People who love tea often bring their own host cups to various tea houses for tea tasting. Small and elegant host cups are very suitable for carrying around. They are portable and show the aesthetic taste of the tea owner.
Today, Tongxinshe Teahouse recommends a set of "Hand-painted Blue and White Poetry and Text Ruo Shen Cup
Diameter 5.8cm Height 3.7cm Full capacity 40ml Use 25m
This cup is made of Jingdezhen antique clay. Unlike the brightness of new clay, antique clay is more stable and durable, with a moist body and thick glaze. The antique glaze color is subtle. After firing, the body is bright and smooth, with a blue-gray color, and fine sand grains appear, full of ancient and clumsy feeling. In order to be portable and have a better lip feeling when drinking tea, this cup is specially made into a thin body. Although it is more labor-intensive, it is lighter and smoother, more elegant, and has a silver-wrapped mouth design. The metal texture is cool and clear, and the details are more thoughtful, which also adds a noble and elegant charm.
The overall color of the cup is elegant and durable, warm and ancient. The poem on the cup body comes from Wang Wei's "Return to Songshan /归嵩山作".
清川带长薄，车马去闲闲。
流水如有意，暮禽相与还。
荒城临古渡，落日满秋山。
迢递嵩高下，归来且闭关。
This poem expresses the author's tranquil and indifferent leisurely mood by describing the scenery he saw on the way to resigning from office and retiring to Songshan. Among them, the two lines of poetry "The deserted city is next to the ancient ferry, and the setting sun fills the autumn mountains" depict a picture of a desolate city next to the ancient ferry, and the afterglow of the setting sun is sprinkled on the bleak autumn mountains, rendering a desolate atmosphere, which sets off the author's mood that becomes more desolate the closer he gets to his retreat.