Primitive celadon cups appeared from the Warring States period to the Han dynasty, of which the Han dynasty oval, shallow belly, long rim next to the flat ears of the cup is the most representative. Sui dynasty cup is mostly straight mouth, cake bottom of the glaze cup. Tang dynasty three color glazed pottery cup and tattooed pottery cup is most characteristic, then also popular plate and several small cups combined with a complete set of drinking utensils. Song and Yuan period of the cup more straight mouth, shallow abdomen, rim or high foot, high foot bottom for trumpet shape. Song cup more to win the glaze, such as Longquan kiln and official, brother, Ru, all kilns. Magnetic kiln underglaze black color decoration is quite distinct. Yuan cup tire bone heavy, cup inner often printed with small flowers and plants for decoration, Ming and Qing dynasty its most exquisite cup, its tire is light and thin, its glaze is warm and moist, its color is gorgeous, its type is diverse. Ming dynasty has the famous Yongle pressure hand cup, Chenghua Doucai high-footed cup, chicken jar cup, etc., in the early days of the high-footed cup. Qing dynasty cup more straight mouth, deep abdomen, abdomen with or without a handle, and with or without a cover, respectively, decorative techniques are rich and varied, blue and white, pastel and a variety of monochrome glaze.

Porcelain marigolds, tea utensils. The basic type of open mouth and small feet, oblique straight wall, generally smaller than the rice bowl, larger than the wine glass. According to archaeological or documentary evidence, the porcelain marigolds in the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been produced, seen in kind for the straight mouth and straight abdominal wall, pie-shaped flat bottom foot, applying green glaze, open fine grain pieces. North and South Dynasties when the wind of tea drinking gradually popularized. The Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period of the tea calendars to the south of the Yue kiln and the north of the Xing kiln is the most famous. During the Tang Dynasty, tea calendars were also known as "ou", Lu Yu "tea scripture" said: "ou yuezhou, mouth and lip is not rolled, the bottom is rolled and shallow, receive half a liter only", which can be seen in the general form of the Yue kiln calendars. Yue Kiln marigolds are often equipped with marigold holders, which are often designed as lotus leaves with curled edges, supporting lotus petal-shaped marigolds, which is quite exquisite and touching. Yueyao calendars have a delicate texture, uniform glaze, and a greenish glaze, which Lu Yu rightly called the finest of all. Xing Kiln calendars are famous for being as white as snow, and the world is not expensive and common, which shows the degree of its popularity. During the Tang Dynasty, both northern and southern tealights were made with open mouths, sloping belly walls, and jade wall feet as the common types of wares.

The Song Dynasty tea ceremony was a great success, because it is easy to observe the white tea foam, so especially revered Jian kiln and Yonghe kiln black glaze lamps. Even Emperor Zhao Ji of Song Huizong is no exception. He said in the "big view of tea" in: the color of the marigold noble green and black, jade hair strips up to the top. Jade hair strips of marigolds is often referred to as rabbit hair marigolds, produced in Fujian Jianyang kiln. In the Song Dynasty, there were roughly two types of marigolds: one with a small shallow footrim, a sloping curved belly, and a straight mouth; and the other with a flared mouth, such as a trumpet, a small shallow footrim, and a sloping straight belly. Some of them are decorated with gold, and the characters of Shoushan Fuhai are written on them. In addition to the Jian kilns, the official kilns, the Ge kilns, the Ding kilns, the Jun kilns, the Longquan kilns, and the Jizhou kilns of the Song dynasty all commonly produced tealights.

Yuan dynasty black glaze tealight relatively less, more white glaze products. Yuan dynasty tealight more straight mouth, the body is thicker. The Ming dynasty to Xuande white glaze marigold production is the most exquisite. Chenghua, Jiajing blue and white enamel marigolds followed. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were many small folded rims, deep bellies, and deep feet. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there were more small flared mouths, deep bellies, wide upper and narrower lower parts, and shallower feet; the decoration was mostly painted with glazed blue and white designs, and there were also doucai, wucai, and monochrome glaze decorations. The Qing Dynasty tealight vessel shape, decorative techniques, production technology are better than the previous dynasty, its pastel and enamel painting decoration of the small calabash is exquisite. The basic shape of the vessel for the open mouth, curved abdominal wall, the foot of the first high, large, deep, relatively low in the late, small, shallow, all repairing the regularity.　Cups and lanterns on the development of history, compared to the two, the production of cups in the first, the lantern in the latter, the cup is used for drinking, the lantern is used for tea, the cup is smaller, the lantern is larger, the cup is more high-footed, the lantern is more rimmed foot, the cup of the decoration is simple, the lantern's decoration is complicated. Through the evolution of cups and lanterns, we can realize that the Chinese tea and wine culture is profound and profound.