中国是世界竹类植物的起源中心，也是竹子资源非常丰富的国家，在漫长的历史进程中，中华文化形成了特有的竹文化。历代文人墨客、帝王将相以竹拟人，以竹抒发心中感受，而以竹咏诗就是中华文化百花苑中一朵瑰丽的奇葩。

 

China is not only the origin center of bamboo plants in the world, but also a country rich in bamboo resources. In the long historical process, Chinese culture has formed a unique bamboo culture. Ancient literati and emperors portray people with bamboo and express their feelings with bamboo. Bamboo poems are a magnificent flower in the Chinese culture garden.

 

 

首位写咏竹诗的皇帝是西汉的刘彻，他是在一次抗洪中，发现人们巧妙地把竹子编成竹篓，然后把大石块放进去抛入江中，“筑成”一座人工大坝，竟挡住了“吃人”的洪水。

 

Liu Che of the Western Han Dynasty was the first emperor to write poems on bamboo. During a flood fighting, he found that people cleverly weaved bamboo into bamboo baskets, then put large stones into the river, and "built" an artificial dam to block the flood of "eating people".

 

 

作为四大文明古国之一的中国，铜的运用也是炉火纯青，从王侯贵族专享到寻常百姓也能常见，从礼乐祭祀中权利的代表到平常生活中情调的增添，从豪放粗犷的雕刻到细致精美的雕花，铜的工艺在几代人工匠艺人的传承之下，致臻完美。

 

As one of the four ancient civilizations, China is also well-known for the use of copper. From the exclusive use of princes and nobles to the common people, from the representatives of rights in ritual music and sacrifice to the addition of sentiment in ordinary life, from bold and rough carving to delicate and exquisite carving, the work of copper is perfect under the inheritance of several generations of craftsmen and artists.

 

 

此件铜竹篓壶，全身呈黄铜色，整个壶身犹如一个刚编好的竹篓，把、盖、嘴均为竹节，所以壶身就是一竹篓，保留了锻造时留下的凹凸纹理，古朴自然，美观的同时又防滑。

 

This copper bamboo basket pot is made of brass. The whole body of the pot is just like a newly made bamboo basket. The handle, cover and mouth are all made of bamboo. Therefore, the body of the pot is a bamboo basket, retaining the concave and convex texture left during forging. It is simple, natural, beautiful and antiskid.

 

 

壶身纹路排列规律，立式提梁，予人柔中有刚，刚柔并济之感，纯铜壶钮，点缀在壶盖上，整体协调美观，做工精湛而细腻，具有很高的收藏价值和文物欣赏价值。

 

 

The pattern of the pot body is arranged in a regular way. The vertical lifting beam gives people a sense of hardness in softness and economy in softness. The button of the pure copper pot is decorated on the lid of the pot. The overall coordination is beautiful and the workmanship is exquisite. It has a high collection value and cultural relic appreciation value.