Shuiping Teapot (水平壶)
A popular folk tale traces the origins of the Shuiping teapot (水平壶, "Level Teapot") to the tea drinkers of Chaozhou, Guangdong, during the Ming and Qing dynasties. At the time, tea enthusiasts favored small, compact teapots for brewing tea. However, these miniature teapots had...