Imperial kiln

Yuyao factory is also called "Yuyao National Heritage Park". The underground remains of the site are very rich, and the porcelain produced is called "Guan kiln ware". The unearthed porcelains from the official kilns of the Yuan Dynasty and a large number of utensils from Hongwu, Yongle, Xuande, Zhengtong, Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde years of the Ming Dynasty have become the common memory of ancient Chinese civilization. Five meters from the gate of the municipal government, there is a stone well, which is the only ground relic left by the Ming Imperial factory site. Many yuan and Ming Qing Dynasty official kiln sites have been excavated, among which the Jingdezhen museum is worth seeing. The imperial kiln originally specialized in making official kiln porcelain, but now there is only a very small site. The museum displays the history of Jingdezhen from ancient times to the present, the order of pottery making, the variety of porcelain, the classification and history of glaze, which is of great significance for understanding Jingdezhen, a thousand year old cultural porcelain help.

Imperial kiln

Imperial kiln factory was set up in Ming and Qing Dynasties to supply porcelain for the court. It was founded in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province in Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs were generally appointed as supervisors of pottery; in the early Qing Dynasty, the Ministry of industry, the Ministry of internal affairs, or the governor of Jiangxi were in charge.

After the reign of Emperor Qianlong, it was managed by Jiujiang customs envoy, supervised by Raozhou Tongzhi and Jingdezhen inspection department. The porcelain produced is called "Guan kiln ware".

The symbol of porcelain culture

——Imperial kiln

The Zhushan imperial kiln site in Jingdezhen is a royal kiln in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, which specialized in making Royal Porcelain. It was announced as a cultural relic protection unit of Jingdezhen City in 1983. The protection scope of the site is Zhonghua Road in the East, dongsiling in the west, pengjianong in the north and Zhushan road in the south. The protected area is 54300 square meters. Jingdezhen Royal kiln factory is the longest firing time, largest scale and most exquisite management porcelain factory in China. The most excellent talents, the most exquisite skills, the most exquisite raw materials, and the most sufficient funds are gathered here to make many exquisite porcelain, which has become a real priceless treasure. Royal kiln occupies a special important position in the history of ceramic development.

China is the source of porcelain, while the four official kilns of song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are the cream of ancient China. In order to meet the needs of the emperors and the imperial court, the official porcelain of the four dynasties was made with the best quality raw materials, and the shapes and patterns on the glaze were also made by the palace painters. Therefore, this kind of porcelain has great artistic and economic value at that time and now, and is the most representative of China's traditional national culture One of the treasures.

significance

According to historical records, the official kilns were set up in Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is known as the official kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, the water level of the Yellow River was higher than the ground due to the changes of the Yellow River several times in history, which is called the suspended River above the ground. Although the official kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty are said to be buried a few meters underground of Kaifeng City, it is difficult to find their trace. Although some of the official kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty have been found in Wuguishan, Hangzhou, and xiuneisi kilns in Fenghuangshan, most of the unearthed objects can not be restored, although they are of great historical significance and value. However, compared with the official kilns of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, which were all set up in the center of Jingdezhen today, Zhushan imperial kiln factory, there is still a partial gap. There are a lot of underground remains in the yuyaochang site. The official porcelain of Yuan Dynasty and a large number of utensils from Hongwu, Yongle, Xuande, Zhengtong, Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde years of Ming Dynasty have been unearthed, which is of great significance to the study of the development history of China's ceramics.

Ruins

The imperial kiln site is located on the south side of Zhushan road in Jingdezhen. Five meters away from the gate of the municipal government, there is still a stone well, which confirms Longqing's Tao Zheng Lu. Therefore, it is known that the well is the inner well of the south gate, which is the only ground relic left by the Ming Imperial factory site. Zhushan used to be the center of Laocheng city. According to the records of Fuliang County, "Mount Zhushan is the only peak in Jingde, with ten high trees and several miles of Miandan. The mountains are far away, overlooking the four places." After the founding of the people's Republic of China, with the urban construction and transformation, Zhushan mountain was almost flattened. Only the former site of longzhuge was preserved with a platform about 10 meters high.

The imperial kiln was a royal kiln in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which specialized in making Royal Porcelain. It is an official porcelain factory with the longest firing time, the largest scale and the most exquisite craftsmanship in China.

There are abundant underground remains in this site, including Yuan Dynasty official porcelain and a large number of Ming Dynasty utensils from Hongwu, Yongle, Xuande, Zhengtong, Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde years, which are of great significance to the study of the development history of China's ceramics. Royal Porcelain was made for the royal family for more than 700 years. Most of the precious official porcelain is now collected in Beijing, Taipei Palace Museum and major museums around the world.

Historical records

In 1279 ad (the 16th year of the Zhiyuan Dynasty), Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, set up a Fuliang porcelain Bureau in Zhushan, which was responsible for manufacturing Royal Porcelain for the royal family. In 1369 (the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty), Zhu Yuanzhang rebuilt the Fuliang porcelain Bureau into a royal ware factory. In the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was also called a royal kiln factory until 1911 (the third year of Xuantong). During these 632 years, the scale of the imperial kiln factory continued to expand, including the Yamen office, workshops, kiln houses, and affiliated ancestral halls, temples, pavilions, and pavilions. The most excellent talents, the most exquisite skills, the most exquisite raw materials, and the most sufficient funds are gathered here to make many exquisite porcelain, which has become a real priceless treasure. Jingdezhen imperial kiln occupies a special important position in the history of ceramic development.

Address: No.187, middle Zhushan Road, Zhushan District, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province

Longitude: 117.20649592579

Latitude: 29.296636246156

Tel: 0798-8201238

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: take bus No.1, 4, 5, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 18, 108, k106 and get off at nanmentou station

Ticket information: 60 yuan / person

Opening hours: 8:30-17:30

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