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Traditional Blue and White Chaoshan Tea Boat
Encounter a heart-warming tea container, taking a sip or two of light and elegant tea in the middle of a busy schedule; between touch and vision, clearly comprehend heaven, earth and people of nature and ingenuity.
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Description
- Material: Porcelain
- Origin: Chaozhou, Guangdong
- Dimensions: 16.0 × 12.0 × 6.3cm
- Chaozhou Gongfu tea, a treasure of tea ceremony, is not limited to Chaozhou and its surrounding areas. It carries the essence of Chinese tea ceremony thought and has never been discontinued for thousands of years. It can be called the "living fossil" of ancient Chinese Gongfu tea. It is deeply rooted in Chinese traditional culture, with "harmony" as its core concept, and pursues the improvement of life quality. In daily life scenes, a cup of tea is enough to embody the beauty of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, namely, holding the middle, keeping the middle, and being empty, and is committed to achieving a harmonious state of tolerance and integration.
- The Gongfu tea culture in Chaoshan area has a long history. The Chaoshan Tea Boat, as an important part of the tea brewing utensils, adds a lot of color to the tea ceremony. The tea trays of Chaoshan Gongfu tea have various shapes, from round, oval, crabapple, plum blossom, to quadrilateral, hexagon, bamboo, leaf, etc., with rich and diverse styles.
- Tea boat, also called tea base, tea couch, bowl base, is made to prevent hands from being scalded. Since it looks like the shape of a boat, it is then named tea boat or tea ship. The tea boat was firstly developed from bowl base. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tea boats with different shapes and materials like ceramic, porcelain, lacquer wood, silver or tin were popular.
- Chaoshan Tea Boat is often engraved with landscapes and poems, or hand-painted with blue and white, or painted with landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, poems, etc., adding a lot of artistic flavor. A good Chaoshan Tea Boat can not only enhance the experience of making tea, but also add beauty to the tea table. Whether it is daily tea tasting or entertaining guests, Chaoshan Tea Boat is an indispensable part.
- Chinese Traditional Blue and White Chaoshan Tea Boat is exquisite, hand-painted, Chinese-style charm stands out, jade porcelain is fired at high temperature, and made with ingenuity. The round and porous design of the tea tray allows for quick draining, and the hand-painted craftsmanship makes it more rustic. Hand-painted on the utensils, it is pleasing to the eye, clear and elegant. A utensil represents an attitude, either natural or interesting. A utensil represents an aesthetic, or warmth, or simplicity, or quiet beauty.
- During the brewing process, Chaozhou Gongfu tea has extremely high requirements for tea leaves, utensils and water quality, while emphasizing the precise control of water temperature and brewing rhythm. It not only emphasizes the creation of atmosphere, but also integrates etiquette into tea tasting, so that people can enjoy the fun of brewing tea while also feeling the spiritual satisfaction of being self-indulgent. It can be said that Chaozhou Gongfu tea is not only an art, but also a spiritual sublimation.
Traditional Blue and White Chaoshan Tea Boat
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