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What are the Six Gentlemen of tea ceremony? Usage of Six Gentlemen in tea ceremony

Tea is a traditional drink in China since ancient times. The habit of drinking tea has long been deeply rooted in China. Many people like drinking tea, but few people really understand the tea ceremony culture. What are the Six Gentlemen of tea ceremony? Do you know the usage of Six Gentlemen in tea ceremony? In life, we should not only be able to drink tea and love tea, but also understand tea in order to inherit and carry forward our Chinese tea culture. This article will tell you what the Six Gentlemen of tea ceremony are and how to use them. Let's have a look.

Six Gentlemen of tea ceremony and their usage

The Six Gentlemen of tea ceremony (six uses of tea art) refers to the tea cylinder, teaspoon, tea drain, tea rule, tea clip and tea needle.

1. Tea container: a container for holding tea art articles.

2. Teaspoon: also known as "tea grill", it is shaped like a spoon, so it is called teaspoon. Its main purpose is to dig out the soaked tea. The tea in the pot is often tightly filled with the teapot after brewing. In addition, the mouth of the general teapot is not big. It is neither convenient nor hygienic to dig out the tea by hand, so it is used with teaspoon.

3. Tea drain: the tea drain is placed on the mouth of the pot when placing tea to guide tea into the pot and prevent tea from falling out of the pot.

4. Tea rule: Tea rule (teaspoon) tea is a tool for holding tea into a pot.

5. Tea clip: also known as "tea shovel", the function of the tea clip is the same as that of the teaspoon. It can take the tea residue out of the pot. It is often used to hold the tea cup to wash the cup, which is anti scalding and hygienic.

6. Tea needle (tea pass): the function of the tea needle is to dredge the inner net (honeycomb) of the teapot to keep the water flow unblocked. When the spout is blocked by tea, it is used for dredging, or after adding tea, the tea is evenly stirred, the broken tea is at the bottom and the whole tea is on the top.

The Six Gentlemen of tea ceremony are usually made of bamboo and wood. The temperament of bamboo products is elegant, and the texture of wood products is pure, which complements the fragrance of tea and ink.

Other tea ceremony accessories: tea tray, tea mat, tea towel, tea pet, tea mat, pot pen, tea filter screen.

The tea ceremony group is the most commonly used and easily overlooked object on the tea plate, such as the tea drain. It should be used to filter the tea residue when making tea with a covered bowl or pot. The tea tweezers used to clamp smelling cups and tea lamps are wood, bamboo and metal. There are also tea mats for tea cups, tea swabs for dredging the mouth of pots, tea spoons and tea scrapers. All these are usually scattered on the tea tray. If you concentrate on drinking tea, you may not pay attention. Separately, they are just miscellaneous parts on the tea tray. When they are placed in the tea ceremony bottle, they become the tea ceremony group. Because of the limitations of their functions, most of these tea leakage, tea tweezers and tea mats are similar in shape, that is, they are different in material and technology.

As an indispensable tool in the whole tea art performance, the tea ceremony group is also a beautiful scenery in the poetic painting of tea tasting. It plays the beauty of embellishment. It is both a practical tool and an embodiment of art, which is loved by many tea friends. What may attract your attention may be the tea ceremony bottle used to store components. Its materials are diverse and different shapes. It not only has flowers, birds, fish and insects, but also greatly improves the ornamental ability of the tea ceremony group.