According to the present day, the tea given by the emperor does not need to be built in a cup, but uses a large soup, which is white in color, but the sample is made of copper leaf soup. The color of copper leaves is yellowish brown.
Zhou Mi's "Guixin Magazine": During the Song Dynasty, Changsha tea sets were the most exquisite in the world. Each set is made of three hundred or five hundred stars of platinum, and all tea utensils are available. The outside is stored with large tassels of silver. Zhao Nanzhong, Prime Minister Shuaitan, gave it a thousand taels of gold to advance Shangfang. Mu Ling was overjoyed because he couldn't build the inner courtyard.
During the Wanli period, there were four great masters: Dong Han, Zhao Liang, Xuan Xi and Shi Peng.
Peng is Da Bin’s father. Dabin's name is Shaoshan, which is not beautiful and charming, but simple, elegant, solid and wonderful, so it is like the Tao people who are good at emptying the crowd.
In addition, there are Li Maolin, Li Zhongfang, and Xu Youquan; Dabin disciples Ou Zhengchun, Shao Wenjin, Shao Wenyin, and Jiang Bo; Chen Yongqing, Chen Xinqing, Min Lusheng, and Chen Guangfu; and Wuyuan native Chen Zhongmei, who made repeated carvings. Fine craftsmanship: Shen Junyong, Shao Gai, Zhou Houxi, Shao Ersun, Chen Junqing, Zhou Xiushan, Chen Hezhi, Chen Tingsheng, Cheng Yuncong, Shen Junsheng, and Chen Chen all have their own strengths.
Xu Youquan’s self-made mud colors include crabapple red, cinnabar purple, Dingyao white, cold golden yellow, light ink, agarwood, water green, pear skin, sunflower yellow, flash color, pear skin and other names.
Da Bin engraved the inscription and drew it with a bamboo knife. His calligraphy is elegant.
The tea roaster is made of bamboo. It is wrapped with bamboo leaves and covered on top to prevent the fire from dissipating. There is a partition in the middle where the tea can be placed.
There is a fire container below, which is more than a foot away from the tea on the partition to keep it warm, so that the color and aroma of the tea will remain unchanged. The tea cage cannot hold roasted tea.
The tea should not be roasted, but should be sealed and packaged, placed in a tea cage woven with bamboo leaves, and placed in a high place away from moisture.
The chopping board and vertebrae are used to grind tea.
The cutting board is made of wood, and the spine is made of gold or iron.
A tea holder is a metal clamp used for roasting tea. It is made by bending gold or iron.
The tea grinder is made of silver or iron. Gold is soft and not suitable for grinding.
Many officials have tea sets made by him and put them on the coffee table to show off their generosity and wealth. It was not commonly used at first. Tea is suitable for tin, so I think it is good to use tin boxes to pack tea, which is practical and not luxurious. If it is packed in a carton, the tea flavor will be easily damaged.
Zhang Yunsou said: Lu Shen Gong's family has tea luozi, one is silver luozi, one is gold, and the other is brown. When receiving guests, if you use silver robes, they must be regular customers; if you use gold robes, they must be guests who are not very close; if you use brown bars, then Shen Gong must be accompanying you. Family members often stand in sequence behind the screen, waiting for something to be called.
————Nanyang-Guya Monthly Compilation