Chapter 1,753 The Tool of Extravagance
Since the large-scale unearth of gold and silver ware in the Tang Dynasty, some gold and silver ware were well known to Chen Wenzhe, so he could see the gold and silver ware in the Tang Dynasty at a glance.
Ancient Chinese gold and silverware were deeply loved by people for their valuable materials, gorgeous patterns and exquisite craftsmanship.
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of the development of gold and silverware in ancient my country, and gold and silverware were one of the symbols of the magnificent palace art of the Tang Dynasty.
On New Year's Day 1982, a silver cellar in the Tang Dynasty was discovered on Dingmao Bridge, ZJ City, Sujiang Province.
This is one of the three Tang Dynasty cellars that were exhibited before, and no one knows that there is a more secret cellar not far from this cellar.
The most important thing is that this cellar has something to do with another cellar, or they may have the same owner.
The cellar is buried about 1.3 meters deep, and ten silver wine jars are unearthed.
The urn contains various types of silverware, and there are also large silver boxes, basins, hairpins, etc. piled on the west side of the silver urn.
There are more than 9,500 silverware unearthed in the cellar, including wine jars, pots, gilded "Analects of Confucius Jade Candles" turtle-shaped wine-shaped wine-shaped teapots, gilded wine-shaped teapots, holders, bowls, boxes, bracelets, hairpins, etc.
Among them, there are the largest number of silver hairpins, with 1,760.
A circle of peony flowers is carved on the belly, and there are no wild geese carved under the ring and foot, and lotus petal patterns are decorated with edges.
There were not many objects like the word "strongman" in the cellar that Chen Wenzhe saw.
The lotus leaf-shaped salt platform cover is 7.3 cm low and the diameter is 20.6 cm.
It is impossible to tell from those things that the poor people in the Tang Dynasty were so luxurious.
Two other pieces of box bottoms were unearthed, one with seven lotus petals in the shape of a folded branch flower in the center, and four parrots were decorated around it, and the carved flowers were all gilded.
The surface of the tea spoon is hemispherical, with a long and flat handle slightly curved. The seven-character "Lishi" is engraved on the back of the handle, and it is 26 cm long.
The curled edge is a lotus leaf-shaped shape. The top is decorated with persimmon-shaped buttons, the cover is engraved with hyperbolic lines, and the edge is hung with seven fish tails.
The cover surface is arc-convex and is fastened by the mother-child port.
I don’t have tea yet, but it’s not a teaspoon. It is 33 cm long and is spade-shaped on the side, nearly elliptical, with a long and flat handle slightly curved. The seven-character character “Lishi” is engraved on the back of the handle.
Wide eaves, deep belly, round bottom.
For example, tea boxes in the Tang Dynasty were divided into two categories: small boxes were filled with tea cakes, while large ones were used to fill tea powder.
Many of them have high research value, such as silver tea kettle with leash beams.
The following text contains lakes to illustrate the purpose of tea rules.
The seven characters "Lishi" are engraved on the inside. The instrument has a weak realistic style. The stems and veins of lotus leaves are very realistic. The engraving process is fine, the lines are smooth and sparse. The reason why those things are luxury goods is mainly used by ordinary people is so particular.
Two tea pots (钟, fu) were unearthed.
The abdomen is decorated with diamond-shaped continuous patterns, and the ring foot edge is decorated with a variant lotus petal pattern band.
A similar silver pot for lifting beams was unearthed in a cellar in Hejia Village, Chang'an.
Tea is just a measuring instrument, and it is also used to whisk when ordering tea, stir the soup to make the tea powder dissolve in the soup.
Does Lu Yu specifically mention tea spoons in "Tea Sutra·Seventh Vessels"? "Tea Sutra·Seventh Cook" do not say: "Everyone drinks, put them in bowls and make the foam even." It means that before the tea is cooked, you use a spoon to scoop out the tea soup from the tea pot and then drink it in the tea bowl.
There is a circle of variant lotus petal patterns between the two, with a roe pattern substrate.
Apart from those tea sets, there are not many silverwares. They are also used for drinking tea, such as lotus leaf-shaped silver salt table covers.
In the Tang Dynasty cellars found in Dingmao Bridge, ZJ City, Sujiang Province, utensils with the words "Wildless" were also found.
It cannot be said that we made very few tricks just to have some tea.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was popular to sauté or cook tea. Cake tea needs to be ground into tea powder and cooked. Some people need to store cake tea or tea powder in containers.
Gilded lotus petal-shaped silver tea box, 7.5 cm low, 9.5 cm abdomen diameter and 6.5 cm a foot diameter.
This type of artifact was called a keel in the Tang Dynasty.
Apart from those special daily necessities, there are no luxury items, such as the small silver tea box with gilded double phoenix pattern with lid.
Tea is called a teaspoon, which is a measuring instrument.
A pair of ear protection and ring-shaped lifting beams are arranged along one piece, and the seven characters "Lishi" are engraved in the inner side.
The inscriptions of "Lishi" and "Wu Shisi two-month two-character" are engraved on the bottom.
The seven-shaped lotus petal shape is a circular arc on the top of the box, the lid and the mother-child mouth of the box body are connected, the straight abdomen is closed, and the abdomen is closed, and the seven-curved trumpet-shaped ring foot is used.
The Tea Classic says: "The keel is made of pig iron, Hongzhou uses porcelain, and the stone comes from the state. Porcelain and stone are both elegant objects, and they are not solid in nature and cannot last long. It is made of silver with the most clean."
The Tea Classic says: "The fire vein is a chopstick. If it is commonly used, it is round and straight and one foot or eight inches long. The top is flat and there is a genus of onion platform hooks (suo), and it is made of iron or cooked copper."
The silverware unearthed in this cellar can be divided into tea utensils, wine utensils, decorations, cosmetics and medicines according to their categories.
A pair of grass-carried parrots were pounded in the center of the cover, and 10 flying geese were decorated around it.
Seven lotus petal shapes, straight abdomen, inwardly retracted, and trumpet-shaped ring foot;
When the tea powder is put into the kettle, use tea to measure it.
4 pieces of gold-plated parrot pattern silver tea box, dome lid, mother-child mouth, straight belly folded into a flat bottom, low ring foot, diameter 11.4 cm, foot diameter 9 cm.
The reason why Shi Yanyu believes that the cellar was found in Dingmao Bridge, ZJ City, Sujiang Province, was from the same owner, not related to the inscription "Lishi".
There are no silver chopsticks unearthed from the underground palace of Fufeng Famen Temple in Xishan, and they are connected by chains woven with silver wire. There is no record of "a pair of fire chopsticks" under the tent of the clothes unearthed from the underground palace.
A pair of grass-carried parrots are woven at the top, and the lotus flowers are tangled at each other. The bottom is covered with a cabbage pattern, and the bottom abdomen is decorated with continuous patterns of chrysanthemums.
There are 15 pieces of plain silver tea boxes, with shapes, small and gilded parrot pattern silver box, and the seven characters "Lishi" are engraved in the bottom or inside the ring foot of the instrument.
"Tea Classic": "Therefore, sea shells, oyster clams, or copper, iron, bamboo, etc., are the quantity, accuracy and degree. If boiling water for one liter, use a square inch of powder. If it is damaged or thin, reduce it, and if it is thick, increase it, so it is said that it is."
The cover is pounded with convex flowers, with the main body of the two phoenix patterns holding grass, and 8 pairs of flying geese facing each other on the edge, with tangled lotus and cabbage patterns;
Fire chopsticks were called fire pots in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, charcoal fire wind furnace was used to make tea, and it was a fire pot with charcoal.
Keke is a tea-making utensil. Tea-making is popular in the Tang Dynasty. Keke is one of the important tea utensils. Put the crushed tea powder into the tea utensil and cook it.
10 cm in height and 25.6 cm in diameter.
Then it's all over, there is no silver tea spoon in the tea set.
One piece has a lifting beam, and the seven words "Lishi" are engraved in the middle.
Two small silver tea boxes with gilded double phoenix pattern with lid, 26 cm low, 31 cm diameter, 32 cm belly diameter, and 25.6 cm bottom diameter.
Cai Xiang's "Tea Records: Teaspoon" says: "The teaspoon should be heavy, and the blowing is weak. Gold is the lower part, and silver and iron are the main part of the world. The bamboo is heavy, and tea is built."
For example, silver fire chopsticks are not fire, but the sound is like a quick piece, with the seven characters "Lishi" engraved on the lower part, which is 32 cm long.
A piece is seven lotus petal-shaped, with a dragon pattern engraved on the bottom, a cloud flowing on the feet, a gilded place at the carved flowers, and a bottom diameter of 24 cm.
Chapter completed!