Times are progressing, the economy has caught up, and more and more people pay attention to personal taste and life interests.
Tea pets have developed rapidly, and many people just follow the trend without knowing more about its cultural connotations.
But as the author said, I don’t come here just to follow the trend, but because I love it and really calm down and set my aspirations.
Raising a tea pet is like giving birth to a life. It is the interest of tea lovers and a reflection of the tea-loving life.
Every time you treat your pet with tea, it's a way to get away from the world and relax. It's fun to spend half the day with your cute little tea pet.
Since some people are playing it and it is spreading more and more widely, then there must be a huge market for this kind of thing.
The so-called tea pet is also the pet of tea people.
As the name suggests, it is a pet nourished by tea, or something to play with while drinking tea.
Tea pets can be seen on many tea art ornaments or on tea tables.
It adds elegance and interest to the tea-drinking atmosphere and entrusts people with their good wishes.
Moreover, tea pets can also reflect the cultivation and connotation, taste and personality of tea lovers.
For example, the exquisite products in front of you are all purple sand tea pets.
They may have auspicious meanings, have a cultural flavor, be funny, be childish, or attract wealth, it all depends on the owner's preference.
Tea pets can be roughly divided into several categories according to their shapes.
The largest group is the Feng Shui meaning mentioned before.
For example, Pi Xiu, dragon turtle and other nine sons of the dragon, golden toad, auspicious lion, salamander, longevity star, unicorn, galloping horse, small animals, people, etc.
Each one has different meanings. It has the effect of resolving the five yellow and three evil spirits, protecting the house from evil spirits, increasing popularity and avoiding villains, attracting noble people, attracting partial wealth, longevity, attracting wealth and good luck, etc.
The most classic among them is the Golden Toad, which everyone knows is an auspicious animal that brings wealth.
Wherever the golden toad goes, money gathers.
The golden toad tea pet in front of Chen Wenzhe looked quite magical.
This golden toad is carrying a string of money, which means money is coming into the house one by one.
The copper coins on the Golden Toad's mouth can be rotated. You can use your hands to transfer the coins. The homophone is "make money".
The domineering and consecrated golden toad represents warding off evil spirits, good luck and happiness.
The golden toad tea pet changes color, and when hot tea is poured on it, the three colors of gold, green and red appear, both of which are signs of good fortune.
Apart from the golden toad, the best tea pet to bring wealth to is Pixiu.
Due to our country's special traditional culture, there are several types of tea pets that are the most common.
Just like Pixiu, the legendary ninth son of the dragon.
It is commonly known as it can only go in but not out, so people think it has the effect of attracting wealth and increasing wealth.
At the same time, it also has the effect of holding down the house, becoming the guardian spirit of the home.
Therefore, it became people's favorite.
According to legend, Pixiu is a ferocious and auspicious beast. The male is called "Pixiu" and the female is "Pixiu".
The male beast represents wealth, and the female beast represents treasury.
But to this day, people no longer distinguish between male and female.
In ancient times, Pixiu was divided into one or two corners, one corner was "Tianlu", and the two corners were "warming away evil spirits". Later, the shape of one corner was the main one.
In the south, most people like to call it "Pixiu", while in the north they call it "warming against evil".
The popular shape of Pixiu is a horn on the head, long curly manes all over the body, some have wings, and tail hair tendrils.
It means attracting wealth, hiding treasures, and protecting the house.
These are the prosperous tea pets, and there are other animal tea pets that represent diligence, such as the cow, which represents loyalty and honesty!
The cow in our country symbolizes hard work, hard work, hard work, tolerance of humiliation, strength and power and other good qualities.
Therefore, there are many people who like cows, such as Chen Wenzhe.
If he hadn't liked it, Li Jinli and the others wouldn't have made rubbings of the Five Oxen Pictures and specially carved so many famous historical oxen.
No matter what, most tea pets are products with auspicious meanings.
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In addition to animals, there are also some special plants, such as gourds.
"Gourd" and "Fu Lu" are homophonic, and gourds are commonly used among the people to express fortune.
The lush foliage, fruity vines and multi-seeded gourds represent "prosperity and prosperity for generations to come";
The gourd can cross water and is used as medicine. It is also one of the Eight Immortals, symbolizing health, longevity and peace.
Because many ethnic groups believe that the gourd is the ancestor of mankind, and in many myths and stories, the gourd is often accompanied by gods and heroes.
Therefore, the gourd is considered to be a spiritual object that can bring fortune, ward off evil spirits, and a lucky weapon that protects the house and the home.
Apart from these, there are the characters.
Among the characters, the most numerous are various gods and Buddhas, and the most numerous series is the Buddha.
What Chen Wenzhe can see now are Buddhas in various colors.
It can be said that there are various types of sand, but most of them are made of Maitreya Buddha.
But there are many types of Maitreya Buddha, such as lying postures, more sitting postures, few standing postures, and there are also strange shapes.
Most of these Maitreya Buddhas mean good luck and longevity.
There is also a bit of tea Zen here, which is to integrate Zen practice into the tea ceremony, forming the concept of "tea Zen as one taste".
After this development, it developed into a cultural and living habit of "Tea Ceremony" with unique Chinese characteristics.
Among the shapes of Zen tea pets, the images of Buddha, Bodhidharma and little monks are the most common.
There are lying postures, sitting postures, and standing postures.
In the blend of tea and Zen, savor the infinity of the unity of things and myself.
Of course, this kind of placement cannot be arbitrary.
Among the statues, it is recommended to choose the smaller Maitreya Buddha as the tea pet, and the face of Maitreya Buddha should be turned away from us and facing the guests.
Since there are myths and legends, fables are also indispensable.
For example, the three monks are so famous.
Three Monks is a Chinese folk proverb.
Through the plot of three monks who had no water to eat and the temple caught fire, the three monks worked together to put out the fire, and then the three of them cooperated to fetch water, it gave people the same mentality and the same ideological realm.
If you don't try your best and rely on others, you won't be able to achieve your goals.
Then there is Sanbuhou, about which relatively few are known.
This tea pet consists of three monkeys, one covering the eyes, one covering the mouth, and one blocking the ears.
In "The Analects of Confucius": Yan Yuan asked about "benevolence".
Confucius said: "To restrain oneself and return to propriety is benevolence. For one day to restrain oneself and return to propriety, the world will return to benevolence. To be benevolent depends on oneself, but does it depend on benevolence?"
Yan Yuan said: "May I ask about its eyes?"
Confucius said: "Don't look at anything that's inappropriate, don't hear anything that's inappropriate, don't say anything that's inappropriate."
Yan Yuan said: "Although I'm not quick to reply, I'd like to ask you for help!"
This is the "Three Don't Monkeys" with the connotation of Eastern philosophy, which means "If you don't listen, you shouldn't listen, if you don't see, you shouldn't see, and if you don't speak, you shouldn't speak."
Of course, such tea pets must be liked by people with real cultural heritage.
As for some arty ones, they still like Feng Shui and tea pets that bring wealth.
However, no matter what kind of industry, young people will conquer the world.