The prototype of this work is a bronze [jiāo dou] with a dragon head from the Six Dynasties period in China, which is now in the collection of the Cleveland Museum in the United States. The dragon head is used as a handle for holding. There is a "flow" on one side to facilitate the pouring out of the liquid in the vessel, and there are three legs in the shape of an animal's head and hooves underneath.
. Dou is a utensil for making tea. From the Han and Wei dynasties to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the way to drink tea was to make tea. Tea leaves were boiled with "onions, ginger, dates, orange peels, and mint".
I have omitted the component "flow" in my work.
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