Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 519 Evidence
"After that, Dayi successively discovered and scientifically cleaned up six kiln sites of the Han Dynasty. Not only the working face, kiln door, fire chamber, kiln chamber, flue, and kiln cover are well preserved, but also have been scientifically cleaned up, and the data are complete."

"Therefore, no matter from the description in Du Fu's poems or the unearthed objects in Dayi, Dayi Kiln does not exist, and the white porcelain produced is very similar to the famous Xing Kiln white porcelain in Tang Dynasty."

"As early as the Tang Dynasty, the white porcelain utensils produced by Hebei Xing Kiln had been 'used by the noble and the humble'. This shows that not only the utensils were popularized, but even the craftsmanship should be popularized."

"In addition to Du Fu, there are actually poets who once wrote poems praising the white porcelain tea bowls produced in Dayi, Sichuan."

"Oh? Really?" Elder Zhang couldn't help asking, "Who?"

"Bai Juyi." Zhou Zhi said, "There is a verse in Bai Juyi's "Reminiscence of Yang Tongzhou with Tea After Sleeping": The white porcelain pot is very clean, and the red furnace charcoal is burning brightly. The koji dust is fragrant under the foam, and the fish's eyes are boiling when the flowers float."

"And there are two more sentences in the poem: When it is full, it is beautiful, and it is fragrant after swallowing. Who knows the taste if you don't see Yang Muchao."

"The meaning of the title of the poem is that when Bai Juyi drank tea after waking up, it reminded him of his good friend Yang Tongzhou and the scene of drinking tea with him back then."

"Yang Tongzhou in the title of the poem and Yang Muchao in the text are Yuanhe Jinshi Yang Rushi, who served as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Governor of Tongzhou, Minister of the Ministry of War, etc., and was Minister of the Ministry of Officials when he died."

"Bai Juyi is his sister-in-law. There are many poems and essays sung between them. Yang Rushi once served as the governor of Dongchuan, so he learned the tea ceremony in Shudu. In addition to this poem about white porcelain bowls, Bai Juyi once represented The wife wrote two poems to congratulate Yang Rushi and his sister-in-law, one of which also mentioned tea: Jinhua and silver bowls are for you to use, and your sister-in-law's clothes are all painted. I found Qian Lou as my sister-in-law, and I might send Shu tea by air. "

"Therefore, it is conceivable that Yang Rushi at that time sent a lot of Shu tea to Bai Juyi, performed a tea ceremony with him in a white porcelain bowl, tasted the fragrant tea of ​​Shu together, and left a deep impression on Bai Juyi. The porcelain bowl is most likely from the middle of Shu."

So far, everything that Zhou Zhi said was a well-founded fact, which made everyone nod their heads.

Lao Chai said: "In fact, one of the most famous legends about Tang Dynasty porcelain is the secret color porcelain."

"That's right." Lao Li said, "People used to have different opinions about what color the 'secret color' refers to. Until April [-], when thirteen celadon wares from the Yue kiln were unearthed from the Tatang Digong of Famen Temple in Fufeng County, On the property account that records the objects enshrined by the royal family of Famen Temple, this batch of porcelain is indeed recorded as "Porcelain Secret Color", and everyone knows what the secret color porcelain looks like, and it also proves that the legend is not a legend, but a real existence."

"In fact, the secret color porcelain is the royal special porcelain offered by Yue Kiln, and the formula of the porcelain medicine is kept secret. Except for two pieces of the secret color porcelain in the underground palace of Famen Temple, which are bluish yellow, the glaze of the rest is green, crystal clear and moist, as clear and green as the surface of a lake." Elder Sun nodded: "This completely resolves the thousand-year-old controversy about whether the secret color porcelain originated in the Tang Dynasty or in the Five Dynasties."

"The other thing is that the article 'No White Porcelain in Dayi' is from the Peninsula Morning Post, which is not an authoritative academic publication, and it was reported many years ago, which has been overturned by later unearthed cultural relics and the latest research. It can’t be counted anymore.” Old Wang said indignantly: “The key is that this article comes from a publication in Liaodong, which clearly means that they want to say that their Liaobai porcelain is the type of porcelain that has historical materials and real objects. Yu Xing Kiln is still worthy of pride."

"This is called stepping on us to highlight ourselves!"

"There's no need to impose a crime on it." Mr. Zhang waved his hand: "According to Zhuozi's statement, we can almost prove that there have been porcelain kilns for firing white porcelain in Dayi since the Tang Dynasty, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"However, the kiln mouth has not been confirmed yet." Zhou Zhi said: "But at least there are porcelains, even if the porcelain pieces and porcelains unearthed before cannot be dated, this disk can actually prove its existence. "

"You mean the word 'Tianbao Yongchang' on this side?"

"Yes, although there are countless supporting evidence, the four-character 'Tianbao Yongchang' on the inner edge of the bowl's bottom circle is the most important proof."

"Tianbao is the year name of Tianbao, Yongchang..." Mr. Zhang suddenly exclaimed: "Yongchang is not only an auspicious language, but also what I just said. The kiln mouth of the white porcelain kiln king unearthed in Dongguan Field——Yongchang Kiln!"

"Yes, experts believe that only the ceramic production in Sichuan and the Japanese archipelago shows the characteristics of the technology absorption area of ​​the porcelain industry. Almost all the porcelain production technologies and typical vessel types in various places can be used for reference and inheritance in the two places. Although the Yongchang kiln is a kiln of the Song Dynasty However, its inheritance is still the same, absorbing the characteristics of the northern and southern schools, the glaze color and embryo making method are more inherited from JDZ, and the horseshoe-shaped kiln, printing and engraving styles are similar to the northern Ding kiln."

"Chengdu Qingyanggong Kiln, Liulichang Kiln, Qionglai Wayaoshan Kiln, Chongzhou Tianfu Kiln, etc. all produce white porcelain, while Pengzhou Cifeng Kiln mainly fires white porcelain. One to two fine white layers are used as make-up soil to cover up the roughness of the original body and make the porcelain surface whiter and smoother."

"In addition to make-up soil, double-color, three-color, underglaze color, etc. are all reflected in Shuzhong porcelain, and Qiong Kiln's unique high-temperature underglaze composite color and Qiong Sancai are enough to leave a mark in the history of ancient Chinese ceramics. A stroke, and its prosperity was in the Southern Dynasties, and it did not decline until the end of the Song Dynasty."

"And the tricolor and compound colors are undoubtedly the tricolor techniques inherited from the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the crafts in the middle of Sichuan are interlinked in the Tang Dynasty and the Central Plains."

"Indeed." Elder Sun nodded, "If you don't say that this piece of porcelain is Dayi Kiln, I will classify it as late Tang Xing Kiln White Porcelain."

"By the Tang Dynasty, the ceramic industry had made great progress, and many important technical achievements had been made, and the output and quality of ceramics had greatly improved."

"Due to the improvement and improvement of the entire porcelain industry technology, a large number of porcelain kilns appeared. In the end, the Yue Kiln for firing celadon in the south and the Xing Kiln for firing white porcelain in the north were the most respected by people, forming the "South Qingbeibai" The situation has deeply affected the entire history of China's porcelain manufacturing."

"Lu Yu once made a very incisive evaluation in the "Tea Classic": 'Xing porcelain is like silver, Yue porcelain is like jade; Xing porcelain is like snow, and Yue porcelain is like ice'. Pi Rixiu's "Tea Ou Poetry" wrote:' Both the Xing kiln and the Yue people can make porcelain. It is as round as the soul of the moon, and as light as the soul of the cloud.'”

Zhou Zhi added: "After the middle Tang Dynasty, porcelain was greatly popularized. Li Zhao said in "National History Supplement", 'Neiqiu white porcelain ou, Duanxi purple stone inkstone, no one in the world can use it.'."

"Then later generations described Yue Kiln and Xing Kiln porcelain, and there are two witty phrases, called 'ancient mirror broken tire' and 'tender lotus containing dew'."

"'Ancient mirror broken tire' is easy to understand. It is the blue color of bronze, and the copper color inside is exposed after the broken tire, which may be purple or yellow. It describes the glaze color and tire color of Tang and Song celadon."

"The 'Nenhe Hanlu' is the glaze color and body color of Xing kiln white porcelain, because the tire repair process is not pure enough, leaving fine brush marks on the body, just like the veins on the lotus leaf petals; and The make-up soil and glaze color are not perfect, and you can often see a little pink mixed with the white, which is completely opposite to the 'Yingqing' developed by Yue Kiln later."

(End of this chapter)