Riding the wind of rebirth

Judging from the porcelain fragments, we can know from the cross sections and bases that the raw materials are mainly local kaolin clay and porcelain clay. The shapes of the utensils include bowls, plates, cups, cups, pots, bottles, jars, jars, etc. It didn’t take much effort for everyone to make them. Fifteen or six types have been collected and sorted out. The glaze colors mainly include celadon glaze, black glaze, sauce glaze, white glaze and milky white glaze.

Among them, celadon glaze porcelain has rich colors, including green, green-yellow, green-grey, green-brown, green-white, etc.

Most of the decorative patterns on the artifacts are mainly plain, but there are also a small number of artifacts with printed grass leaf patterns and cord patterns.

Zhang Cheng picked up a piece of milky white glaze porcelain: "This is a bit rare. Is it the same type as the small melon-rimmed jar that blind man Li Er left for you?"

Zhou Zhi shook his head: "No. That thing is more similar to the Qiong Kiln of the Five Dynasties, and it is older than the one here."

"So this is Song?"

"Well, the Northern Song Dynasty, and it lasted for a long time." After speaking, he looked at the Minjiang River Bend below the gully: "There are many benefits of firing here. The materials are easy to obtain and the finished products are easy to transport. It is just in the middle reaches of the ancient waterway of the Minjiang River. Continued from above The capital of Shu, connected to Jiazhou in the lower part and Emei in the west, occupies the very center of the Golden Corridor.”

"It can almost be concluded that the kilns here are quite large, last for a long time, and the products of different periods are quite rich." Speaking of this, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that it has not been taken seriously for a long time and has not been properly protected. , the stratum has been disturbed by fruit farmers clearing land, which will add a lot of difficulties to future research work. "

"This..." Father Lu was frightened when he heard this: "Then there won't be any trouble for the land reclamation people, right?"

Zhou Zhi smiled: "This is not a problem. After all, it is difficult for ordinary people to judge the importance of similar kiln sites without certain professional knowledge. However, it should be reported to the local government and send a professional archaeological team to conduct on-site inspections."

After speaking, he picked up a few pieces of black porcelain and white porcelain from the ground and touched them gently in his hands: "If nothing else, these few pieces of porcelain are already of quite high value."

Lu Qiao took the porcelain piece over and found that the color of the inner tube of the black porcelain piece was not the same color as the Baise "Guanyin soil" pointed out by Zhou Zhi, but a red mud color, and the glaze color on the surface was the same as what could be seen in the countryside. The surface of the black sauce glazed bowl is about the same, rough and a bit ugly.

The soil of the white porcelain tiles is not much lighter than that of the black porcelain tiles, and the glaze color on the surface is more like the hanging glaze on some cheap flower pots today. If Zhou Zhi hadn't pointed out that it was something from the Song Dynasty, she would definitely have regarded this place as a Trash pile of broken porcelain.

He couldn't help but frown: "What's their value?"

"Among the major kiln sites in central Sichuan, it is relatively rare for kilns of the same era to fire these types of glazed ceramics in one pit. Although the white porcelain kiln site has been written about in Du Fu's poems, it was not used in the past. Very few discoveries were made, and it was not until last year that the site of a Tang Dynasty white porcelain kiln—the Qiongzhou kiln—was actually established.”

"Colleagues discovered black porcelain and white porcelain at this kiln site. In the Song Dynasty, only Dingzhou kiln, which had a very developed ceramic industry, had this phenomenon. If after research, it can be determined that these two porcelain pieces were fired in the same period, It will be a brand new discovery for the ancient porcelain industry in central Sichuan.”

"Even if not, this site is an important part of the ancient black and white porcelain kiln system in central Sichuan. It is of considerable value."

After saying that, he took out his mobile phone and said, "No, I have to call the history department of the school and tell them to come over quickly..."

"Elbow elbow!" Father Lu quickly stopped Zhou Zhi, rubbed his hands a little carefully, and then winked at him: "Look at this..."

Zhou Zhi understood it in a blink of an eye, and put his elder brother away with a smile: "But I have too many things to do now, and I have to concentrate on completing most of the courses in the two school years, otherwise... Qiaoqiao, can you give a report to the history department?"

"Ah? How to write a report?" Lu Qiao was a little dumbfounded: "I don't know how. And my Chinese department, will they accept my report?" "What about the silly girl? Isn't this the elbow here? You don't know how." Don’t you know how to learn? He’ll teach you!” Mother Lu realized now and said quickly.

"This is a discovery report, not an investigation report." Zhou Zhi encouraged Lu Qiao: "It's not difficult. We visited the Three Gorges during the summer vacation and wrote a lot to the Three Gorges Cultural Preservation Foundation. With your level as a sophomore in the Chinese Department, you can handle it easily. "

"Now let's collect as many types of kiln furniture, utensils, and glaze fragments as possible. After we return to the capital of Shu, I will give you a few books to read, and you can draft one according to the template of our Three Gorges inspection report. ”

"As for the history department, you don't have to worry. Shu University has never separated literature and history. Do you think I often go to both ends?"

"Yes," Lu Qiao also covered his mouth and smiled: "I seem to have heard Dean Gu complain that the History Department used you too easily. You really don't care at all."

"Then let's just do another field trip." Zhou Zhi asked Dad Lu: "Are there any places that make porcelain in the countryside around here? It's the kind of small kiln that burns wood and coal in the countryside, not a chemical electric kiln. That kind of thing.”

"Yes, there are several!" Dad Lu said: "We often go to the county for meetings together, and we are very familiar with them! Let's go to Lao Yang's place first!"

Not far from Yang Jin'an's home, there is a group of villagers in Tanguanyao Village. When Zhou Zhi and his party came over, the small kiln was in full swing.

Seeing Lao Lu and his men coming, he was very happy: "Xiehen, the wind is strong on the Minjiang River today, how come your family is blown here? Oh, this handsome young man, he must be Qiao Nv's..."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm Qiaoqiao's classmate!" Father Lu knew that rural men often make dirty jokes, so he quickly stopped and shouted: "Old Yang, please be serious, I have something serious to do with you today!"

After he explained his purpose, Yang Jinan said, "What about this? I really know about it."

Lu Qiao had already taken out his notebook and pen and was ready: "Uncle Yang, please tell us."

"Drink tea, drink tea..." Yang Jinan lit up the cigarette handed to him by Father Lu and took a puff, then asked everyone to sit down, and then said slowly: "Here we are, we have heard our fathers talk about the Dragon Gate Formation since we were young. "

"It is said that there was a dynasty eight hundred years ago. The old emperor believed in Feng Shui very much. One day, a Mr. Yin and Yang told him that there is a big dragon vein hidden in the middle of Shu!"

"This dragon's veins curved and curved in the high mountains and ridges until they reached the edge of the Minjiang River. Then the dragon's head was exposed and buried in the Minjiang River to drink water."

"The emperor was shocked and asked if this heralded the emergence of an emperor in Shu? If it is not eradicated as soon as possible, wouldn't rebels be born and endanger his great country?"

"Mr. Yin Yang said that there is no way to resolve this. This dragon is white, so the exposed dragon head is also white, so after it turns into a mountain, it will also be white."

"Hey, as long as you follow this clue and search all the way up the Minjiang River, you can find it!" (End of Chapter)