Cups, cups and bowls are the tools for people to drink tea, and the development of history prompted their change.
A tea cup is a utensil used for drinking tea.Modern people often call teacups or tea cups.Its basic shape is open small foot, oblique straight wall, generally smaller than the rice bowl, than the wine cup.At present, the varieties of tea cups in the Song Dynasty in China include rabbit, oil drip, yao, and partridge.
Su Dongpo's famous saying, "Tea is always as beautiful as beauty", typifies the obvious tendency of the literati in tang and Song dynasties and later to regard tea tasting as spiritual enjoyment.
Tea cups have been recorded before the Tang Dynasty. In The Book Boya, it is said that "tea cups" began to be called "tea cups" in the Song Dynasty.Lu You had written: "cane sometimes edge stone stare, wind furnace with the disposal of teacup" of the poem.Modern people often call teacups or tea cups.Porcelain cups were already made in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and tea drinking became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
During the Tang and Five Dynasties, the fang Yue kiln in the south and xing kiln in the north were the most famous.And tea cups began to come with holders.
In the Song Dynasty, tea fighting was flourishing, and exquisite teacups were highly respected
The teacup is a utensil for holding tea. Water comes from the teapot and is poured into the teacup, which is then served to the guests.
Tea cup is divided into two sizes: small cup is mainly used for product sipping of oolong tea, also called sample tea cup, is used with fragrant-smelling cup.Tea cups are used as tea utensils, are divided into two sizes: small cups are mainly used for product sipping of Oolong tea, also called sample tea cup, is used with fragrances cup;The large cup can also be directly used as tea making and tea serving utensils, mainly used for the tasting of high-grade delicate and famous tea.
Teacups are mostly made of porcelain or purple sand pottery, but also glass.Tea directly brewed in a glass is highly ornamental.When drinking, the left hand carries the bowl holder, and the right hand picks up the tea cover and pulls the tea to one side, which is used for drinking green tea.
Most of them are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.In addition, when others pour tea, the right forefinger middle finger front bend, buckle two on the desktop, to show gratitude.It is said that there is an allusion.Legend has it that Emperor Qianlong poured tea to Ho-shen in a teahouse when he entered the South of the Yangtze River in secret.According to palace rules, this was to kowtow to the emperor, but the emperor did not want to be recognized.
Is in a dilemma, knock or not knock, suddenly in a rush of wisdom, with two fingers instead of legs kneel down.Both the king and the minister understood.It's a myth, of course, but there is a ritual.
Tea bowl, as the name implies, tea bowl also;
Also known as tea ceremony bowl.
The tea bowl is made of pottery, which directly reflects the highest achievement of Chinese pottery craft. The tea bowl produced by the very famous "Le Kiln", "Zhibu kiln" and "Zhiye Kiln" is the highest quality and object tea bowl produced by skilled craftsmen under the direct guidance of famous tea masters.
This is the most varied and valuable tea props, and it is the most exquisite one. It is even used as the name of all tea props.
The size of the tea bowl has also changed greatly with the development of tea art.
Tea bowls in tang and Song dynasties were generally large.
The caliber of the tea bowl with a bracket varies greatly, generally in the Tang Dynasty between 10-20 cm, the caliber of the tea bowl in the Song Dynasty smaller, generally between 7-10 cm.
This is not only related to the style of tea art at that time, but also to the mixing of tea bowl and food bowl in People's Daily life.
People of different classes use different tea sets. For ordinary people, drinking tea is mainly to quench their thirst. Of course, tea sets should be larger, while the leisure class pays attention to drinking tea.
The tea bowl of Japan, divide celadon and have the porcelain such as field burn, the tea bowl of mostly pottery kind, dish needs a special processing before using is called "open pot".
1: Each tea bowl 10 grams of salt to wash the rice used water boil.
(Ancient Japanese cook kelp with salt)
2: the bottom of the pot needs to be put into a towel cushion, so as to avoid the bottom of the tea bowl heated too fast burst.
3: After boiling, simmer for 20-30 minutes, then let cool naturally and use.
Do not open the pot during this process or the teacup will burst.
After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the trend of drinking tea gradually rose, and tea utensils began to be separated from the daily food and wine vessels.
By the Tang Dynasty, tea had become People's Daily life drink, at that time, there were special tea drinking utensils.
In the Tang Dynasty, the utensil for drinking tea was called "tea bowl". The tea bowl in the Tang Dynasty was of large caliber and low height.
In the tang Dynasty tea decocting method, the large diameter is conducive to watching the color and change of tea soup;
Lower height is good for hand control.
In the Song Dynasty, the utensil for drinking tea was called "tea cup".
Influenced by neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, tea cups in the Song Dynasty were light and elegant, more beautiful and straight in shape, with slanting walls and narrow bottom, full of "literati temperament".
After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tea cups began to be called "teacups" and gradually became the mainstream, which was qualitatively different from that in the Tang and Song dynasties.
Tea cups and saucers were not only integrated, but also much smaller than in the Song Dynasty.
Tea bowl, tea cup, tea cup, different terms, represent the Chinese people's tea drinking way of great change.
The above is the development of China's cups, cups and bowls, welcome your positive comments and common discussion.
