中国是茶叶的故乡,种茶、制茶、饮茶都起源于我国。茶为日常生活中必不可少的食物之一,茶中有食,食中有茶。民谚云:“早起开门七件事,柴米油盐酱醋茶。”乾隆皇帝则有感曰:“君不可一日无茶。”可见茶在中国人生活中的重要地位。明清时期的镇江,水陆交通发达,东南茶叶和南北各窑茶具,经长江和运河抵运镇江,茶文化遗存十分丰富。镇江博物馆所藏明清陶瓷茶具,除一部分为清宫旧藏和传世品外,还有相当一部分是明清墓葬及遗址中的出土品,反映了明清时期镇江饮茶文化的兴盛。 China is the hometown of tea, tea growing, tea making, drinking tea originated in China. Tea is one of the essential food in daily life, there is food in the tea, there is tea in the food. Civil proverb goes: “From the early door to open seven things, tea, salt and vinegar tea.” “Emperor Qianlong said there is a feeling: ” You can not have no tea one day. "Can see the important position of tea in Chinese life. Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhenjiang, water and land transportation developed, southeast tea and north-south kiln tea sets, the Yangtze River and the canal arrived in Zhenjiang, tea culture remains very rich. Zhenjiang Museum of Ming and Qing Dynasties collection of ceramic tea sets, with the exception of part of the Qing possession and handed down the world, there are a considerable part of the Ming and Qing tombs and ruins of the unearthed goods, reflecting the Ming and Qing Dynasties Zhenjiang tea culture flourished.