Penholder Hill Song kiln
Penholder Hill Song kiln, locates at Xiang Bridge, west foot of Penholder Hill. Ancient site north from Tiger head moutain, south to Mark Hill, continuous for 2 kilometer, kiln site row upon row of, mass at the foot of Penholder Hill, still called ¡°Hundred kiln villages¡±.
Penholder kiln field early set up in Tang dynasty, prosperous in Song. Its products far sold in and overseas, become one of the China porcelain export base, praised as ¡°Guangdong Porcelain City¡±. Various products, main has daily vessel, bottle, character, toy includes bowl, box, calyx, lamp, stove, bottle, calyx, kettle, bath, pillow, puff box, etc, its padding quality hard and dense, having a unique style. Take image green glaze as the main color, also has green, white, yellow, catsup brown, glaze quality crystal and moist, like silver and similar with jade, most not opening line or only thin fish lines; adorn veins mainly take flower, also has engrave and carved hollow. New Zealand Ai Li, after visiting Chaozhou ancient porcelain item on display, said excitingly: ¡°I have seen lots of porcelain in foreign countries, originally its hometown just here!¡± Penholder Hill Song kiln add a splendid page to ancient China and foreign culture communication, to China civilization history.
Since 1953, Guangdong museum and Chaozhou culture operator, assort capital construction project carry excavate to Song kiln site time after time, liquidate 11 kiln sites successively, among them has rank shape dragon kiln, still has slope dragon kiln. The longest No 10 is about 78 meters long, about 3 meters wide, except for kiln head and fire chamber were destroyed, kiln wall, end, fire wall, rank separate girder are all preserved well, besides also excavated large quantity porcelain, among them has Zhang article ¡°Ma aunt forward wine¡±, little foreigner and Pekinese, still has Kwan-yin joss adorned with handlebar. Moreover most precious is the year ¡°Zhi Ping¡±, ¡°Xi Ning¡± and craftsman¡¯s name ¡°Water east middle kiln A¡± posy carved on entablement of Sakymuni Buddha¡£
In recent years, Chaozhou porcelain production base already move to Fengxi, ancient alley, phoenix pond, along with Saorao, Jiuchun. Chaozhou porcelain especially famous for industrial arts porcelain, possess rec praise ¡°White like jade, flimsy as paper, bright like mirror, sound as bell¡±. Also get rid of the stale and bring forth the fresh on colored drawing. Forming Chaozhou style that originality elegant, pattern clear, line fluency, arrangement evidently, color rich, fill color and pile gold, light and golden, unique manner. From Penholder hill Song dynasty ¡°Hundred kiln village¡± to maple brook porcelain¡¯s renewedly grow up, refract Chaozhou profound human details and porcelain culture¡¯s glitter brilliance.
Legend about Penholder Hill Song kiln:
It is said there is a ancestral fire master in Hundred kiln village in Song dynasty, first name is Xu, second name is Wang, has high degree of firing craft, earlier engaged to look at fire in high salary, later he has amassment bit by bit, so build a kiln by himself. When new kiln fired, only seeing multicolored towering, Penholder circumference several meter, lucky cloud not dispel, villager congratulate to Xu Wang in succession, said it is lucky omen, who knows have good omen but no good final, on the day open the kiln, open to see, whole kiln porcelain all burn into piece, Xu Wang anxious to faint on the spot.
A few days later, he and his wife pour porcelain piece into Han River. Once, Xu Wang¡¯s wife find there is a vase among the spill piece, can¡¯t salvage in time, swept by water. After she come back home, Xu Wang said he pick up a vase from kiln bottom, wife look at it and said, the same as the one float away, they feel very strange. Intraday evening, kiln spirit entrust dream to Xu Wang, said that Yudi pity he and his wife hard work and virtuous, specially tell kiln spirit make a pair male and female treasure vase to them, help he to become rich, unaware that female treasure vase poured into river by his wife. Kiln spirit also said, on June 6th in old style next year, vase in river will show its power, don¡¯t forget to salvage. In an instant reach June 6th next year, Xu Wang forgets this. It is happen a red hair antique businessman come to Chaozhou, when he passing by Xiangzi Bridge, seeing the bottom of water clinquant, think there must have treasure. He buy a palm fiber rope, attach a string copper cash, cast to shining place, as expected fish a vase, red hair businessman know this is a female vase, so there must a male vase. And then he determined to across all the villages and lanes to find that male vase.
One day, red hair antique businessman step into hundred kiln village and discover the male treasure vase. He jump out of his skin, hurry feel out one gold ingot, point at that vase saying the words which can¡¯t be understood, Xu Wang said he will not sold to him, red hair businessman is annoyed, seize the vase and run out.
Xu Wang pursue at the same time shout: ¡°Seize thief! Seize thief!¡± shouting beat up near neighbors and everybody come to help.
Everybody all along pursue to Wash Horse Bridge, officer defend beside the bridge also come to pursue, red hair businessman see position is not good, in order to keep his life, throw that male treasure vase hastily, female vase also slip out of bag break with male vase, fragile male and female vase converge, outflow lots of gold things, everybody look at it carefully, is the gold smash, officer head avaricious, contend to pick up gold, in a mass, red hair businessman take this chance to escape. Later, village near Wash Horse Bridge called Gold pool village.
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