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Shiwan Pottery - dating back five thousand years

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Many sandstone sand, soft and hard clay decorated pieces were unearthed from the excavation Relic Beiqiu New Stone Age in Hedang, Shiwan. The decorative motifs include a channel, the lattice design, sheet, wire-shaped scale, frogs, etc.. According to carbon dating 14 by the Beijing Bureau of archaeological studies, these pieces were made from 4900 to 5000 years ago. This archaeological finding that toppled Shiwan pottery industry has been moved from the north, in the Song Dynasty. A historical perspective is a poetic reading of "tiles Shiwan, the best in the world." The dragon kiln Survivor "Ancient Nanfeng oven", symbolizes the exceptional technique of pottery Shiwan.

Ancient Nanfeng oven - cooking for five hundred years

To open the oven of a mysterious old dragon, to show the legend of an ancient city of ceramics, to extend the life of the dragon of five hundred years the history of ancient Nanfeng oven is worth studying and research.

Ancient Nanfeng oven was constructed during the Zhengde the Ming Dynasty (1506-1521), a rare dragon kiln with a history of 500 years which is still used for the manufacture of ceramics today. It is now the key Relic Entertainment Unit ancient kiln in the province of Guangdong.

For almost five hundred years, the flame was never extinguished, with a constant production. Thus, the oven was maintained completely without any damage, which is rare in China. It is the ancient dragon kiln in China and left the site of important cultural protection in the province of Guangdong.

The opening of the oven Nanfeng facing south. The end is under the green shade of banyan trees, which cool breeze in summer so that the oven has been called "Nanfeng" because it meant "south wind". During the long years, the production had never been stopped for repairs. The existing chimney of the furnace was built in modern times. The oven has a total length of 34.4 meters. There are 29 rows of holes of fire (5 for each line) on the oven. It is said that one of the fires totals for each line 29 fires. The hole the fire is used to fuel wood for cooking. There are four doors on the side of the furnace for loading and removal of products.

The Art of the Flame - Mysterious and unpredictable

The composition and the heat of cooking in the wood make unlimited changes to land and enamel.

The dragon kiln is divided into upper, middle and lower sections with three temperature levels: low, medium and high, ranging from 900-1300 degrees Celsius, and operated and controlled solely by the master of the oven, heat different types of land cooked.

To maintain the reducing atmosphere, the master of the oven control the duration and degree of heating and changes during the shooting, decision-making by his penetrating gaze and exploitation in response to changes in circ.