China News Service, Hangzhou, June 25 (Wang title) "Let the cultural relics come alive", on June 24, the China Tea Museum (hereinafter referred to as "China Tea Expo") released the "West Lake Longjing One Spoon of Spring" tea set, Qingyu·Heling-bell cup, Yude· Yangxin-Shende cup and other three cultural and creative tea utensils.
It is reported that as a national tea museum, China Tea Expo is rich in cultural relics related to tea culture.
In recent years, in addition to holding cultural exhibitions, China Tea Expo has also actively fulfilled its mission and responsibility for the inheritance and dissemination of cultural heritage. With the goal of “making cultural relics come alive”, it has actively utilized the collection resources and research results.
The three cultural and creative tea utensils launched by the China Tea Expo this time are a vivid practice of revitalizing the collection resources and research results.
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Photo courtesy of Hangzhou West Lake Xixi Management Committee
For example, the first Qingyu·Heling-Bell Cup and Yude· Yangxin-Shende Cup are inspired by the cultural relics collected by the China Tea Expo.
Among them, Qingyu·Heling-Bell Cup is based on the blue-and-white butterfly pattern bell cup in the collection of the Qing Dynasty, while Yude· Yangxin-Shende Cup is based on the "Shen De Cup" in the collection of the Qing Dynasty. The "Detang" pastel flower pattern cup was created as a prototype.
Different from the creative sources of the above two cultural and creative tea sets, the "West Lake Longjing One Spoon of Spring" tea set is the research result of the "West Lake Longjing Tea" project.
"West Lake Longjing Spoonful of Spring" tea set.
Photo courtesy of China Tea Museum
Zhao Yanyan, director of the Publicity, Education, Culture and Tourism Department of China Tea Expo, said that China Tea Expo used the color drawing overprint of "Beautiful Scenery of the West Lake" as a reference prototype for creation, extracted the elements of the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, and painted the paintings of the ancients on the utensils, combined with the West Lake. Longjing tea brewing points, designed and developed this tea set.
According to his introduction, the tea set is composed of a tea bowl, a teaspoon and ten teacups. The whole body of the teacup is drawn with a panorama of the West Lake, and the teacup is drawn with ten scenes of the West Lake. It is designed as a rolled lotus silver teaspoon, the surface of the spoon is a tender lotus flower, and a lotus pod at the top of the handle is leaping above.
"This tea set embodies our beautiful expectations and poetic romantic expression. First, the West Lake Longjing is a dedication from the West Lake mountains. When brewing, it will return to the embrace of the West Lake mountains again. Second, use this tea set to entertain. VIPs, while tasting tea, can also enjoy the utensils, so as to obtain the elegant taste of 'touring the landscape of the West Lake'." Zhao Yanyan said.
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