A bowl of highland barley wine or a cup of buttered tea is the first greeting from Tibetan people for visitors to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Being an essential drink of Tibetans, buttered tea symbolizes both local life and folk culture. Thus tea pots and kettles also become livelihood necessities in Tibet.
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Photo shows a ceramic jorum containing buttered tea, which is mainly used in areas surrounding Lhasa and Tsang region, a historical geographic name of today's Shigatse Prefecture in southwest Tibet Autonomous Region. It needs to be taken in arms due to its large size, and is for exclusive use by monks in monasteries. |
Nowadays the buttered tea pots from different periods have become common collections and formed a unique history of Tibetan life.
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Photo shows a buttered tea pot made of brass, which is common tea pot used in monasteries and ordinary families in Tibet. |
