Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 636 National Porcelain
"Zhou Zhi, isn't it?" Director Liao said, "I heard from Xiao Liu that thanks to you discovering the problem with the crested pot, you avoided a reputational risk in the Provincial Cultural Relics Headquarters, thank you."

"This is what I should have done." Zhou Zhi hurriedly said modestly, "Besides, the scientific identification results have not yet come out, so I dare not say that it will be as I guessed."

"So it's about avoiding risks, not saving reputation!" Director Liao listened to the bachelor, "But I can't make too many decisions. The price of this set of porcelain from the first factory is 250 yuan."

"On average, it's 50 yuan a piece..."

The old engineer thought that Zhou Zhi was too expensive. After all, 250 yuan was already a month's salary for a middle-level leader: "I heard from Zichun that the elders in your family like handicrafts. If you want more quantities, the price can be negotiated."

"When Liugong and I were working on the project, we were successful in the battle. The unit rewarded us with two pieces of 567 porcelain. If you don't dislike it, I will give it to you as a meeting gift."

Nowadays, people are still very principled. They don’t say anything less about collective things, but they give generously about their own things.

And judging from Liao Ting's urgent attitude, Jingde Porcelain Factory seems to have encountered some problems.

"51 pieces are not too expensive." Zhou Zhi said, "Uncle Liao, what is 567 porcelain?"

"Oh, the meaning of 567 porcelain is the porcelain made by the state-owned large factories in the 50s, 60s and 70s in our country." Director Liao explained: "At the beginning of the founding of New China, a lot of waste was waiting to be rebuilt, and years of wars made the country extremely weak. , so that the newly established republic did not have special tableware for the state banquet for foreign guests.”

"In response to this situation, Director Guo, who was then Vice Premier of the State Council and Director of the Culture and Education Committee, proposed: 'China is a country of porcelain. After the founding of New China, it should clearly show the years of New China. Summed up, create new China's national porcelain and national gift porcelain.'”

"This suggestion was adopted and supported by the Prime Minister. Therefore, the design and production of 'Jianguo Porcelain' began under such a special background."

"This batch of porcelain was ordered by the state as a research task and finally fired by the top ten porcelain factories in Jingde. .”

"However, there are still many master porcelain makers in the country, and almost all skilled craftsmen work in major porcelain factories. Because of this project, a large number of skilled craftsmen have been brought out. In addition to creating unprecedented art treasures and brilliant achievements, they have also contributed to the development of porcelain in New China. Firing technology lays an indestructible foundation."

"The list includes Zheng Zhenduo, Jiang Feng, Zhang Ding, Shen Congwen, Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin, Zhu Danian, Gao Zhuang, and a group of outstanding artists and craftsmen. Sexual opinions, not only must reflect the artistic style of traditional Chinese pottery, but also meet today's practicality, and express the requirements of a new look of new China, breaking the old rule of official porcelain in the past dynasties that "let it be as good as it is, and the deacon is one person". frame."

"The staff at that time, such as Wang Bu, Zhu Danian, Wang Xiliang, Zhang Songmao, Dai Ronghua, Liu Yucen, Li Jin, Zhou Guozhen, etc., have now become masters."

"Subsequently, the Central Academy of Fine Arts drew up a list to the Ministry of Light Industry of the central government, and established the 'Jianguo Porcelain Design Committee'."

"In terms of whiteness, the best porcelain in the past dynasties can only reach 80.00% whiteness." Director Liao said: "With our efforts, the whiteness of the porcelain body can reach more than 90.00%."

"The same is true for 7501 porcelain. If you can have a full set of plum blossom porcelain and peach blossom porcelain like Jurentang, you also want it."

Of course, its effect on the Chinese porcelain industry is incomparable. It can even be said that it has the highest firing specifications, the most joint top masters in various fields, the most dedicated efforts, the highest achievements, and the most breakthroughs in the country.

Director Liao said with a smile: "Mr. Wang knows that the four sets of plum blossoms and five sets of peach blossoms in 7501 were sent to Jurentang and Fengzeyuan at that time, and now our province's Dishuidong Porcelain Research Institute still has one set each."

These breakthroughs and achievements, even down two or three grades, are examples of exquisite fine porcelain in every family today.

"However, our request is to 'adopt traditional ancient techniques, refire porcelains from different dynasties, give full play to subjective initiative, and strive to surpass the ancients'!"

"And that batch of porcelain can be called a real living fossil of porcelain. It is a collective creation of the most famous ceramic craftsmen in China, arts and crafts artists, cultural masters, and masters of traditional Chinese painting. In terms of quality, it has surpassed ancient official kilns and is fired in ancient ways. The quality is beyond words.”

"In [-], the Ministry of Light Industry took the lead in holding a symposium on ceramics. Experts from various fields discussed the specific plans and requirements for the development of 'Jianguo Porcelain'. Dean Xu, who was then the dean of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, made a special trip to Gao Zhuang and Mo Zong Jiang and Wang Xun wrote letters, paying great attention to the design and production of 'Jianguo Porcelain'."

"It's not just a simple talk, we really did it." The old engineer was full of pride when he spoke: "For example, pastel porcelain, which used to be only glazed, we made a breakthrough in the process of researching 7501 porcelain , turning the overglaze color into an in-glaze color, and solved the problem of peeling off the overglaze color that plagued the past dynasties."

"The seven-character porcelain is the last batch of gift porcelain, but the quality has been greatly reduced compared with the five-character and six-character porcelain. Then, as the cost increased, the older generation of craftsmen disappeared, and the materials were extinct. It has become out of print." The old engineer said: "But the seedlings have been planted in the top ten porcelain factories. Now when the whole country talks about porcelain, we are Jingde first."

"Yes." Mr. Wang said: "I remember that the porcelain before was influenced by the artisans' painting skills. There were very few snow scene porcelains. With the addition of the masters of Chinese painting, this matter will be easier to handle."

Zhou Zhi thinks about it for the same reason. Jianguo Porcelain is national porcelain, assembled by several national masters and many literati to create it, and it can be called a treasure of the times.

"This is the reason why pottery inspectors were introduced into the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "With the participation of cultural figures, the aesthetic quality of the porcelain industry will immediately improve."

"Uncle Liao, don't worry about the six-character and seven-character characters. The imprint of the times is too heavy. If the five-character characters, the major porcelain factories, or how much inventory there is in Jingde, I can accept them at this price."

"I can call the institute to inquire about these two sets of porcelain, but I don't think they will come out."

"Oh." Zhou Zhi couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"However, we fired a lot of those that were not complete sets, but they were all in the warehouse of the factory." The old engineer said quickly, and then pointed to the porcelain on the table: "They are all of such quality! These are all available. out!"

"But it's out of order..."

(End of this chapter)