of the hoop barrel loads were made of wood. There were master who went along the street to repair the wood barrel. That kind of job has disappeared Nowadays.

On the left ： hair cutting load  On the right：hoop barrel load

The picture of cutting hair in the past