Magnetic Kiln Culture Handbook

The ancestors of Fengfeng, located in the Magnetic State area, began firing pottery as early as 7,500 years ago, and the Neolithic site of Magnetic Hill, 20 kilometers north of Pengcheng, has unearthed a large number of sandwiched brown and red pottery, which the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences named the "Magnetic Hill Culture". This confirmed the region's historical status as the birthplace of ancient pottery.

In the Peak Mining District of Pengcheng town, a large number of preserved such a number of peculiar architectural formations, they look like steamed bread, the local people call it steamed bread kiln - this is the famous national key cultural relics protection unit of the site of the magnetic state Mi. From the Song Dynasty at the latest, the Magnetic State Mi has been famous for producing porcelain. In the Yuan Dynasty, the center of porcelain burning in the Magnetic State kiln moved eastward from Guantai in Magnetic County to the town of Pengcheng. Since then, the kilns in this town have been passed down from generation to generation. Until now, it has never been interrupted. From this river, had conveyed a lot of folk porcelain all over the north and south of the river, but also the culture of the magnetism of the state secret to thousands of households. Magnetic State Kiln once created an epoch-making splendor in the history of Chinese ceramics. --These now seem unremarkable rust flower decoration, but opened the Chinese ceramic decorative art pioneer. --These seemingly exquisite official kilns of the Ming and Qing dynasties would probably be nothing more than an ordinary white bowl without the invention of underglaze colors by the kiln workers of the Magnetic State Kiln.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties of the two Jin dynasties, Pengcheng and Linshui were located in the most economically and culturally developed area of the Central Plains, and became famous places in the western suburbs of Yecheng, the capital. Pottery technology also tends to mature, has fired celadon and make-up white porcelain, completed the leap from pottery to porcelain. In the past archaeological investigation has found the Linshui kiln site, unearthed more than a hundred pieces of celadon bowl, more than half of these objects began in the mouth of the application of white make-up clay, covered with greenish-yellow transparent glaze, make-up part of the yellowish-white color, which is the magnetism of the glazed ceramics to the make-up of white porcelain transition to the primary stage. 1975 and in Linshui found a Tang dynasty ancient site and make-up of white porcelain fragments. That at this time the magnetism kiln make-up white porcelain firing has stepped into the mature period, the kiln also changed from the support firing cage (sagger) body mounted firing.

To the Song Dynasty, magnetism began to enter a period of prosperity. Magnetic state kiln is a model of the northern folk porcelain in the Song dynasty, whether in shape or decoration are focused on practicality, beauty and economy. In the long-term practice of pottery and porcelain, gradually formed a unique style and characteristics (i.e., white make-up techniques), more than a unified shape, unique decorative techniques constitute the style of the Magnetic State House products body, reflecting the local characteristics, national style and the characteristics of the times. Its products are mostly daily life must plate, bowl, pot, jar, bottle, basin, box and other utensils, lines fluent, free and unrestrained, showing the folk art **** have the bold and simple style. Magnetic state in the Song Dynasty draws on a wide range of subjects, the formation of a variety of rich symbolism. And the ceramic technology and fine arts kneaded together, the ceramic objects to a new artistic realm, creating a new era of ceramic art. Among the many varieties of Magnetic State Meter, especially the white ground black flowers (rust flowers), carved flowers, kiln change black glaze is the most famous. Its decorative techniques broke through the then popular five famous (official) solution (Ru, official, Jun, Brother, Ding) of monochrome glaze limitations, using dozens of colorful decorative techniques. Magnetic kiln craftsmen absorbed the traditional ink painting and calligraphy art techniques, created with the ink painting style of black painted white decorative art, opened China's porcelain painted decorative precedent, it was a breath of skilled painting, many masters of the art of breathtaking. Because of the few survivors of the current Magnetic State Kiln, its successive generations of products have become treasured collectibles at home and abroad.