Huxinting, 'The Willow Pattern Tea House', Shanghai

Title : Huxinting, 'The Willow Pattern Tea House', Shanghai

Topic : Shanghai Municipal Police

Location : Shanghai

Date (start) : 1900

Estimated dates : 1900-1915

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: pe01-048. Photo from an album (UoB reference pe01). See also no01-01, Bk02-03 and Bk03-04. This tea house, the Huxingting (heart-of-lake) is approached by a zigzag bridge (The Nine Curve Bridge). It is believed by some to be one of the inspirations for part of the imaginary scene depicted on English willow-pattern crockery. This popular crockery design was developed by Thomas Turner in Shropshire, England in 1780. "South China is evidently the home of the story of the willow pattern which used to be so commonly painted on English china, for here the children's clothes, pinafores and ribbons are all embroidered with silk in this pattern." (Source: Kate Pruen 'The Provinces of Western China', 1906.) Woo Sing Ding Tea House.

Keywords : Peck;architecture;leisure;tea