五、陶瓷與茶具茶藝

1、Ceramics, Tea Ware and Tea Art 陶瓷、茶具與茶藝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.)：秦漢：秦漢 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 唐代宮廷茶器唐代宮廷茶器 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，東坡提梁宋朝，東坡提梁壺（紫砂）壺（紫砂） Zhan（盞）（盞

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陶瓷的分類陶瓷的分類: 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紫砂壺紫砂壺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: 購買陶瓷茶壺需注意購買陶瓷茶壺需注意 1. Functional considerations: 功能性考慮功能性考慮 pouring out tea without leaving a drop斷斷水水; the opening (where one pours the leaves and water in) and the spout aligned in one straight line兩點(diǎn)平兩點(diǎn)平; fluent water flow順暢順暢; user-friendly handl