History of teapot

Teapots existed before the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang dynasty, people called the teapot "Zhu", which means pouring water out of the spout. According to Leisure Record: "In the early Yuan Dynasty (in 806 AD, Tang Xianzong was in China), he still drank from a bottle ... The note was like a poppy with a lid, a mouth and a handle.

"Poppy is a bottle with a small mouth and a big belly. Teapots in the Tang Dynasty are similar to bottles, with a big belly to hold more water and a small mouth to make tea.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, people didn't like the name "Zhuzi", and even removed the handle of the teapot to look like a "Ming bottle". Because there is no handle, the teapot is called "sheet handle".

Later generations called making tea "point note".

It is based on the name of "Zhuzi" in the teapot of the Tang Dynasty.

The art of tea ceremony in Ming Dynasty became more and more exquisite, especially in making tea, watching brown color, holding lamps and ironing pots. To meet such high requirements, tea sets must be reformed and innovated.

For example, teapots in Ming dynasty began to pay attention to sand pots, which was a new pursuit of tea art.

Since the teapot does not absorb tea fragrance and the tea color is not damaged, it is regarded as a good product.

According to "Chronicle of Long History", "The teapot is topped with sand, and the lid of the teapot is neither fragrant nor hot.

"When it comes to Yixing sand pots, almost everyone knows it.

Yixing sand pot was only famous in the Ming Dynasty.

According to historical records, there was a Potter named Gong Chun in Yixing in Ming Dynasty, who was the first person to be famous for Yixing sand pot.

"Yang Xianming Lu Tao" records: "For spring, Wu Yishan's family is also a boy.

"Wu Yishan is a scholar, studying in Jinsha Temple, offering sacrifices to spring, and secretly imitating the old monk in the temple to make pottery pots.

In this way, the teapot filled with tea leaves has a strong aroma and the heat lasts longer. As soon as the rumor spread, the world followed suit, and there was a phenomenon that the society rushed to buy "a casserole for spring".

Gong Chunzhen's surname is Gong.

So it was written as "Gongchun" sand pot.

Then there was an Yixing Potter named Shi Dabin, who made clay pots with clay or dyed white sand clay.

Shi Dabin initially imitated the "spring offering" sand pot, which was bigger in shape than the "spring offering" sand pot. Once Shi Dabin went to Taicang, Jiangsu Province on business, I occasionally heard the saying of "tea for tea" in the teahouse.

I suddenly realized that after returning to Yixing, I started a small pot.

Its pot "does not serve Yan Mei, but it is incredible to be simple and elegant ... before and after famous people, it is out of reach."

"Painting Travels" said: "The pot of the big guest is known by the thumb mark on the handle.

"It means that there is Shi Dabin's thumb print on the handle, which is the most expensive in the world.

Since then, Yixing sand pot has gained great fame, and it is still a refined tea set that everyone loves.

Teapots, once unique handmade pottery in China, are now manufactured in large quantities by machines.

The raw material is purple sand, originally from Yixing, Jiangsu, also known as Yixing teapot.

Its origin can be traced back to Fan Li, a doctor in the State of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a history of more than 2,400 years.