The most complete tea pet map in history (worth collecting)

The most complete tea pet map in history (worth collecting! )

[definition]

The so-called tea pet is also the pet of tea people. As its name implies, it is a pet nourished by tea or something to play with when drinking tea and tea.

Tea pet can be seen in many tea art furnishings or on the tea table. it adds elegance and interest to the tea atmosphere and places people's good wishes. And tea pet can also reflect the cultivation and connotation, taste and character of tea players. Purple sand tea pet or auspicious meaning, or cultural smell, or funny, or interesting innocence, or attract wealth, depending on the preferences of the host.

According to the material, tea pets can be roughly divided into the following categories:

[purple sand]

Purple sand tea pet refers to the tea pet made of purple sand. Purple sand "tea pet" are all small pottery sculptures, such as figures, Buddha statues, cats, dogs, tigers, elephants and so on. Take one or two and put them on the tea table, or "birthday boy", "Maitreya", or "tiger" to ward off evil spirits. Its elegant rhyme is to bring tea guests a kind of comfort of touch and the pleasure of appreciation. When drinking tea with tea dipped in tea soup smear or leftover tea directly dripping, over time, tea pet will be warm and pleasant, tea fragrance overflowing. More benefits of purple sand will not be discussed here. For details, please click on "Picture Book of Purple Sand teapot" to learn about it.

[Cheng mud]

Cheng mud tea pet is made from river mud. The "Cheng" here is the sediment in the Yellow River, which has been artificially processed and can not be used directly. Cheng mud is mainly used to make inkstone.

[porcelain]

The reason why most tea pets choose purple sand material is that purple sand has a double stomatal structure, and tea pets raised by purple sand are easier to color. Therefore, the porcelain used to do tea pet, generally choose to open the Ru kiln, green kiln and other types of materials.

[Ru kiln]

[celadon]

[rough pottery]

[stone]

Shoushan stone

Shoushan Stone is one of the Chinese traditional "four Seal Stones". Because the Shoushan mining area was mined early, the old term "field pits, puddles and mountain pits" refers to the ore mined at the bottom of the fields, water streams and caves in this mining area. After 1500 years of mining, more than a hundred varieties of Shoushan stone have emerged. Shoushan stone belongs to pyrophyllite with moist texture, rich luster and low hardness.

[tips] maintenance of Shoushan Stone

Remember to keep moist, avoid high temperature Shoushan stone most avoid drying, high temperature, the key to maintenance should pay attention to keep moist. No matter the original stone or sculpture, the sun exposure and high temperature should be avoided.

When the stone surface is contaminated by dust and dirt, as long as it is gently wiped with a soft silk cloth, the luster can be restored.

[metal]

Strictly speaking, metal contact with water is easy to oxidize, so this kind of tea pet exists more in the form of decoration in the tea table.

Silver

Brass

Resins

This kind of tea pet, which uses resin as the main raw material, is called discolored tea pet. These tea pets will immediately become colorful when drenched with hot tea and return to their original color after cooling. Or in the fired tea pet coated with a layer of heat will change the color of chemical materials, can also achieve the effect of discoloration.

[tips]

Tea is best not to use discolored tea pet, because the tea pet of the mud to participate in chemical reagents, can only see, can not drink tea, chemical reagents reflect in case of high temperature. It is easy to produce toxins harmful to human body. It is a physical change, yes, but the chemicals contained in the mud or resin that come into direct contact with the tea will invade the tea, and the chemicals produced in the heat of the materials used to make discolored tea will also infiltrate into the tea. It is best not to drink tea with discolored tea pets.