由外销通草画看清代白毛茶生产贸易

Study on Production and Trade of Pekoe in Qing Dynasty in View of Exported Pith Painting

18、19世纪的广州流行着一种采用写实手法绘制且多为记录现实题材的外销画,这是一种绘制在通脱木茎髓切片上的纸本水彩画,称为通草画。通草画质地轻薄,画色艳丽,其中描绘的人物、场景惟妙惟肖,详细记录了当时生产生活的情形,是研究当时社会生产生活、民俗风貌的珍贵图像资料。本文通过对中国(海南)南海博物馆馆藏的一套以白毛茶为主题的通草画进行分析研究,详细讨论了清代白毛茶的种植生产、贸易流通等方面的情况。

In the 18th and 19th centuries,the exported paintings recording realistic themes with realistic skills was popular in Guangzhou.Pith painting was the watercolor painting drawn on rice paper,which was thin and colorful,in which characters and scenes were vivid,recording production and life at that time in details.Therefore,it is the precious image data to study the society,production,life and folk customs of that time.Based on the analysis and research of a set of pith paintings with the theme of Pekoe in China(Hainan)Museum of the South China Sea,the cultivation,production,trade and circulation of Pekoe in the Qing Dynasty are discussed in details.