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Chapter 1754 Extravagant Equipment
Since the Tang Dynasty unearthed gold and silver wares on a large scale, Chen Wenzhe was familiar with the shape of some gold and silver wares, so he could recognize the Tang Dynasty gold and silver wares at a glance.

Ancient Chinese gold and silver wares are deeply cherished by people for their precious materials, gorgeous decorations and exquisite craftsmanship.

The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of the development of ancient gold and silver wares in my country, and gold and silver wares were one of the symbols of the magnificent Tang Dynasty court art.

On New Year's Day in 1982, a Tang Dynasty silverware cellar was discovered in Dingmaoqiao, ZJ City, Jiangsu Province.

This is one of the three Tang Dynasty cellars that have been exhibited before, and what no one knows is that there is a more secret cellar not far from this cellar.

The most important thing is that this cellar is related to another cellar, or they probably have the same owner.

The cellar was buried about 1.3 meters deep, and ten silver wine jars were unearthed.

There are all kinds of silverware in the urn, and there are also large silver boxes, basins, hairpins, etc. stacked on the west side of the silver urn.

A total of more than 9500 pieces of silverware were unearthed in the cellar, including wine urns, basins, gilded "Analects of Confucius jade candle" turtle-shaped wine making cups, gilded wine making chips, holders, bowls, boxes, bracelets, hairpins, etc.

Among them, the number of silver hairpins is the largest, with 1760 pieces.

The silver wares unearthed in this cellar can be classified into tea utensils, wine utensils, ornaments, makeup utensils and medicine utensils by category.
Many of them have high research value, such as the silver tea kettle with lifting beams.

Two tea pots (鍑, fù) were unearthed.

It is 10 cm high and 25.6 cm in diameter.

Wide eaves, deep belly, round bottom.

One piece has a pair of ear protectors and a ring-shaped handle along the surface, and the word "Lishi" is engraved along the outside.

One has no lifting beam, and the word "Lishi" is engraved along the outside.

A silver pot similar to this was unearthed from the Tang Dynasty cellar in Hejia Village, Chang'an.

Such utensils were called catkins in Tang Dynasty.

The "Tea Classic" says: "Catium is made of pig iron, Hongzhou is made of porcelain, and Laizhou is made of stone. Porcelain and stone are both elegant utensils. They are not solid and cannot be durable. Silver is the most clean. "

The catkin is a tea pot. Tea making was popular in the Tang Dynasty. The tea catkin is one of the important tea utensils. The ground tea powder is put into the tea pot for decoction.

The reason why Chen Wenzhe believes that this cellar belongs to the same owner as the Tang Dynasty cellar discovered in Dingmaoqiao, ZJ City, Jiangsu Province, is related to the inscription "Lishi".

In the cellars of the Tang Dynasty discovered in Dingmaoqiao, ZJ City, Jiangsu Province, many utensils inscribed with the characters of Hercules were also found.

Chen Wenzhe saw quite a few of these utensils with the word Hercules in the cellar.

For example, silver fire chopsticks, that is, fire gong, jiā sound, like chopsticks, the upper part is engraved with the word "Lishi", 32 cm long.

Huozhu was called Huojiao in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, charcoal-fired stoves were used to cook tea, and the Huojiao with charcoal was inseparable.

"The Book of Tea" states: "Huo gong, a name for chopsticks, if commonly used, is round and straight one foot and three inches. The top is flat and cut, without the genus of green onion and table hook (suǒ), and it is made of iron or cooked copper."

There are silver chopsticks unearthed from the underground palace of Famen Temple in Fufeng, Western Shaanxi, connected by chains braided with silver threads.There is a record of "a pair of fire chopsticks" on the clothes tent unearthed in the underground palace.

In addition to these ordinary daily necessities, there are also some luxury items, such as a large silver tea box with a gilded double phoenix pattern and a lid.

Two gilt silver tea boxes with double phoenix patterns and lids, 26 cm high, 31 cm in diameter, 32 cm in belly diameter, and 25.6 cm in bottom diameter.

Four lotus petals, straight abdomen, lower abdomen retracted, trumpet-shaped ring feet;
The cover surface is arc-convex, and is fastened with the mouth of the mother and son.

The cover is carved with embossed flowers, with the pattern of double phoenix holding grass as the main body, and 8 pairs of flying geese facing each other are engraved on the edge, with intertwined lotus and caviar patterns in between;

A circle of peony flowers is engraved under the abdomen, swan geese are engraved on the feet of the circle, and lotus petals are decorated on the edge of the feet.

The outsole is engraved with the inscription "Wu Shi Si Si Liang Yi Qian Er".

Two box bottoms were also unearthed, one with four lotus petals and a broken branch flower carved in the center, surrounded by four parrots, all carved in gold.

One is in the shape of four lotus petals, with a dragon pattern engraved on the bottom, and a floating cloud under the feet. The engraving is gilded, and the bottom diameter is 24 cm.

Four gold-plated silver tea boxes with parrot pattern, dome lid, mother-in-law mouth, straight belly folded down to a flat bottom, short circle feet, diameter 4 cm, foot diameter 11.4 cm.

A pair of grass parrots are carved in the center of the cover, surrounded by 10 flying geese.

Between the two is a circle of modified lotus petal patterns, alternated with intertwined lotus flowers, with caviar patterns as the substrate.

The abdomen is decorated with rhombus-shaped continuous patterns, and the ring feet are decorated with variant lotus petal pattern belts.

Gilt silver tea box in the shape of lotus petals, 7.5 cm high, 9.5 cm in abdominal diameter, 6.5 cm in foot diameter.

Four out of lotus petals, the top of the box is arc-shaped, the lid of the box is connected with the mouth of the box body, the abdomen is straight, the abdomen is retracted, and the four-curved trumpet-shaped ring feet.

A pair of grass parrots are hammered and engraved on the top, intertwined with intertwined lotus flowers, the bottom is covered with caviar patterns, and the abdomen under the cover is decorated with a continuous pattern of intertwined chrysanthemums.

There are also 15 plain-faced silver tea boxes, the shape and size of which are the same as those of the gilt parrot-patterned silver boxes, with the word "Lishi" engraved on the outside of the bottom or inside the ring foot.

Fried or boiled tea was popular in the Tang Dynasty. Cake tea needs to be crushed into tea powder for drinking, and both cake tea and tea powder need to be stored in containers.

The reason why these things are said to be luxuries is mainly because ordinary people don't need them, and they don't pay so much attention to them.

From these things, we can also see how luxurious the rich people in the Tang Dynasty were.

It can be said that they came up with a lot of tricks just to have a cup of tea.

For example, tea boxes in the Tang Dynasty were divided into two categories, the big ones were used to hold tea cakes, and the small ones were used to hold tea powder.

Others include tea spoons, which are 33 cm long, with a shovel-shaped side, nearly oval, and a long flat handle slightly curved.The word "Wisdom" is engraved on the back of the handle.

The tea rule, called the teaspoon, is a measuring device.

Put the tea powder into the kettle, and measure it if you want to use tea.

"The Classic of Tea": "Then, seashells, oysters and clams, or copper, iron, bamboo, daggers, etc. are used. The amount, the accuracy, and the degree. For one liter of boiled water, use the end For square-inch daggers, if you like thinner daggers, reduce them; if you like thicker daggers, increase them, so it goes.”

The above text clearly explains the purpose of the tea rules.

Tea is not only a measuring device, but also used to beat and stir the soup flowers to dissolve the tea powder in the soup when ordering tea.

Cai Xiang's "Tea Records Teaspoon" says: "The teaspoon should be heavy, and the blow should be strong. Gold is the most important, and silver and iron are the main ones in the world. Bamboo is light, so it is not necessary to build tea."

That's not all, there are silver tea spoons in the tea set.

The surface of the tea spoon is hemispherical, and the long flat handle is slightly curved.The back of the handle is engraved with the word "Lishi" and is 26 cm long.

There is no specific mention of tea spoons in Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea: Four Utensils". There is a saying in "The Classic of Tea: Five Cookings": "Where to drink, put the bowls to make the foam evenly." The spoon scoops out the tea soup from the tea kettle, and then puts it into a tea bowl for drinking.

In addition to these tea sets, there are also many silverware, which seem to be used for drinking tea, such as the lotus leaf-shaped silver salt table cover.

The lotus leaf-shaped salt platform cover is 7.3 cm high and 20.6 cm in diameter.

Rolled ruffles.The top is decorated with persimmon stalk-shaped buttons, the cover is chiseled with hyperbolas, and four fish tails hang from the side mouth.

The word "Lishi" is engraved on the inside. The realistic style of the device is strong. The stems and veins of the lotus leaves are very realistic. The chiseling process is fine, and the lines are smooth and dense.

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