Qinjiang Gulong kiln

Qinjiang Gulong kiln

Qinjiang Gulong kiln is located in Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Qinjiang Gulong kiln was built around the fourth year of Hongwu (1371 A.D.) in Ming Dynasty. During more than 600 years, the site of Shuyi kiln experienced the fire inheritance of nine Gulong kilns, witnessing and endorsing the glory and ups and downs of Chinese nixing pottery. Qinjiang ancient dragon kiln is not only the longest ancient dragon kiln in China, but also the dragon totem inheriting the Millennium nixing pottery, which is of great cultural relic protection and utilization value.

Development history

Gulong kiln

If we want to talk about Qinjiang Gulong kiln, we have to talk about guanwa kiln village first.

Guanwayao village is located between Zicai East Street and Dongfang Haoting real estate. It is adjacent to Yangfan Avenue in the East. Walk westward through Tiandong and sloping land about 200 meters to the Qinjiang River where Gulong kiln is located. Looking around, it is a prosperous place, and guanwa kiln is a typical village in the city.

In the past, there was no genealogy for the people of guanwayao village, and there was no record of when they were naturalized in Qinzhou. Recently, Li Shichuan, an expert of Qinzhou culture and Museum, found out from the records of Qinzhou annals by Jiajing of Ming Dynasty that the brick wall was built in the fourth year of Hongwu of Ming Dynasty (1371 A.D.). Then, I think of the line "when the world was raised to the level of Hongwu" in the ancestral song of offering sacrifices to the kiln that was still sung in guanwayao village, and compare it slowly, and restore the distant past bit by bit, so as to infer that the construction of the village has a history of at least 640 years. The villagers also think that this conclusion is more in line with the facts.

Qinzhou tile shop

The first Gulong kiln in the Qinjiang River can only be found in guanwa kiln village.

After the completion of the city building project, there was no longer a demand for wall tiles. These brick burners specialized in the old business and made a living by firing the daily-use pottery. In order to make pottery, there must be a dragon kiln. So they built the first dragon kiln in the village beside the brick kiln. As for whether the kiln was built after the completion of brick firing, or whether it was built while firing bricks, there is no historical record. Only the people who used to build the kiln knew for themselves. However, the construction of the city wall to resist the enemy will not be delayed for long. Therefore, there should be no doubt that the first ancient dragon kiln in Qinjiang River has a history of more than 600 years.

Fire of Gulong kiln

Dragon kiln is a kiln for firing ceramics. The earliest dragon kiln in China began in the Warring States period. It is named for its shape like a long Wolong. Longyao is generally built on the slopes of natural mountains, and a straight flame cylindrical dome shaped tunnel is built with soil and ceramic bricks, which is composed of kiln head, kiln body (kiln bed) and kiln tail.

In more than 600 years, the villagers of guanwayao village have built nine ancient dragon kilns. Two of the oldest ones are still available. The rest of the private kilns have been submerged underground. The two large dragon kilns built on the north side of the Qinjiang River outside the village, facing the north and south, are the production kilns of Qinzhou pottery factory and nixing No.2 factory. Until 2008, they still spewed out long smoke, giving birth to one kiln after another of exquisite pottery. Due to the need of developing the two sides of the river in 2008, the factory areas of the two factories were requisitioned, and the Longyao kiln was shut down and almost completely demolished. Later, from the perspective of the protection of ancient relics and the development of Qinzhou nixing pottery culture, people of insight actively called for the preservation of the gulong kiln, which attracted the attention and attention of the municipal Party committee and the municipal government. Finally, they decided to take a detour along Jiangbin Road on the east bank, and finally secured one of the two. In December 2009, the municipal government also set up a leading group for the protection of nixing pottery ancient dragon kiln, headed by Fu Changbo, then vice mayor. Although the ancient dragon kiln is only a few decades old, it completely inherits all the characteristics and functions of the ancient traditional dragon kiln and belongs to the traditional dragon kiln structure. For the people of guanwa kiln, they are both tools of production and carriers for them to settle down. Their appearance, roots and firing skills are the same as those of Gulong kiln 600 years ago. It inherits more than 600 years of craftsmanship and kiln fire, and carries more than 600 years of rise and fall and glory. It was only because the development of collective production needed broader space and more convenient transportation that it was rebuilt at the present site. Therefore, people in guanwa kiln village still used to call it Gulong kiln. Like all the gulong kilns, it is a rare and precious heritage.

The above three points can summarize the basic situation of Qinjiang ancient dragon kiln: Qinjiang ancient dragon kiln was built around the fourth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1371 A.D.). In more than 600 years, the site of Shuyi kiln experienced the fire inheritance of nine dragon kilns, witnessing and endorsing the glory and rise and fall of Chinese nixing pottery. There are two existing sites of Qinjiang Gulong kiln, which are located in guanwayao village. The well preserved Qinjiang ancient dragon kiln, which was rebuilt by the Qinjiang River in 1958, is not only the longest ancient dragon kiln in China, but also the dragon totem inheriting the Millennium nixing pottery. It is of great value for cultural relics protection and utilization.

Main attractions

On the East Bank of Qinjiang River, between the fourth bridge and the first bridge is a green belt on both sides of the river to be developed. It is overgrown with weeds and desolate in the primitive. From the head of the fourth bridge to the first bridge, about seven or eight hundred meters away, you can see a long tile roofed shed looming under the big trees. In the north-south direction of the greenhouse, a red brick chimney about 10 meters high is erected. Under the greenhouse lies an 80 meter long Gulong kiln, Qinjiang Gulong kiln. According to research, this is the longest surviving Gulong kiln in China.

Although the Qinjiang ancient dragon kiln is somewhat dilapidated, it is not only the longest ancient dragon kiln in China, but also the dragon totem inheriting the Millennium nixing pottery, which is of great value for the protection and utilization of cultural relics.

Critical situation

This remains of the gulong kiln, due to the past three years no longer in use, no management and maintenance, dangerous situation, very critical. There are also many tile surface sliding on the top of the shed. If it is not rescued in time, with the arrival of strong wind and heavy rain, the whole shed will collapse at any time. If the kiln shed collapses, it will be difficult to protect the kiln body.

Witnessing such a critical situation, experts on cultural relics are very anxious. The leaders of the Municipal Bureau of culture, press and publication also attached great importance to it, and immediately instructed the relevant departments to lead the engineering team to go deep into the site, formulate the maintenance plan, and strive to repair as soon as possible to minimize the loss.

The protection and maintenance of cultural relics need financial support. Cultural relic experts hope that the relevant departments are in urgent need of cultural relics and nixing pottery culture, and implement maintenance funds as soon as possible, so as to ensure the safety of this non renewable resource.

Address: Binjiang North Road, Qinnan District

Longitude: 108.63977

Latitude: 21.9617

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