Currently, the Yixing Purple Clay Craft Factory has developed into a specialized factory of considerable scale. Since its establishment, it has produced nearly a thousand varieties of teapots. Especially in recent years, new styles of purple clay teapots have entered the market every year. Among the exhibits in the factory's showroom are传器 from the Ming and Qing dynasties onward, as well as various famous teapots made by recently deceased master artisans such as Pei Shimin, Jiang Shichun, and Wu Yungen. However, the vast majority of the displayed works are pieces by young and middle-aged master craftsmen. These works collectively reflect the characteristics of contemporary teapot artistry—pursuing excellence within innovation, displaying a thousand forms and postures, dazzling and captivating, embodying the springtime of purple clay ceramic art. --- > Originally published in *Collection of Famous Teapots Past and Present* (1986) / *Purple Clay Through the Ages* (1991)