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What are the main materials of ancient tea sets in China?

Judging from the existing and unearthed ancient tea sets and pottery. Porcelain is the most important material, and its quantity far exceeds that of tea sets made of other materials.

China has a long history of ceramics. As early as the Neolithic Age more than 8,000 years ago, primitive ancestors began to make and use pottery. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, mature porcelain began to appear. Ceramic ware has the characteristics of cleanliness, high temperature resistance, easy manufacture and low cost, so it has always been loved by people and is naturally selected as the main material of tea sets.

In addition to ceramics, many ancient tea sets were made of metals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, lead and tin, as well as bamboo, wood, teeth and horns. They are isomorphic with ceramic tea sets, which together constitute the richness and diversity of ancient tea sets in China.