Purple clay teapot and Pu'er tea are unique gifts from God to Yixing and Yunnan. The purple clay pot is the best tea set for Pu'er tea. Pu'er tea is the tea that "sits" in the purple clay pot for the longest time. 2 Both have the attributes of collection; both have the characteristics of becoming newer (scented) and getting stronger with age; the perfect combination of the two brings boundless enjoyment to tea drinkers; 2. When it is integrated into one, it has the theory of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
Purple clay teapot and Pu'er tea, one is kneaded from natural mud and sand, and the other is made from twisted wild leaf buds. In the exchange of fire and water, they exude the kindness of nature to people. In the tempering of time, it can be sublimated or nirvana, all depends on your destiny...
Chinese tea culture penetrates the profound traditions of Chinese culture including Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, so the Chinese people Drinking tea not only pursues the enjoyment of beauty, but also uses tea to cultivate one's own morality and seek spiritual self-control, self-examination, and self-discipline. Therefore, people who really know how to drink tea regard pot appreciation as an integral part of tea tasting. Good tea needs to be brewed in a good pot, and the teapot only has the flavor when it is integrated with it. When the tea and the pot are together, the tea adds color to the pot, and the pot adds flavor to the tea. The combination of tea and pot not only makes people intoxicated in culture and art and feels relaxed and happy, but also adds a real feeling of recuperation.
The purple clay pot is a unique Chinese clay craft that integrates poetry, painting, sculpture and hand-making. The purple clay teapot is produced in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, so it is also called Yixing purple clay teapot.
The origin of the purple clay teapot can be traced back to Fan Li, a Yue official in the Spring and Autumn Period, who was the "Tao Zhu Gong" who retired from the world together with Xi Shi. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. However, the making of purple sand pots only happened after the Zhengde reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty. Since then, it has become a trend, famous artists have emerged in large numbers, and the designs, colors and varieties have been constantly updated. Over the past five hundred years, exquisite products have been handed down from generation to generation. Today, it can be said to be an ingenious craftsmanship that is unparalleled in the world. .
Zisha mud is the general name for red mud (cinnabar mud), purple mud, and Tuanshan mud (the green mud of this mountain is beige). Due to the different distribution of mining areas and mineral strata, these three kinds of mud will have a slight change in temperature during firing, and the color will change in many ways, which is intriguing and wonderful. The purple clay color is rich and colorful. Among them, the three colors of vermilion, purple, and beige are the true colors of purple clay wares. Vermilion has shades, purple has shades, and yellow is full of changes. If you name the colors, there are iron blue, azure, millet color, pig liver, and dark liver. , copper, begonia red, pearl sand purple, water green, agarwood, sunflower yellow, cold golden yellow, pear skin, incense ash, green gray, dark green, patina, tripod black, brown black, pomegranate skin, jet black... various colors. The unique clay material and unique molding process of the purple clay teapot integrate modeling, painting, poetry, calligraphy and seal cutting. These characteristics make the purple clay teapot a tea drinking utensil with dual practical and appreciation values ??- Yixing purple clay teapot device.
"If a jade is not polished, it cannot be used as a tool, and if a pot is not cultivated, it cannot be spiritual." The better the purple clay teapot, the more famous it can be; the more famous people's masterpieces are, the easier it is to cultivate the spirit. The wonderful thing about raising pots is that not only can the purple clay pots reveal the aura of truth, goodness, and beauty, but it can also enable the person who keeps the pots to increase their self-cultivation, sublimate their spirit, and reach a state of indifference, peace, and transcendence...
Documentary records about purple clay tea sets began in the "Wanling Collection" of the Northern Song Dynasty. The book contains a description of "the cold spring of small stones retains the morning flavor, and the new purple clay products are filled with spring flowers". During the Southern Song Dynasty, purple clay pottery gained international reputation. By the Yuan Dynasty, the firing technology of purple clay pottery had developed to a certain extent, and inscriptions began to be engraved on purple clay pots. In the Ming Dynasty, monks from Jinsha Temple and Gongchun made purple clay tea sets with their own hands. The purple sand tea set has a simple and elegant shape, and a simple and elegant color. Use it to make tea. The longer it is used, the smoother and more elegant the color of the pot will be, and the more mellow and fragrant the tea will be. Even when boiling water is poured into an empty pot, there will be a light tea aroma.
According to scientific analysis, the purple clay teapot does retain the original flavor of the tea soup. It can absorb the tea juice and is resistant to cold and heat. Purple clay pottery is a semi-sintered fine pottery between pottery and porcelain, with no glaze on the outside or inside. It has both a certain mechanical strength and a certain porosity; the tea will not leak and has good air permeability.
In summary, purple sand pottery has five major characteristics:
First, purple sand pottery is made from a sand hammer chain. It neither takes away the aroma of tea nor the smell of cooked soup, so it is used to brew tea with both color and aroma. Yun.
Secondly, sandy teapots can absorb tea juice and accumulate "tea rust" after being used for a period of time, so the aroma of tea can still be felt when boiling water is poured into an empty teapot.
Third, it is easy to wash. If it is not used for a long time, it will inevitably smell. You can soak it in boiling water two or three times, then pour out the cold water, and then make tea without losing its original flavor.
Fourth, it has strong adaptability to sudden changes in cold and heat. In the cold winter months, when boiling water is poured into it, it will not burst due to sudden changes in temperature. Moreover, the sand conducts heat slowly, and it does not burn your hands regardless of lifting or holding it.
Fifth, purple sand pottery is resistant to burning. In winter, when it is placed over a warm fire to make tea, the pot will not burst easily. It is no accident that Su Dongpo used a purple sand pottery kettle to cook tea, and there was a poem about "pine breeze and bamboo stove, holding the kettle and shouting at each other". Some people overseas even call purple clay teapots "non-toxic tableware". Regular use of them will prolong your life. This is the reason why people who pay attention to tea drinking in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, especially like to use purple clay teapots.