{"product_id":"dragon-subduing-arhat-teapot-170cc","title":"Dragon Subduing Arhat teapot, 170cc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is said that during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, an unusual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ephenomenon suddenly occurred in Tai Lake. At midnight on the 15th day of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseventh lunar month, a torrential rain poured down like a river in the sky, causing a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eten-foot-long storm to sweep through the 800-mile-long Dongting Lake. When the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eveteran potter Chen SAN was running towards the kiln with a tung oil lamp, he suddenly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esaw a huge shadow of green scales floating at the junction of the water and the sky. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edragon's body, which wound a hundred feet long, was wrapped with a half-broken chain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe inscription \"Edict of Yu the Great\" on the copper ring flickered in the lightning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn front of the Land temple in the south of Yixing City, a wandering monk who had fainted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder the incense table suddenly opened his eyes. A tattered palm-leaf fan wiped his forehead, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erevealing golden and red Dharma marks beneath the dirt. The tattered monk's robe puffed out \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewithout the wind, revealing the eighteen lapis lazuli beads strung together on his chest that were \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esubduing demons. Outside the temple came the cries of the common people, saying that the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edragon chain had been broken for a thousand years and that this dragon was going to flood \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe three states to vent its anger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmitabha Buddha. The monk parted the wine gourd to his waist and stepped barefoot on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esurging waves. Under his feet, Tai Lake split open into a deep abyss, revealing the dragon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecoiled on the black iron pillar at the bottom of the lake. The horn of that sinful animal dragon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas broken in a section, which was exactly the old scar from being wounded by the dragon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esubduing Arhat a hundred years ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuddenly, Huanglong Mountain shook, and the five-colored clay flew into the purple and gold \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebowls where the monks were begging for alms by themselves. Just then, seven layers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprecious light appeared on the head of this Arhat, and the clay in his palm turned into mud \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eupon contact with water, absorbing all the toxic fire spat out by the dragon. When the dragon's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etail swept through seventeen kilns, a handful of clay mixed with the blood of Arhats splashed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonto the face of the young potter, Ah Hu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAh Hu wiped his face, his fingers interlaced with gold and red. When he was about to take a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecloser look, he suddenly felt a burning pain in his palm - the clay stained with the dragon's blood \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebegan to twist in his hand, and in an instant, it transformed into a three-foot-long dragon, with its \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escales glisten with a strange bluish-purple color. The Dragon Subduing Arhat threw half a purple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand gold bowl. The sharp pottery shard cut through the young man's fingertip, and a drop of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblood fell into the dragon's eyes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Well done!\" The arhat's voice was as loud as a bell, causing the thirty-six dragon kilns in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emountains to resonate in unison. \"Since this branch of the dragon soul has entered the pottery body, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewe will use your deft hands to find a place for it to return to.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeven days later, Ah Hu opened the kiln. Only seventy-two red clay teapots were seen shining with a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elustrous glow in the kiln fire. The very center, an antique well rim teapot, was all amber-colored. When \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe lid was slightly opened, a faint sound of a dragon's roar could be heard. Some experts used it to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrew tea and saw that the steam gathered but did not dissipate. It even condensed into a small dragon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabout an inch above the spout of the teapot. After three swirls, it finally dissolved into the blue sky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom then on, all the potters in Yixing knew that deep in Huanglong Mountain, there was half a purple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand gold bowl buried. Every thunderstorm night, there would be dragon-shaped kiln fires wandering in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe mountains. Those top-quality purple clay pieces mixed with five-colored soil, when closely examined \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder the sun, still reveal golden-thread-like blood patterns of Arhats hidden within the clay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"www.chinxingtc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44776643887302,"sku":null,"price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/3781\/0118\/files\/lh1.jpg?v=1753752737","url":"https:\/\/www.chinxingtc.com\/zh\/products\/dragon-subduing-arhat-teapot-170cc","provider":"www.chinxingtc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}