Tang Sancai is a kind of low-temperature glazed pottery. Adding different metal oxides into the colored glaze, after firing, various colors such as light yellow, ochre yellow, light green, dark green, sky blue, brown red and eggplant purple are formed, but most of them are yellow, brown and green. It is a traditional handicraft with China's unique style, mainly the colored glaze coated on the ceramic body. During the firing process, chemical changes occur, the depth of the colored glaze changes, mutual penetration, mottled dripping, natural color coordination and smooth patterns. In the mutual reflection of colors, the three colors in the Tang Dynasty show magnificent artistic charm. As a funerary object, Tang Sancai was used for funerary objects, because its fetal quality was crisp, its waterproof performance was poor, and its practicability was far less than that of celadon and white porcelain that had appeared at that time.
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of China's feudal society, with prosperous economy and brilliant culture and art. Tang Sancai is a kind of painted pottery handicraft produced in this period, which is famous for its vivid modeling, bright colors and rich flavor of life.
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of China's feudal dynasty, so the three colors of the Tang Dynasty also reflected the politics, culture and life of the Tang Dynasty from another side. Like other cultures in the Tang Dynasty, poetry, painting, architecture and * * constitute the melody of Tang culture, but they are different from other cultures and arts. Seen from the history of modern ceramics, the tri-colored glaze in the Tang Dynasty is an epoch-making milestone in the history of ceramics in the Tang Dynasty, because before the Tang Dynasty, there were only monochromatic glazes. Then after the Tang Dynasty, that is to say, this colorful glaze color was also used in ceramic objects. Some of them are textual research from the history of ceramics, which is related to the great changes in aesthetic points at that time in the Tang Dynasty. Before the Tang dynasty, people advocated vegetarianism, but after the Tang dynasty, they embraced various cultures and many foreign cultures. That is to say, at this time, such a characteristic of a splendid culture has been formed, whether it is painting, ceramics or the production of gold and silver vessels.
Tri-colored sculptures in Tang Dynasty are rich and colorful, which can be roughly divided into three categories: animals, household appliances and figures, among which animals are the most. According to the current classification, the unearthed three-color Tang Dynasty can be divided into three categories: animals, utensils and figures, especially animals, which may be related to the background of the times at that time. In ancient China, horses were one of the important means of transportation for people. They were also needed on the battlefield, farmers needed horses for farming and transportation. Therefore, there were more horses unearthed in Tang Sancai, followed by camels, which may be related to Chinese and foreign trade at that time. Camels are one of the long-distance means of transportation. Therefore, craftsmen reflect it on handicrafts. Generally, there were more ladies-in-waiting, reflecting the court life at that time.
Tang Sancai, a handicraft, has the characteristics of cultural exchange between China and the West. This model is a chicken head container. From the current research, it is a vessel for holding wine in western countries and even Middle Eastern countries, but it is made as a handicraft in the Central Plains, from which people can see the cultural exchange between China and the West at that time.
Tri-colored pottery in the Tang Dynasty is the essence of pottery in the Tang Dynasty, reaching its peak in the early and prosperous Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion, with the gradual decline of the Tang Dynasty and the rapid development of porcelain, the production of tricolor utensils gradually declined. Later, "Liao Sancai" and "Jin Sancai" were produced, but they were far inferior to Tang Sancai in quantity, quality and artistry.
As a traditional cultural product and arts and crafts, Tang Sancai not only has a certain position in the history of China ceramic art, but also plays a very important role in cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
Tang Sancai was exported to foreign countries as early as the early Tang Dynasty and was deeply loved by foreign people. This colorful glazed pottery is famous for its gorgeous glaze, bright luster and exquisite shape. Tang Sancai is a bright pearl in China ancient ceramics.
According to archaeological excavations, fragments of tri-colored objects in the Tang Dynasty have been excavated on the Silk Road, the Mediterranean coast and some countries in West Asia. Then the spread of this culture abroad has also had a certain impact on their ceramic industry, including Japan and North Korea. Tri-color objects were made in Nara, Japan, imitating China's tricolor, which was called Nara tricolor at that time, and Silla, North Korea, imitating China's tricolor, which was called Silla tricolor.
It is precisely because of the charm of Tang Sancai, especially in recent years, with the further development of tourism and the opening of international and domestic markets, more and more people like to collect Tang Sancai.
Since the discovery of Tri-color in the Tang Dynasty at the beginning of last century, it has attracted the attention of China and the world art circles. Especially since the 1980s, the research on Tang Sancai has been in full swing, and many experts have made the research results public.