Li (cookware)

Short description: Kind of Chinese cookware

Li (Chinese: 鬲) is a kind of cookware in ancient China , used for cooking and heating.[1] Ceramic Li appeared in the late Neolithic Age, and bronze Li was popular from the Shang Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. In the late Warring States period, with the popularity of stoves, it was gradually replaced by kettles.

Li appeared in the late Neolithic period and was still very popular until the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Its shape was mostly extravagant mouth, round belly, three bag-shaped feet, and some necks had double ears. Its shape was mostly extravagant mouth, round belly, three bag-shaped feet, and some necks had double ears. It is cooked directly on fire. The shape of the Li is similar to that of the tripod. In the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty, Li was prevalent, and they were often buried in groups, and the size, shape, and inscriptions of a group of bronze Li were roughly the same.[2]

## References

1. ↑ "嵌贝彩绘陶鬲-夏家店下层文化". 2016-03-15. http://cfbwg.org/html/?201.html.
2. ↑ "讲述长城文化带故事_内蒙古" (in en). https://www.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/494529969_114731.

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