Evolution Of Wine Bottle Materials

For thousands of years, the material of wine bottles has been constantly changing, mainly determined by the production process and technology at that time. In ancient times, natural containers such as bamboo, wood, gourd, fruit shells and animal horns were mainly formed in nature; from the Neolithic Age to the Xia Dynasty, pottery was the mainstream, and a small number of bronze and lacquerware wine utensils appeared; in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, with the popularization of bronze ware, copper wine utensils occupied a dominant position, and pottery retreated to the "second line"; in the Qin and Han Dynasties, lacquerware was popular, and jade wine utensils appeared; from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, porcelain wine utensils have always been the dominant position. Fine wine and ceramics are both "national quintessence" worthy of special mention in my country. The combination of the two has added infinite cultural heritage and profound historical feelings to wine utensils. During this period, there were also many precious wine vessels made of gold, silver and jade. From the Republic of China to the present, my country has always played the leading role in glass wine bottles, and has adopted a large number of ceramic wine bottles (many wine bottles use Jingdezhen porcelain, Yixing purple sand and porcelain fired by well-known kilns). In addition, there are a small number of wine bottles made of aluminum, galvanized iron sheets, plastics, stainless steel, artificial crystal, bamboo, wood, gourd and special paper. Looking at the evolution of Chinese wine vessels, the order of materials that once dominated was roughly: natural materials - pottery - bronze - lacquer - porcelain - glass.
The materials of wine bottles are becoming more and more diversified, including gold-plated, copper-plated, iron, tin, stainless steel, pottery, purple sand, porcelain, wood, bamboo, glass, horn, bakelite, etc. Wine bottles of various materials show their own characteristics and styles. Some are gorgeous and precious, some are solemn and generous, and some are light. For example, the gold-plated seven-layer pagoda bottle. The copper-plated Guizhou Laojiao cannon bottle. Guizhou and Guangxi use local specialty resources such as horns and bamboo to make various special wine bottles. One of the Eighteen Strange Things in Yunnan is that pipes are sold as wine and wine bottles are popular.
Common wine bottles include ceramic bottles, glass bottles, plastic bottles, etc., among which ceramic bottles are particularly popular.