Frog on Lilly Pad Yixing Teapot

In Chinese culture frogs can signify everything from prosperity and immortality to ignorance. This rich symbolism is inherited from Chinese mythology, superstition and even popular proverbs. In Chinese culture, to accept one meaning for the frog is to ignore a host of others. The frog is most famous in Chinese culture as a sign of prosperity. Ch’an Chu, the three-legged money frog, is a popular statue believed to attract or protect its owner's wealth. In feng shui frogs are recognized as a sign of affluence. Frogs also symbolize protection. In Chinese medicine, the frog is considered beneficial to health. Its eye secretions have been used as a remedy for cardiac diseases. Yixing teapots are very porous and will absorb the flavor of the tea brewed in them. As such it is customary to use each Yixing teapot with only one particular tea. Traditionally, Yixing pots are used with oolong and puerh teas using the Chinese gongfu method of brewing. Nevertheless, there is no reason you cannot use