Over thousands of years, the material of wine bottles has been constantly changing, mainly determined by the production process and technology of the time. In ancient times, it was mainly natural containers formed by nature such as bamboo, wood, squids, fruit shells and animal horns; From the Neolithic period to the Xia dynasty, pottery was the mainstream, and a small number of copper and lacquered wine ware appeared; During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, with the popularity of bronze, copper wine ware dominated, and pottery took a back seat to the "second line"; During the Qin and Han dynasties, lacquerware prevailed, and jade wine utensils appeared; From the Wei Jin Dynasty to the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, porcelain wine ware has always been firmly on the hegemonic throne, fine wine and ceramics are China's worthy of special book "national essence", the combination of the two, so that wine ware adds endless cultural heritage and heavy historical feelings. There were also many valuable wine utensils of gold, silver and jade during this period; Since the Republic of China, China has been playing the leading role with glass wine bottles, and a large number of ceramic wine bottles (many wine bottles use Jingdezhen porcelain, Yixing purple sand and well-known kiln mouth fired porcelain), in addition to a small number of wine bottles made of aluminum, galvanized iron, plastic, stainless steel, artificial crystal, bamboo, wood, kang and special paper. Throughout the evolution of Chinese wine vessels, the order of materials that once dominated was roughly as follows: natural materials - pottery - bronze - lacquer - porcelain - glass.
The materials of wine bottles are more and more diversified, including gold plating, copper plating, iron, tin, stainless steel, pottery, purple sand, porcelain, wood, bamboo, glass, horn, bakelite and so on. The bottles of various materials show their own characteristics and styles. Some are gorgeous and precious, some are solemn and generous, and some are light and light. Such as a gilded seven-layer pagoda bottle. Copper-plated Guizhou old cellar cannon bottle. Guizhou, Guangxi use local specialty resources of cow horn and bamboo to make various special wine bottles. Eighteen monsters in Yunnan, pipes sold as liquor, pipe bottles are favored.
Common wine bottles include ceramic bottles, glass bottles, plastic bottles, etc., among which ceramic bottles are particularly popular.
