Han Wa 汉瓦 (Classic Standard Han Wa), 167.9ml, Hong Jiang Po Ni, by Craftsman Chen Gui Zhi 陈桂枝 (Red JiangPoNi rarer than Yellow JiangPoNi, XiaoMeiYao & ZhaoZhuang ZhuNi) ~ Congratulations!to Mr S.S.! 1401hrs 24th Sept 2025! India🇮🇳!

(Red Jiang Po Ni is not just rarer than yellow Jiang Po Ni, it is also rarer than Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni and Zhao Zhuang Zhu Ni.)







This is the latest highly defined Han Wa 汉瓦 ZiSha work embarked by our latest Craftsman Chen Gui Zhi.  Chen Gui Zhi is a very skilful Craftsman and have been invited by Zhang Huan, Chen Fa Chu and Gu Xiao Ming to join us in a happy family team of dedicated Craftsmen!  We are honoured to have her with us!  Amongst the first few models, Chen Gui Zhi performs for all of you friends, this delectable Han Wa, IN RED JIANG PO NI!  You have seen how Chen Fa Chu 陈法初 handles the Zi Ni 紫泥 version of the Han Wa, and here Chen Gui Zhi takes care of the Hong Jiang Po Ni 红降坡泥 version with aplomb, with the highly significant Tai Hu Shi Lid Knob 太湖石壶钮。

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The Han Wa 汉瓦.

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL AND TREASURED HAN WA.

We refresh ourselves with the previous explanation on all our Han Wa 's :

In YiXing, there is a saying that,

"Do not brag how good your skills are in crafting Fully-Handmade ZiSha pots,

FIRST SHOW ME your Han Wa.

This saying has its strong foundations.

1.  Han Wa needs to have a gently curving side wall and if not done evenly, is very obvious to the eye.

2.  Han Wa has a largish lid spanning the large circumference. In relativity to the pot's width, the Han Wa obviously has the largest lid-width to body-width ratio, yes 1:1! This largish lid also has its front edge VERY close to where the front spout takes shape. These present a very challenging task to the Craftsman, because:

IF not done well and tight, there will be leaking at the front lid edge when the user tilts the teapot to serve tea. The whole big circular lid has to be perfectly evenly made to secure a tight fit.

This largish lid facilitates the ease of introduction of tea leaves and the subsequent rinsing off after the tea session.

3.  Han Wa's lid, being wide and flat (not domed), still needs to account for a gently curving convex top surface, WHILE supporting the heavy lid knob that can cause the flat lid to "sink" down in the middle. A domed lid otherwise would naturally present a stronger vertical axial strength to support a heavy lid knob, but not the Han Wa.

Admire this Han Wa.

Simple, but a Top Classic.

Han Wa, is also VERY practical!

4.  It provides extreme ease of introducing tea leaves into the pot,

extreme ease of removing and flushing out tea leaves during cleaning,

extremely fast speed to drying within the pot.

5.  For this small volume of a pot, this Han Wa is able to accommodate and sport a 2+3+4+3+2 => total of 14 filter holes! that, during tilting and pouring tea out: allows and draws in more tea and presents a higher hydrostatic pressure that results in a strong jet of tea during serving.

6.  Craftsman Chen has designed and skilfully crafted this lid knob!  She carved out the three overlapping holes leaving behind the delectable sculpted curves within.  Beautiful to look at, and also serves supremely well to facilitate the easy and very comfortable: gripping and pressing down upon the lid!



The Han Wa in Hong Jiang Po Ni!!! Perfectly and astutely made by Craftsman Chen Gui Zhi. Thank you for your grandest support to the honest and dedicated Craftsmen left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.
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Explained, https://www.realzisha.com/blogs/news/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot.   Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot.

If he works 30 days a month without a single day of rest (no family time), he will craft 10-12 pots.

If he crafts for 25 days (five days of rest a month), his output will be 8-10 pots.

The success rate for Zi Ni (e.g. Di Cao Qing, Lao Zi Ni, Da Shui Tan etc) and Duan Ni (e.g. Jiang Po Ni, Qing Hui Duan, etc) is 70% on average.  Some times the whole batch of 10 may fail.  We have seen our Craftsmen suffer like this very often.

The success rate for Zhu Ni (e.g. Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni) pots is 60%, or 70% with most optimism and at the very, very best.  Unfortunately.

All of us at RealZiSha of course, hope for one another, professional colleagues and all, that all the pots will survive firing at the kiln successfully.

[For ZiSha models/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, the time taken to craft will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well.  Zi Sha by its virtue, have the highest shrinkage rate of all ceramic clay.  Zi Ni and Duan Ni thus have that 70% success rate, while Zhu Ni has even higher shrinkage rate and thus even lower success rate (the lowest of all ceramic clay.)]

Our Craftsmen are wholeheartedly committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect.  We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.  Your support is critical to their livelihood and the existence of this craft for all of the tea fraternity.
Thank you Friends!

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Skilful Craftsman Chen Gui Zhi, invited by our stalwarts Craftsmen Zhang Huan and Chen Fa Chu!  She officially joins us all at RealZiSha from June 2024 onwards.  Our happy and hardworking family is united for you friends.  Thank you dearest Friends in Tea, for your grandest support to these honest and dedicated Craftsmen left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.