The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and the tea is refreshing and fragrant; a wonderful tea ceremony is naturally inseparable from the tea utensils at hand. In the thousands of years of tea drinking history of the Chinese, a steady stream of tea utensils with different materials and styles have been produced and spread. Various tea utensils. Among them, silver tea sets have also been highly praised by celebrities and refined scholars throughout the ages, and have been a status symbol since ancient times.
Among traditional Chinese clothing patterns, the "gourd" is widely used in utensils, clothing, architecture and other fields, and has become one of the important symbols of traditional Chinese culture. The gourd is one of the eight treasures of Taoism. Its plump and round shape, coupled with its endless vines, is often regarded as a symbol of peace, wealth and prosperity.
As early as the mid-level painted pottery pots of the late Majiayao Culture, the gourd pattern appeared. It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that the gourd pattern was incorporated into the themes of good fortune, longevity, wealth, happiness and auspicious patterns, and gradually became the mainstream of decorative patterns.
Today, Tongxinshe Teahouse recommended teacher Hong Jike, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, to design and create a "9999 mini gourd teapot" using silver as the medium. Capacity: about 65ml, pot weight: about 77.5g, dimensions: height 5.8cm, bottom diameter 3.5cm, diameter 3.5cm, width 8.5cm.
In the busy work life, it is difficult to get together with friends to drink tea. Most of the time, I drink alone. The small pot is petite and easy to carry. Whether you are drinking by yourself in your spare time or on a business trip, you can enjoy it. Its fun. The handle has an anti-scalding braided design. Xiaopin teapots are small and exquisite and can be held in one hand; and Xiaopin teapots are not easy to make, which further tests the skills of the pot-making master. When the art of writing and ink flourishes, holding a pen in one hand and drinking from a pot in the other is one of the joys of leisure life. This small pot is modeled after a gourd and is covered with simple hammer patterns, making it simple and elegant. At the same time, the small-capacity pot is also suitable for brewing some expensive high-end teas for tasting and sharing.
The "Hongji Treasure" in Heqing, Yunnan began during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty and has been passed down for five generations. They still insist on using traditional pot-making techniques. As the fourth generation descendant of "Hong Kee Treasures", Mr. Hong Jike is proficient in a variety of handmade pot making techniques.
Hong Jike, Bai ethnic group, was born in 1971. The fourth generation successor of "Hong Kee Treasure". The ninth batch of intangible cultural heritage projects in Heqing County, the representative inheritor of silver jewelry forging technology (Heqing silver forging technology).