not only the functions are different, but also the materials used to make the pot are different. Since ancient times, stone pots, pottery pots, metal pots, etc. have evolved. Even Su Dongpo's smug gourd ladle has enjoyed the treatment of a pot.
In the Tang Dynasty, a Book of Tea by Lu Yu attracted great interest in tea. As a result, the teapot specially used for making tea was separated from the family of pots and set up its own home. So, what was the teapot like in the Tang Dynasty? Not necessarily. Because teacher Lu said:
It means that porcelain pots and stones are elegant, but fragile; Gold pots and silver pots are clean, but they are too expensive. If the salary doesn't allow, it's more affordable to be in iron pot.
The method of drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty was to cook tea, but it was quite acceptable to cook tea in iron pot. Modern people are impatient, don't they still use a big iron pot, no, a big aluminum pot to cook a pot of tea? But in the Song Dynasty, the situation changed suddenly. People in the Song Dynasty played with tea. Drinking tea in this way, the kettle and teapot can't be confused.
in the Ming dynasty, bureaucratic literati "talked with each other in peace, and reported to the king when they were in danger". Apart from discussing troubles and trying to prove their loyalty, they were idle on weekdays, which was called egg pain. Therefore, drinking tea and talking about mountains has become a way out for them. The kettle and teapot are finally completely separated. New kinds of pots, such as blue and white porcelain in Jingdezhen and teapot in Yixing, came into being.
In the Qing Dynasty, a man named Chen Mansheng worked as a county magistrate in Liyang County. County magistrate Chen is a gifted scholar who is proficient in poetry, books and paintings. It is a pity that any talented person can't do serious things well, and Chen Mansheng is no exception. The county magistrate plays around in his work, but he is addicted to making teapot. Not only did Chen Man make a teapot, but he also developed his talent and created a brand-new technology of engraving and painting on the teapot body. Literati' favorite famous sayings, landscape flowers and birds that people talk happily can all be engraved on the pot.
From then on, teapots were not just teapots, but people suddenly became cultures. That's not enough. Chen Man survived and inscribed the pot inscription on the pot. For example, a half-moon pot, his title is "full moon is a loss." Set it around and take me as the rule. " For example, a square pot, his title is "clear inside, straight outside, I am harmonious with you." "For example, a hat pot, his title is" The shade of a hat, tea to quench thirst, is two or one, I Buddha did not say. " As a result, the cultural taste of the teapot is booming, and its belly seems to have changed from tea to chicken soup.
Open Surprise, and "Zhou Zhimian painted on paper between the walls and Shi Dabin painted in a sand pot on the table" became the standard of a large family with a well-off family at that time. A poem by Gao Jianglin, a Qing Dynasty poet, tells the exquisiteness, beauty and elegance of the teapot: "The regulation is simple, complex and delicate, and light and portable. Shanjiaya is called the first, and the clear spring is good. "(to be continued)