Chinese Teapots

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The Origin of Chinese Teapots Teapots has been developed before the Tang Dynasty. The teapots in the Tang Dynasty resembled a bottle, which was convenient for filling much more water. The small mouth of the bottle was good for brewing tea and filling water. In the Ming Dynasty, the art of tea ceremony became more and more refined, and it was more particular about brewing tea. To meet such high requirements, tea sets must also be reformed and innovated. For example, people in Ming Dynasty has began to focus on clay teapots, which was a new pursuit of tea art. Because the teapot would absorb the fragrance of tea and does not pollute the tea color, the clay teapot is regarded as a top grade. Almost everyone knows Chinese teapots and the Yixing clay teapots, they are famous in the Ming Dynasty. Introduction of Chinese Teapots The beauty of the teapot due to the teapot body, a lid, a spout, and a handle, which assemble them to be a finished item. The changes in shape, size, and ornaments are abundant, and the characteristics of the historical times are easy to distinguish. However, its basic shape has not changed since the Southern and Northern Dynasties to modern times. It is difficult for people today to distinguish the difference between a wine pot and a teapot because they are very similar. In fact, there was no teapot before the Song Dynasty. Before the Song Dynasty, you used a bowl to drink tea instead of a cup. The development of Chinese Teapots In the history of Chinese civilization, from the jug to the wine pot, and then from the wine pot to the teapot, it is a very interesting portrayal of the evolution of living utensils. Today, most of the pots from ancient times to medieval times are wine pots, because in those times, the life of the ancients was inseparable from wine. In the north of China, tea drinking has gradually become popular, almost replacing of the social function of wine drinking. After the Southern Song Dynasty, teahouses appeared throughout the c