To understand the value of Tea Classic, written by Lu Yu, and the development process of the culture of drinking tea, it is necessary to examine how the tea-implements introduced in Tea Classic affected the culture of drinking tea of each period. The tea-implements of Tea Classic were originally designed on the premise that they should not damage color, fragrance and taste, which are the nature of tea. The tea-implements which Lu Yu manufactured upgraded the culture of drinking tea of Tang Dynasty, bringing about revolutionary change in the history of tea in China. Needless to say, such effort and results by Lu Yu had greatly influenced on the tea-implements of each dynasty which had different etiquette and way of drinking tea respectively. Most of the tea-implements appeared in Tea Classic were used during Sung dynasty and even until the early period of Ming dynasty. The aesthetic sense of Lu Yu and the art and spirit of tea-making contained in his tea-implements have handed down to the present.
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