Nanfeng ancient stove

Nanfeng ancient stove was built in 1506, and its pottery making history has been more than 500 years, known as "living fossil of ceramics". The scenic spot is composed of Nanfeng ancient stove, pottery Park and green boat Peacock Garden. There are guliaochang, Ming and Qing ancient buildings, pottery playing center, Shiwan Ceramic Museum, Gongzai street, Dagang waterfall and other landscapes in the park. The most famous one is a dragon kiln built in the Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty (1506-1521). The kiln has been burning continuously and well preserved for 500 years, which is the most famous one in the world The ancient dragon kiln.

Nanfeng ancient stove

Nanfeng ancient stove tourist area is located in Shiwan, the famous pottery capital of southern China. It integrates tourism, sightseeing, production, art study, discussion, participation and shopping. The scenic spot is a national AAAA scenic spot built around nanfengzao, gaozao, Gaomiao, linjiating and other key cultural relics protection units.

Give me a whole day and give you a thousand years. In the south wind ancient kitchen area, the traditional crafts essence of the mountain Gong, such as the carving of the mountain Gong, the ancient car, the large cylinder and the straw sandals, are gathered together. The collection of lion dance, martial arts, Cantonese Opera and paper cutting is the essence of folk art. Every day, people from all over the world attract China's broad and profound Chinese culture in the world's pottery cultural site.

In December 2019, Nanfeng ancient stove was identified as the third batch of national industrial heritage, with core items: Nanfeng stove and main structure of gaozao Shiwan Longyao (including foundation, kiln head, kiln chamber, kiln tail and kiln shed).

Brief introduction of Nanfeng ancient stove

Nanfeng ancient stove tourist area is located in Shiwan, the famous pottery capital of southern China. It integrates tourism, sightseeing, production, art study, discussion, participation and shopping. Nanfeng ancient stove scenic area has national key protected cultural relics, Nanfeng ancient stove and gaozao, which are known as living fossil of ceramics. For 500 years, kiln fire has not stopped and production has not stopped. They are rare in the world, and have been recorded in the Guinness Book of world records. There are two municipal cultural relics protection units, such as linjiating and Gaomiao pianting, as well as giant ceramic murals - ancient town Taoyuan historical paintings, Ruilong Xianbao and Yaowei workshop , ancient kiln image, ancient stove banyan wind, ancient Liaochang and other scenic spots.

Nanfeng guzao tourist area has been open to tourists since 2000. It is a brand-new tourist attraction and has received a large number of domestic and foreign tourists so far. It has become a new tourist hotspot in Foshan and even the Pearl River Delta. If you want to know about Shiwan's ceramic culture with a long history, it will be a great pity not to visit Nanfeng guzao tourist area. If you go near it, you will really understand Shiwan's ceramic culture and the production process of pottery.

Besides sightseeing, tourists can also participate in playing and burning pottery. Ceramic art in Shiwan has flourished since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and ceramic artists with outstanding achievements and artistic talents are also emerging. Nowadays, playing with pottery has become a new fashion in the city. To visit Nanfeng ancient stove and teach ceramic production by ceramic masters will help ceramic lovers broaden their horizons, improve their aesthetic awareness and master production skills. It will also help children develop their artistic potential and rich imagination and creativity.

Main attractions

Nanfengzao

Nanfengzao was built in the middle of Zhengde (1506-1521) of Ming Dynasty. It has been preserved for nearly 500 years as a national important cultural relic. It is the oldest Jiaolong kiln in the world. The name of the dragon kiln originated from the kiln. It was built close to the mountain. It was 234.4 meters long and 30.87 meters long inside. It was like a dragon descending from the masses, so its people called it "dragon kiln". However, the people of Shiwan are also called "Zao." In Longyao, people who use firewood at the end of the kiln are just like the old stove where firewood is used for cooking, and all the pottery is made in Longyao. They feel that Longyao is still the "stove" of the family. In addition, the mouth of the dragon kiln is facing the south, and the end of the stove is covered with banyan trees. It is cool every summer, so it is called "Nanfeng stove".

Gaozao

Gaozao was built in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years. With a total length of 32 meters, gaozao is a key cultural relic protection unit in China. The structure and operation method of gaozao is the same as that of nanfengzao. The name of "gaozao" is "gaozao" because the kiln is built behind the Gaomiao temple. The kiln owner hopes that it can carry on the prosperous incense of the Gaomiao temple, so it is called "gaozao".

Gaomiao

Gaomiao temple was built in the Qing Dynasty, also known as "Fushan Temple". It worships emperor tiananwu of Beiji town and is "distinguished" with Lingying Temple (ancestral temple) in Foshan. There are 12 inscriptions in the temple, which are the material evidence of the historical development of Shiwan Town. Later, due to the fire, only the partial hall is kept.

Lin Jia Ting

It was built in the Ming Dynasty. At first, it was the Lin family temple. During the reign of emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty (1796-1820), Lin Shaoguang (Jiaqing Bingchen Jinshi), Lin Longguang (Qianlong Renzi Township examination Juren) and Lin Jinguang (Jiaqing Wuchen Township examination Juren) changed the family temple into a living room, which was called the Lin family hall. Deep three into, the same courtyard, pavilion, wing room, etc., is a distinctive ancestral hall residential building.

Ancient buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties

The ancient dwellings near linjiating are the buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties. They have the architectural characteristics of Lingnan folk culture and are the heritage of ancient architectural civilization. They are well preserved up to now. In 2002, they became the key cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province. An international artist village has been set up here. Now more than 30 famous artists at home and abroad have settled in. In the future, hundreds of artists and creators will live and create here for a long time.

Shiwan Ceramic Museum

Shiwan Ceramics has a long history and has a unique and irreplaceable position in the history of Chinese ceramics. The geometric impression pictures unearthed from dangpeiqiu site in Shiwan River witness the Neolithic ceramic history of Shiwan more than 5000 years ago, and show the wisdom of our ancestors. The excavation of Tang and Song Dynasty kiln site in dawugang proves that Shiwan had become a production base of Lingnan pottery in Tang and Song dynasties. In Ming Dynasty, Shiwan tile had the reputation of "Shiwan tile is the best in the world". In order to show the historical evolution of the ceramic industry, the exhibition hall is divided into six parts: Ceramic corner, the formation of ceramics, the evolution of kilns, Shiwan twenty-four lines, Shiwan ceramic art and ceramic development. Focusing on the fourth part "Shiwan 24 lines", this paper introduces the historical origin of Shiwan pottery industry from Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China.

Characteristic scenic spots

Image of ancient kiln

The "image of ancient kilns" covers an area of more than 400 square meters. It emphasizes the retro, traditional and nostalgic Lingnan style, and retains the original style of the ancient kilns. It reflects the massiness of the ceramic culture.

"Ancient kiln image" is divided into four parts: "ceramic Gallery", "performing arts hall", "GuWa waterfall" and "hydrophilic rest area". It shows the traditional pottery making skills for tourists, achieving the goal of "from back to front, from production to display", and integrating the interactive links of tourists, bringing them a new experience.

Kiln end VAT workshop

The kiln end workshop is located at the end of Nanfeng stove, mainly displaying the production of pottery such as Pai VAT, impression and glazing. With the master's skillful hands and years of experience, visitors can witness the evolution of pottery clay into dragon kiln VAT. It can be seen that the unique mold of Nanfeng ancient stove is printed into a variety of products, and then through the glazing, air drying and other procedures, it can change into the wood fired products of Chenglong kiln.

Playing Pottery Center

3000 square meters, the world's largest pottery playing center, which can accommodate 3000 people at the same time. It is the most characteristic pottery interactive training base in Lingnan, and also the world pottery culture and art exchange center. With the on-site communication and guidance of Chinese and foreign ceramists, we can make various shapes of pottery on site, and create a dream brick by ourselves. The work will be made in the 500 year old Gulong kiln.

Doll Street

Connecting Shiwan Park and Nanfeng ancient stove, there is a doll Street imitating Ming and Qing architecture, which specializes in selling all kinds of ceramic works, including traditional masterpieces and modern furniture and decorations. You can roam among them and enjoy the cultural corridor of ceramic art.

Dagang waterfall

Dagang waterfall is composed of 365 different colors of Dagang. The 365 VATS symbolize 365 days. Every day is full of fire and pots. These vats are all made of Nanfeng ancient stove. There is a cornucopia in the middle. It is a kiln treasure fired by 62998 kiln of Nanfeng ancient stove on June 23, 2001. It is created with the oldest Shiwan traditional "Pai VATS" technique. The red Kun glaze on the cornucopia is dazzling, exuding a simple, rich aesthetic feeling. This effect is unique to the ancient firewood burning techniques, which can not be replaced by modern kilns.

Million Dream Wall

The biggest idea of Nanfeng ancient stove - "dream brick" is that all dreamers put their dreams on a piece of pottery plate with pictures, words, fingerprints and other ways that you can think of, burn them, number them, and build a "million Dream Wall". Starting from the pottery hall, it stretches tens of kilometers to the whole Shiwan Park, becoming the new great wall of China.

Intangible cultural heritage

Shangong micro sculpture

Shiwan micro sculpture, also known as Shiwan micro sculpture, commonly known as "Shangong", is an important part of Shiwan ceramic sculpture, and its technology is a national intangible cultural heritage project. China's Micro carving has a long history. It appeared in oracle bone inscriptions of yin and Shang Dynasties. Shiwan ceramic art began in the Tang and Song Dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although he is small, his manner is vivid, especially his ability to depict the characters' joys, sorrows and joys incisively and vividly, which can be described as unique and vivid, achieving a high degree of unity of form, spirit and meaning.

Rao Baolian paper cut

Foshan paper-cut has been popular in Song Dynasty and prevailed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Foshan

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