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Tea pet
A tea pet, also known as a tea lover's pet, is a small clay figure which is kept by some tea drinkers for good luck. The history of tea pets can be traced back to the Yuan dynasty (1206–1368). They are usually made of “Zisha” (also known as Yixing) clay, from the region near Yixing in Jiangsu province, China. Just like Yixing teapots made of the same clay, tea pets are unglazed, so that they are mostly monochromatic with a rough surface.〔Pan, Chunfang (2004). Yixing Pottery: The World of Chinese Tea Culture. San Francisco: Long River Press. P.41-49〕 Tea lovers in China raise a tea pet by placing it on the tea tray during tea time and pouring out the tea over it. The most popular figure of the tea pet is the “pee-pee boy”, which is used to judge whether the water is hot enough to make tea. Tea pets are also molded into zodiac animals or Chinese mythical creatures such as dragons, Pixiu, Qilin, etc., to symbolize good luck, fortune and happiness, as well as historical or mythical characters such as Guanyin, Maitreya and Zhu Geliang.
== History ==
The birthplace of Tea pets, Yixing, was first famous as the birthplace of “Yixing clay” in Song dynasty (960 – 1279).〔Lo, Kuei-hsiang (1986). The stonewares of Yixing: From the Ming period to the present day. London: Sotheby's Publications.〕 With the popularity of the Yixing clay teapot, Yixing became a production center for teaware since then. As early as the Yuan dynasty (1206–1368), the tea pet was made in Yixing for the first time. Teapot artisans started to mold Yixing clay into various mythical creatures or animals as mascots for tea lovers. However, probably because the ancient Chinese scholars believe in a saying that “excessive attention to trivia saps the will”, there is very limited literature on the development of tea pets in Chinese history. Nowadays, even with the development of the technology-- it is not hard to find alternatives to Yixing clay as the material to make tea pets-- the production is still concentrated in Yixing region.
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