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Tea trays are used to hold teacups. There are many kinds of materials and styles, including round ones, chessboard ones, and so on. But no matter what material and style, the most important thing is the four-character formula: wide, flat, light and white. That is, the disk should be wide, so that more cups can be put according to the number of guests; The bottom of the plate should be flat to prevent the cup from being unstable and easy to shake; The edges should be light and the color should be white, all to set off the teacups and teapots and make them elegant. Stone Research Association (micro-signal stone5A)

Stone tea trays can be roughly divided into the following categories according to their materials:

Wushishi

Keywords: common materials, durability and wear resistance

Blackstone (mongolia black), mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, is a kind of high-quality stone with a stock of 4 billion cubic meters, which can be used as a tea tray for a long time. It was first born in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia and Jianping, Liaoning. Later, basalt in Jining, Inner Mongolia was also mined one after another. They are all called mongolia black, belonging to granite with fine particles. After polishing, the color of the board is black, but it feels a little yellow, and the board also has some white spots.

Natural Duanyan stone

Keywords: colorfast, valuable.

Because the stone of Duanyan is close to water, it is still crystal clear after wet water, moist as jade, delicate and lubricated, and it is suitable for tea tray. Generally speaking, the tea trays in Duanyan are all handled according to the traditional manual technology in China. According to the natural characteristics of the stone, it is carefully designed and carved. One stone at a time. Its unique material not only has the advantages of no cracking, no deformation, no fading, no odor, no pollution by tea, easy cleaning, etc., but also has practical value, elegant appearance, chic and high-grade, and elegance for playing and watching. At the same time, it is also rich in the traditional cultural connotation of China.

Green end stone

Keywords: blue-green with yellow

Green-blue, khaki, delicate and smooth. The best is emerald green, pure and flawless, crystal clear, oily and unique. Green-tailed quarrying began in the Northern Song Dynasty. According to "Gaoyao County Records", "Qingduan quarrying came from Beiling and Xiaoxiang Gorge (now Sanrong Gorge), Dinghushan and Dugankeng." It is a fact that the green rock was first mined near Beiling. Perhaps because of the exhaustion of inkstone, people stopped mining here and moved to Chaotianyan near the Duan Xi River. Later, the green end inkstone was mixed with the sky inkstone, that is, the upper layer was green end and the lower layer was sky inkstone.

A purple jade belt stone

Key words: aura, softness and high appreciation.

Purple robe jade belt stone is produced in Fanjing Mountain, a Buddhist holy place in China, with a metallogenic history of10-1400 million years. It combines the essence of all things, absorbs the aura of Buddhism, and is tough, fine and soft. It is one of the most famous stones in the world, because of its few proven reserves, unique and gorgeous color bands and delicate and soft textures. The tea tray made of this stone is natural, elegant and luxurious, with high ornamental, practical and collectible value.

Yishuiyan

Keywords: famous inkstone, with a long history

Yishui inkstone, also known as Yishui Gu Yan, is a traditional inkstone in China. Produced in Yizhou, Hebei Province (now Yixian), hence the name. Legend began in the Tang Dynasty. This inkstone is taken from a soft purple-gray water rock by the Yishui River. Blue and yellow stripes are naturally dotted, the stone is delicate, the hardness is moderate, and the color is bright. For thousands of years, Yi inkstone is famous for its long history, excellent natural stone and unique artistic style, and occupies an important position in China's profound inkstone culture and artistic history. Yishui inkstone is an outstanding representative and brand of Yishui inkstone.

Natural Afghan stone

Key words: Moisturize skin, improve sleep, affordable.

Afghan stone is produced in the mountains of Eurasia. The jade here is naturally exposed outside the mountains. Under the exposure of hundreds of millions of years of hot sun, it does not lose its moisture and luster, but its color is like congealing fat, oily luster, clean connotation, heavy and warm; As early as the prosperous period of civilization in the two river basins, princes and nobles all over the world used afghanistan white jade to cool off the heat, maintain health and preserve health.

Tianshan green jade

Keywords: crystal green, hard

Green Dalbergia wood grain jade, also known as "Tianshan green jade", is named because its mineral composition is similar or the same as jadeite, and it is crystal green, which is comparable to jade. Digging in the deep valley between East Tianshan Mountain and Beita Mountain. Tens of millions of years of strong crustal movement have concentrated Dihua's color and fantastic texture, and its molecular structure is meticulous and solid.

Rice yellow croaker

Keywords: health, medical care

According to the eighth volume of Compendium of Materia Medica-Epistemology, jade has the following therapeutic effects: removing stomach heat, relieving asthma, nourishing hair, nourishing five internal organs, softening tendons and strengthening bones, quenching thirst, moistening heart and lungs, helping voice and throat, calming the heart and calming the nerves, benefiting blood vessels and brightening eyes and ears. Frequent use of jade articles, such as (coffee table, fruit bowl, ashtray), has a health care effect. People raise jade, jade raises people.

marble

Keywords: hard, with patterns

Some marble parts can form a natural ink landscape painting. In ancient times, marble with molding patterns was often chosen to make painting screens or mosaics. Originated in Dali, Yunnan, hence the name. Later, the name marble gradually developed into a general term for stones of various colors and patterns. Its stone itself has the characteristics of difficult deformation, high hardness and long service life.

Laoshoushan stone

Keywords: sculpture, collection

Shoushan Stone, a Chinese treasure, is one of the traditional "Four Yin Zhangshi" in China. Its biggest feature is transparent, like solidified honey, and extremely moist. It is also rare to use the old Shoushan stone as a tea tray, and the carved Shoushan stone has very high appreciation and collection value. The original stone of Shoushan Stone has its own appreciation and collection value because of its texture, color and grain.

fossil wood

Keywords: very old, deeply buried in the soil

Also known as gold and silver stone, it is scientifically determined that wood fossils were formed between Paleozoic and Carboniferous, Mesozoic and Cretaceous, 355 million years ago. With the constant change of the earth's crust, the sea has changed, and wood fossils have been buried on the land for nirvana.

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