五、陶瓷与茶具茶艺

1、Ceramics, Tea Ware and Tea Art 陶瓷、茶具与茶艺Professor Ray R. LiiTea Wares 茶器茶器Before 211B.C.: Use cooking utensils (potteries) The Qin and the Han Dynasties(211B.C.- 220A.D.)：秦汉：秦汉 porcelain pot In the Tang Dynasty, more tea utensils appeared: 唐朝唐朝 Exquisite metal teawares are used by the imperial family

2、 and the aristocrats.Tang Emperial Tea Utensils 唐代宫廷茶器唐代宫廷茶器 the commoners mainly used porcelain tea bowls, usually made of blue glaze or white glaze. White glaze 白瓷Blue glaze 青瓷In the Song Dynasty, purple clay tea sets came into existence :A Song Purple Clay Teapot宋朝，东坡提梁宋朝，东坡提梁壶（紫砂）壶（紫砂） Zhan（盏）（盏

3、） a tea cup used by tea drinkers in the Song Dynasty (usually with a cup saucer) In the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the commonly used teawares were made by porcelain and the purple clay. 明清明清Porcelain teawares, Qing DynastyPorcelain teacup, Ming DynastyClassification of Ceramics陶瓷的分类陶瓷的分类: 1.

4、 Porcelain（瓷器）（瓷器）: pure white and transparent, waterproof, fired in the temperature of about 1300. 2. Stoneware（炻器）（炻器）: white or black, opaque, low water absorbency, fired in the temperature of above 1100. 3. Pottery（陶器）（陶器）: yellow or black, opaque, low water absorbency, fired between the tempera

5、tures of 900 to 1200.stonewarepotteryPurple Clay Teapots紫砂壶紫砂壶Porcelain Glass teawaresThe Gold Teawares exhibited in Tenfu Tea Museum, China porcelain, glass and silver teapots are suitable to make tea with pronounced aroma; tea with thick and mellow taste goes better with pottery teapot whose densi

6、ty is lower.A TeapotThe purchase of ceramic teapots: 购买陶瓷茶壶需注意购买陶瓷茶壶需注意 1. Functional considerations: 功能性考虑功能性考虑 pouring out tea without leaving a drop断断水水; the opening (where one pours the leaves and water in) and the spout aligned in one straight line两点平两点平; fluent water flow顺畅顺畅; user-friendly handl