Basic introduction of brazier

Brazier, also called "fairy furnace", has a strong local charm and legendary color. According to historical records, the brazier originated in Heilongjiang, and it is said that it was used in the "Three Kingdoms Period" with a history of 2000 years. Once upon a time, most northern residents relied on fire kang for indoor heating, but the heat in the house was often not easy to rise. Sometimes, although the kang is very hot, it can't resist the cold outside, so people invented the brazier. Brazier was originally made of clay. The biggest feature of clay brazier is slow heat transfer but excellent heat preservation performance. It was only in modern times that braziers made of iron and copper appeared. Braziers are mainly round and vary in size. Most of them are fifty or sixty centimeters in diameter, and some pots are engraved with auspicious flowers.

Before liberation, most farmers had braziers, which were indispensable appliances for heating in winter. In the old society, material civilization was backward, and farmers' lives were always poor. In winter, there is no cold protection equipment, so they use brazier to keep warm. Every year after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family digs mud and plays brazier. Red mud, yellow mud and black mud are mostly used, with good mud material, no sand and sundries, and sticky and delicate. Put it in the shade for a few days, let it pass through the "sexual gas" to prevent it from cracking after turning into a basin. Chop up the tangled old rope, make it into a "hemp road", mix it into mud, then use an earthen basin as a "mold", buckle it on the ground face down, put a layer of plant ash on the basin, stick the mud pat on the earthen basin, put it in the shade for two or three days, and take out the "mold". Mud turned into a basin, which is a semi-finished product. Further processing: closing, bottoming, flattening, rolling (mostly glass bottles or straw sticks) and drying in the shade for ten days and a half. When winter comes, you can use fire to keep warm. The farmer makes breakfast, cooks the pot, warms himself on the stove and compacts it in the brazier. At that time, most farmers in it runs in the family usually put braziers on the kang of the elderly. There is a fire in the hut, which can both roast hands and warm the house; Sometimes it is convenient for children to cook potatoes and for women to iron clothes, which can be described as "one pot is multi-purpose". For a period of time after the founding of the People's Republic of China, many rural farmers still used braziers in winter. Now there are occasional remote villages, which are rare in general places.

When someone comes home in winter, the host will say hello: "Go to the kang to warm your feet!" " Pull the brazier forward quickly! "My feet are warm and my heart is warm.