Pulan Wood Bowl [Xizang Pulan Specialty]

What is a Pulanmu bowl? Authentic Xizang Pulan Specialty: Pulan Wood Bowl? This article is a special article about Xizang's Pulan Wood Bowl, which is a special product of Tibet. It was compiled by the editorial team of China Specialty Products Network after consulting and collecting relevant information about Pulan Wood Bowl. The reading time of the full text is about 9 minutes, mainly including the basic introduction of Pulan Wood Bowl and the product characteristics of Pulan Wood Bowl? How did the history of Pulanmu bowls come about? The production method of Pulanmu bowl, etc

Basic Introduction of Pulan Wood Bowl. People who visit Tibetan families usually drink tea with wooden bowls they bring and hold tsamba. Especially in the vast rural areas of Xizang, herdsmen always carry wooden bowls in their arms, even when they go out as guests, so that the host can pour tea and grab tsamba for them. This is a local custom, not disrespectful. Tibetan Brain also has special feelings for wooden bowls. There is a famous love song in Xizang, which vividly shows the relationship between wooden bowls and people: "It is reluctant to leave your lover, but shy to take your lover away. How good it is to keep your lover in your arms."

What are the characteristics of Pulan wooden bowls

The wooden bowls are different in size, flat and round, and orange in color. The large ones are used to hold tsamba and the small ones are used to drink butter tea. The local area may not be divided so finely. The characteristics of wooden bowls are light, not easily broken, and easy to carry. Using a wooden bowl to hold food is not easy to lose its flavor and will not burn your mouth. The main materials for making wooden bowls are high-quality woods such as birch, paulownia, and poplar. Trees with large knots and many knots are the best wood for making wooden bowls. Due to the sturdy texture of the tree nodes, the wooden bowls carved from arrowheads are not easily dried and cracked, and the texture is delicate and beautiful. Carving wooden bowls requires exquisite craftsmanship, with even thickness around the bowl walls and a smooth bottom. Many Chinese and foreign tourists go to Lhasa to buy cheap wooden bowls as souvenirs for their trip to Xizang. Some wooden bowls are also equipped with silver lids, or wrapped with silver skin on the edges and bowl holders, making them a precious handicraft that is not only practical for home use, but also a great gift for family and friends. The wooden bowls produced in Pulan County are the most famous

How did the history of Pulanmu bowls come about

The ordinary type is usually made of rhododendron roots or miscellaneous roots, without decoration, but it is also beautiful and generous, especially the most famous one produced in Nixi Township, Shangri La County

The precious type is made from a parasitic plant, especially a tumor (called "we" in Tibetan) that parasitizes at the root of the bamboo pole. This wooden bowl is black and transparent, with fine patterns like hair, and is even more precious when decorated with silver. Poisoning in this bowl will cause changes, making it very precious

Wooden bowls in Xizang can be divided into large bowls, small bowls, covered bowls, covered bowls, wooden bowls, etc. They have a wide range of uses. They can be used for drinking tea, eating tsamba, storing food, spices, condiments, etc. They are also smooth, delicate, beautiful, applicable, tasteless, not garrulous, drinking tea fragrance, and easy to carry. Miscellaneous wooden bowls also have the advantage of preventing poisoning. Renbu County in Shigatse is rich in jade materials. The jade bowls made in this area are beautiful and transparent, with various patterns carved on the outer wall of the bowls. They are both popular among people and traditional ethnic crafts. As for spoons, chopsticks, bowls, and plates made of pure gold and silver, although they can also be seen in the folk, they are not commonly used daily necessities

The production method of Pulan wooden bowls

The selection of materials and processes are extremely meticulous

Group 13, Anrao Town, Jiacha County is a famous wooden bowl village. At present, 80% of the farmers in the village can make wooden bowls, with the highest annual income reaching tens of thousands of yuan. Their wooden bowls sell well at the annual Shannan Fair. Duoji family is one of the farmers in the village who processes wooden products and manufactures wooden bowls, and is also the highest annual income family in the village. He inherited the traditional handicrafts left by his ancestors and started working in woodworking and making wooden bowls in 1975. Wooden bowls from the hands of Doji become a hot commodity at the Shannan Fair every year

According to Duoji, wooden bowls are usually carved from birch or mixed wood, with a strong texture, not easily broken, delicate patterns, and a relatively beautiful appearance. It is generally divided into ordinary and precious types. The ordinary type is made of tree roots or miscellaneous wood such as paulownia, birch, and rhododendron, without decoration. The precious type is made from a parasitic plant called 'we', with dark and transparent wood and fine lines like hair. Combined with silver decoration, it looks even more magnificent and elegant. Wooden bowls made of miscellaneous wood can also prevent poisoning

Making wooden bowls is not a simple task. Generally, it involves 10 processes including material selection, harvesting, boiling, drying, making, painting, baking, polishing, repainting, and baking. When selecting materials for the mountain, it is best to choose trees with large knots and many knots; The second is to air dry, and the tree nodes and segments produced should be air dried for about ten days to avoid cracking after production; The third is making blanks; The fourth step is fine grinding, which requires precise and meticulous work to achieve uniform thickness around the edges, accurate marking, and a stable bowl bottom; Finally, it is colored. Generally, a kind of fish grass squeezed juice from Xizang mountainous area is used to smear on the inside and outside of the bowl wall to become orange, making the wooden bowl beautiful and fresh. Of course, various regions have their own techniques for making wooden bowls