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Barky Bark 20-01-2006 12:43 AM

zisha clay
 
I have a yixing teapot made of "zisha" clay but doesn't "zi sha" mean "to
kill oneself" in mandarin?



Robert 20-01-2006 01:36 AM

zisha clay
 
"Zisha" means purple sand, it is a kind of mud, "Zi" in chinese is a
color purple. "Sha" is sand. So we called zisha.


Robert 20-01-2006 01:36 AM

zisha clay
 
"Zisha" means purple sand, it is a kind of mud, "Zi" in chinese is a
color purple. "Sha" is sand. So we called zisha.



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