Why did the ancients use jade cups instead of cups of other materials to drink water?

The ancients used jade cups instead of cups of other materials to drink water, mainly because jade cups are a symbol of status, and jade is good for the body.

In fact, not all people can use jade cups, after all, in the people, especially the poorer people, it is very good to be able to use porcelain cups. Only the royal family or dignitaries will have the money to use the jade cup, after all, the fraud of a jade cup is also expensive, so only people with status and status will use the jade cup, otherwise an ordinary family may make a jade cup The money is all the family property.

Moreover, jade has been endowed with very magical effects since ancient times, and a lot of jade will be dug up in the excavation of many cemeteries, especially jade will be found in the mouths of many people. At that time, it was believed that jade had the effect of immortality or embalming, so it could be placed in the mouth of the deceased to keep the corpse from decaying. Therefore, people usually drink water from jade cups in the hope of absorbing some energy from jade.

Of course, jade contains a lot of trace elements.

Often the formula can regulate endocrine, so the ancients liked to wear jade. But the rich are certainly not satisfied with wearing only jade jewelry, they will hope that the utensils they use in their daily life are all made of jade, so the jade cups for drinking water, the jade bowls for eating, the jade wine jugs for drinking, and even the pillows for sleeping are all made of jade.

According to the current science, jade is indeed very good for the body, of course, the ancients may not understand the elements and truths, but after using it, they may really feel that the body has become better, or it is a psychological effect. But in order to show their identity, and then hope to be good for their health, so under the influence of this dual factor, the ancients liked jade very much, hoping to replace everything around them with jade.

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The ancients liked to drink water from jade cups, and they also had ulterior motives. Jade can purify water quality, jade can identify poisons, and jade also has the effect of freshness and antiseptic, so drinking water with a jade cup has many benefits.

In ancient times, cups made of jade for drinking water were only for rich people, and ordinary people should be made of clay, and the ancients paid attention to elegance, and the cups made of jade were more noble.

Because the ancient people liked the mood, drinking water with a jade cup, it seems to be very high-end and high-grade feeling.

From the Warring States period to the Han Dynasty, primitive celadon cups appeared, among which the oval, shallow belly, and long side cups with flat ears on the long edge of the Han Dynasty were the most representative. The cups of the Sui Dynasty are mostly small cups with straight mouths and cake bottoms. The three-color glazed pottery cups and patterned pottery cups of the Tang Dynasty were the most distinctive, and at that time, it was also popular to combine plates and several small cups to form a set of drinking utensils.

The cups of the Song and Yuan dynasties were mostly straight-mouthed, shallow-bellied, circle-footed or high-footed, and the soles of the high feet were trumpet-shaped. Song cups are mostly won by glaze, such as Longquan kiln and official, brother, Ru, and all kilns. Among them, the black color decoration under the glaze of Cizhou kiln is quite distinct.

Yuan cup fetal bone is heavy, the heart of the cup is often printed with small flowers and plants for decoration, the Ming and Qing dynasties its cup is the most exquisite, its tire is light and thin, its glaze is warm and moist, its color is gorgeous, its types are diverse. In the Ming Dynasty, there were famous Yongle hand cups, Chenghua Doucai goblets, chicken bowl cups, etc., and there were many goblets in the early and middle periods. Qing Dynasty cups are mostly straight-mouthed, deep-bellied, with or without a handle on the abdomen, and there are differences with or without lids, and the decoration techniques are rich and diverse, including blue and white, five-colored, pastel and various monochrome glazes.

Porcelain cups, tea utensils. The basic type of vessel is open and small, oblique and straight-walled, generally smaller than the rice bowl and larger than the wine glass. According to archaeological or documentary data, the porcelain bowl has been made in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the physical shape seen is a straight mouth and straight abdominal wall, a cake-shaped flat bottom foot, green glaze, and fine fragments.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the style of drinking tea gradually became popular. During the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the tea cups were most famous for the Yue kiln in the south and the Xing kiln in the north. In the Tang Dynasty, the tea cup was also called "Ou", Lu Yu said in the "Book of Tea".

On Ouyue Zhou, the lips are not rolled, the bottom is rolled and shallow, and it is only half a liter", which shows the general form of the Yue kiln pot. The Yue kiln pot is mostly equipped with a tray tray, which is often designed as a lotus leaf curl shape, and a lotus petal-shaped tea cup is supported on it, which is quite delicate and moving. The tire quality of the kiln is delicate, the glaze layer is uniform, and the glaze color is green, so it is natural for Lu Yu to call it the top grade.

Xingyao is famous for being "as white as snow", and "there is no noble and cheap in the world and it is universal", which shows its popularity. In the Tang Dynasty, the tea cups in the north and south were all open, with oblique straight abdominal walls and jade wall bottoms as common types. The black glazed tea cups of the Yuan Dynasty were relatively reduced, and the blue and white glazed products were mostly seen.

The tea cup of the Yuan Dynasty was more straight and the carcass was thicker. In the Ming Dynasty, Xuande white glazed cups were the most exquisitely made. Chenghua and Jiajing blue and white cups are second.

In the early and middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were many small folds, deep abdomen, and high and deep circle feet. In the middle and late periods, there are many small mouths, deep bellies, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and shallow circle feet, and the decoration is mostly painted with blue and white patterns on the glaze, and there are also bucket colors, colorful and monochrome glaze decorations. The shape, decoration and production technology of the Qing Dynasty tea cup are better than those of the previous dynasty, and the small cup decorated with pastel and enamel paintings is even more exquisite.

The basic shape of the instrument is an open, arc-shaped abdominal wall, which is high, large and deep in the early stage of the circle, and relatively low, small and shallow in the later stage, all of which are repaired and regular.

In the history of the development of cups, the two are compared, the cup is produced first, the cup is later, the cup is mostly used for drinking, the cup is used to drink tea, the shape of the cup is smaller, the shape of the cup is larger, the cup is more high, the cup is more circled, the decoration of the cup is simple, and the decoration of the cup is complicated. Through the evolution of cups, we can get a glimpse of the breadth and profundity of the Chinese nation's tea and wine culture.