Golden Decorated Lotus Seed Zhuni Xiaopin Pot

In September of the twenty-fourth year of Ming Hongwu (1391), Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to abolish group tea and change to loose tea. Since then, the method of making tea has become popular and is still in use today. Changes in tea-making customs will also affect the use of tea utensils, and new tea utensils will be derived. Brewing loose tea has higher requirements on the color, aroma, taste and shape of the tea. Tea tasting In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, purple sand pots became popular, and tea pots gradually changed from large to small. Feng Kebin in the Ming Dynasty once said: "A small pot will keep the fragrance and taste long." During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, literati and tea lovers all admired the small vermilion clay pot produced in Yixing. Its bright red symbolizes auspiciousness, beauty and loveliness, so it is loved by pot lovers. . And because Zhuni is not suitable for making large pots alone, it just fits the concept of "small rather than big" teapots.