论华光礁Ⅰ号沉船出水茶器与宋代茶叶海外贸易之关系

Analysis of the Relationship Between the Tea Vessels from the Shipwreck Huaguangjiao No. 1 and the Overseas Trade of Tea in the Song Dynasty

华光礁Ⅰ号沉船发现于我国古代海上丝绸之路航线上,出水了大量的茶器产品,这些茶器从品种到数量都很丰富。通过对这批出水茶器以及以往不同时期发掘的沉船中出水茶器的研究,我们发现茶器在外销瓷器中占有重要份额,这些茶器作为外销品在一定程度上能够反映出贸易国对茶叶的需求。随着中国古代海上丝绸之路的开辟与经营,茶叶贸易传播至世界各地,同时宋代茶叶贸易的发展为明清茶叶贸易达到顶峰奠定了基础。

The Shipwreck Huaguangjiao No. 1 was found on the ancient Maritime Silk Road. Plenty of tea vessels were discovered on this shipwreck. These tea vessels are rich in variety and quantity. After studying these tea sets as well as the tea vessels discovered on the shipwreck in different periods, this paper finds they held a high market share in the export of chinaware at that time, which reflected the demand for tea in trading countries to a certain extent. With the opening of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, the tea trade spread all over the world. At the same time, the development of the tea trade in the Song dynasty laid the foundation for the prosper of tea trade in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.