Unlike the uninhibited Tang Dynasty, the Song people were more relaxed and elegant in their daily lives. This can be seen in the four important things that were popular at that time: "ordering tea, burning incense, arranging flowers, and hanging paintings".
The four are gathered in the tea affair, and in the thick of tea fragrance and mist, the sense of taste, smell, touch, and visual experience is directly filled.
Drinking tea is an ordinary thing, but because of the utensils in the tea banquet, it presents a variety of artistic conceptions. Among so many tea tasting and incense utensils, only silverware is particularly low-key and elegant. When a piece of glittering and delicate silverware is placed on the tea table, it adds a touch of elegance to the tea banquet.
The sun is not dry, you have to drink tea, and it is advisable to match a good silver kettle
The gold is luxurious, the silver is noble, but it is elegant. Tea and silverware complement each other perfectly, perfectly blending the beauty of traditional art with modern life. Hand silver kettle, or elegant, or simple, or luxury, no matter what the posture, put it in the hand to feel very aura.
A hand-made silver kettle is a craftsman's heart, hand, force through the fusion of one, through dozens of processes, involving hundreds of tools, after tens of thousands of times of fine knocking, meticulously crafted, only into a pot. On a small silver kettle, you can have a glimpse of the poems, calligraphy, seals, and environments in the art of Chinese calligraphy and painting, and savor the charm of oriental culture.
If you're looking for a good cup of tea, the silver kettle is the best choice not to be missed. Because the silver kettle boils water, it is not easy to be contaminated with other miscellaneous flavors, and it can also soften the water quality, soften the tea soup, and make its taste more delicate and soft, docile and long.
Winter, which is the most suitable season for recuperation in the four seasons, the air is slightly cool, and the sun is not dry. On such a day, invite three or two close friends, cook a cup of tea with a silver kettle, and then light a wisp of fragrance, forget the hustle and bustle of the bustling city, and enjoy a moment of peace and comfort.
The best partner of the handmade silver kettle, Mo Ruo silver tea accessories
In modern life, it is simple to create a tea-drinking environment at home, and silver tea accessories are placed in the middle of a tea banquet, which not only adds to the fun of drinking tea, but also makes tea drinking have a unique charm in a beautiful atmosphere.
As early as in the "Book of Tea", the tea saint Lu Yu carefully designed twenty-four utensils suitable for cooking tea and drinking. Among them, "teaspoons, tea rules, tea needles, tea drains, tea clips, and tea tubes" are named the six gentlemen of the tea ceremony.
Teaspoon, also known as tea pick. As the name suggests, it is a tool used to transfer tea leaves from the tea pot into the teapot or bowl, in addition, it can also be used to soak the swollen tea leaves in the teapot, which is convenient and more conducive to hygiene.
Tea, as a kind of tea set, has a name in the Tang Dynasty. Then, in the ancient text, it means measurement, to put it bluntly, it is to standardize the amount of things when taking tea. When making tea every day, before the tea leaves enter the teapot, it is interesting to put it on top of the tea table to watch and smell the fragrance.
The maintenance of silver tea is relatively easy compared to bamboo tea. After years of use, if properly maintained, it will still maintain a warm and clear texture.
Tea needles, also known as "tea passes", are an indispensable member of the "tea ceremony group". It is generally made of wood or material. It is often used to unclog the inner mesh of a teapot to keep the water flowing. It can also be used to dredge the spout of the pot blocked by tea leaves, so it is also named Chatong.
But every day, some people will use the wrong tea needle and mistakenly use it as a tea knife to pry open brick tea or cake tea. But!There is a clear difference between the two, the appearance is similar to the "knife", into a flat shape, and the "tea knife" is namedA tea drain, also known as a tea bucket, is generally a small round funnel. When making tea in a small teapot, place it on the spout to expand the area of the spout, and the tea leaves leak into the pot to prevent the tea leaves from falling out of the pot.
Tea clipsAnother nameTea chopsticks, tea tweezersShaped like tweezers. When warming the cup, it can be used to pick up the crystal tea cup and the smelling cup, which is both anti-scald and hygienic. In addition, it can also be used to pinch out the tea residue from the pot.
The tea tube, generally cylindrical, is a vessel used to hold tea art supplies. There are many materials and shapes of tea tubes, in addition to the common wood and bamboo, there are also stoneware, porcelain, copper, etc. In terms of vessel shape, it has evolved from a cylindrical shape to a curved shape, a gourd shape, etc.
Incense and tea have been a perfect match since ancient times
Choose a suitable incense, light one when tasting tea, and the curling green smoke rising when burning the incense complements the elegance of the silver products, and adds a quiet atmosphere of ancient Mu. Take agarwood as an example, its fragrance is tranquil and transparent, which not only does not interfere with the fragrance of tea, but also helps each other.
As one of the incense burning utensils, the incense plug integrates the beauty of traditional Chinese culture, and the shape is often inspired by natural things, or in the shape of a hundred beasts, or in the shape of mountains and wild green plants, with different forms, exquisite and lovely, and intriguing to enjoy.
In the fast-paced life, spend a little effort to arrange a tea space, with a few pieces of elegant silver tea utensils, when you have leisure, you can have a light tea drink, a plain fragrance can be tasted, there are three or two elegant utensils to appreciate, self-cultivation, pleasure of body and mind, how is it not a pleasure.