宜兴紫砂娘 | The Purple Clay Master of Yixing
"宜兴的紫砂工坊里，一位丰满的女陶艺师用千年紫泥塑造艺术与爱情... In a Yixing purple clay workshop, a curvaceous female potter shapes art and love with thousand-year purple mud..."
宜兴紫砂娘 | The Purple Clay Master of Yixing
第一章 | Chapter One: 陶都传奇 (Legend of the Pottery Capital)
宜兴紫砂壶闻名天下，被誉为"茶具之王"。
Yixing purple clay teapots are world-famous, honored as "the king of tea vessels."
镇上最有名的女紫砂师叫顾紫萱，四十八岁，身材丰满，双手能塑出最精美的壶形。
The most famous female purple clay master in town was named Gu Zixuan, forty-eight, with a full figure, hands that could shape the most exquisite teapot forms.
"紫砂壶养人，" 她常说，"好壶要用一辈子。"
"Purple clay pots nurture people," she often said. "A good pot should be used for a lifetime."
第二章 | Chapter Two: 壶中乾坤 (Universe in a Teapot)
那年春天，一位台湾的茶道家来定制一把专属茶壶。
That spring, a Taiwanese tea master came to commission a custom teapot.
"顾老师，" 他看着满屋的紫砂壶，"您最得意的作品是哪一把？"
"Teacher Gu," he looked at the room full of purple clay pots, "which is your proudest work?"
紫萱从柜中取出一把朴素的小壶，丰满的手指轻抚壶身。
Zixuan took out a simple small pot from the cabinet, her full fingers gently caressing the pot's body.
"这把，" 她说，"我用了三年。"
"This one," she said. "It took me three years."
"它看起来很普通..."
"It looks ordinary..."
"紫砂壶的美，" 她微笑，"在于内涵，不在外表。"
"The beauty of purple clay pots," she smiled, "lies within, not in appearance."
第三章 | Chapter Three: 泥与火 (Mud and Fire)
"想学制壶吗？" 那晚，她邀请他留下。
"Want to learn pot-making?" That night, she invited him to stay.
她带他去后院的工作室，将紫泥放在他手中。
She took him to the backyard studio, placing purple clay in his hands.
"做壶要先揉泥，" 她站在他身后，丰腴的身躯贴着他的后背，引导他的手，"力道要均匀，像揉女人一样。"
"Making pots starts with kneading clay," she stood behind him, her full figure against his back, guiding his hands. "The force must be even, like kneading a woman."
在窑火的映照下，他们不知不觉融为一体。
In the glow of kiln fire, they unknowingly became one.
第四章 | Chapter Four: 开壶 (Breaking In the Pot)
"新壶要'开壶'，" 她递给他一把刚出窑的茶壶，"用好茶养，才能出味。"
"New pots need 'breaking in,'" she handed him a freshly kilned teapot. "Nurture it with good tea to bring out the flavor."
"要养多久？"
"How long does it take?"
"一辈子，" 她微笑着，丰满的脸上带着岁月的智慧，"和人一样。"
"A lifetime," she smiled, her full face showing the wisdom of years. "Like people."
他握住她的手："那我们一起养。"
He held her hand: "Then let's nurture it together."
在宜兴的窑火中，有些塑造比紫砂更持久...
In Yixing's kiln fire, some shaping lasts longer than purple clay...