Dark Green Clay Yixing Tea Cup, Dragon's Gate 120ml
Dark Green Clay Yixing Tea Cup, Dragon's Gate 120ml
This wonderful handicraft isn't just a simple cup. It in fact is an artistic expression of the a popular legend called 'A Carp Leaping over Dragon's Gate'.
According to popular Chinese mythology, there's a place called the 'Dragon's Gate', which is located a top of a waterfall. Brave carps swim against the current of the river below, but the mightiest carb can leap over the waterfall and pass the Dragon's Gate. Once that happens, it will turn into a dragon.
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Our design work is inspired by the artwork “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” by the Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty. Instead of displaying the daily lives of people in the capital of China (as the original artwork), we display the tea making process of farmers through the same bird’s eye perspective.
When examining our packaging design in detail, tea enthusiasts will observe the tea making process, featuring tea farmers picking, drying, rolling, and frying tea leaves. The tea is then tasted in a pavilion and transported by horses along the ‘ancient tea road’.
Together, the traditional Chinese landscape and tea making theme, symbolise heritage, tradition, and respect for hard work of tea farmers.