The modern teapot should have originated in the Tang Dynasty.
Why do you say that? Let us look at the changes in Chinese tea sets and we will know.
Tea sets are inseparable from the way people drink tea! Tea sets develop and change.
1. The earliest tea set recorded in writing is from 2070 years ago:
In "Children's Agreement" written by Wang Bao in the Western Han Dynasty (63 BC) There is a text that says, "Everything you need to cook tea is covered and hidden." The "tea" here refers to "tea", and "exhaust" means "pure".
This shows that there were already tea sets for drinking tea at that time.
2. The Chinese clearly recorded the use of tea sets 1,700 years ago:
The "Poetry of the Beautiful Girl" written by Zuo Si of the Western Jin Dynasty (about 250 AD - about 305 AD) contains " The heart is full of tea and drama, and the bragging is against the tripod."
The "ding" here is undoubtedly a tea set.
3. It is clear that there was a teapot in the Tang Dynasty (including the Five Dynasties):
By the Tang Dynasty (including the Five Dynasties), tea had become a daily drink, and people began to pay attention to the way of drinking tea. Taste, tea art appeared (this is the origin of Japanese tea ceremony).
At this time, tea sets were not only indispensable utensils in the process of drinking tea, people began to pay attention to how tea sets could preserve and improve the color, aroma and taste of tea, and began to appreciate the artistry of tea sets themselves.
Tea sets in the modern sense have developed rapidly since the Tang Dynasty.
People in the Tang Dynasty called teapots "Zhuzi", which means pouring water from the spout.
In some places, making tea is now called "Dianzhu", which is based on the name "Zhuzi" of the Tang Dynasty teapot.
4. In the Song Dynasty (Hanjin and Liao Dynasties), the method of drinking tea changed from sencha in the past to tea (grinding the tea leaves into powder and brewing it with boiling water).
However, the form of tea sets of the Tang Dynasty basically continued, leading to the emergence of tea bottles.
The function of the bottle is roughly equivalent to that of the current pot.
5. The tea sets of the Yuan Dynasty are inherited from the Tang and Song dynasties, and from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
6. Tea sets in the Ming Dynasty changed dramatically because tea cakes were turned into tea leaves:
Starting from the Ming Dynasty, people no longer drank tea cakes, and bar-shaped loose tea became popular across the country. Tea drinking was changed to brewing directly with boiling water. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the utensils such as Zhicha, Tencha, Luocha, and tea making became redundant, and some new tea sets stood out.
The Ming Dynasty was the finalization of these new tea sets, because from the Ming Dynasty to the present, the types of tea sets used by people have basically not changed much, except for the changes in the style or texture of the tea sets.
The most innovative tea set in the Ming Dynasty was the small teapot, and the most improved tea cup was the tea cup, both of which were made of pottery or porcelain.
7. In the Qing Dynasty, the types of tea began to develop greatly:
In addition to green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, dark tea and yellow tea appeared, forming the six major tea types. kind.
But the shape of these teas is still strip-shaped loose tea.
Therefore, no matter what kind of tea, drinking still follows the direct brewing method of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the tea sets of the Qing Dynasty basically did not break through the standards of the Ming Dynasty.
8. There are many contemporary brands, more refined workmanship, and high quality:
The method of drinking tea has not changed, but we have begun to pursue the quality of tea sets, materials, styles, workmanship, etc. They began to pursue the form of tea sets. The expensive ones were like gold and silver tea sets, and the cheap ones were like bamboo and wood tea sets. In addition, there were countless tea sets made of agate, crystal, jade, marble, ceramics, glass, lacquerware, enamel, etc.
Therefore, teapots in the modern sense should have begun in the Tang Dynasty!