Why did ceramics become the most commonly used items in China's ancient life?

The reason why ceramics can become a common object in China's ancient life is that ceramics were household names at that time, which also represented the pursuit of that era and the cultural heritage of literati.

In the aristocratic society before Han Dynasty, aristocrats lived in luxury, and the utensils used were mostly bronze, gold and silver, lacquerware, ceramics, etc. For ordinary people, they were just daily necessities or ritual vessels. Therefore, its development is not valued by the government and does not occupy an important position in the life of the nobility. However, in the Han Dynasty, especially in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the life of the rich was moderate, and it was inevitable that those extravagant objects were not advocated in their lives.

Porcelain, on the other hand, has a jade-like texture, simple, noble and moist, which conforms to the aesthetic pursuit of China literati. Early primitive porcelain was mainly used to make funerary objects, but with the more mature firing technology, it was used more and more in daily life. Since then, it has become the most important daily utensils in the history of China, from the royal family, dignitaries to ordinary people, infiltrating into every space of China people's lives and becoming an important part of China people's cultural life.

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From the development of ceramics, the same is true. By the Han Dynasty, China's porcelain production was mature. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although the celadon kilns in the Tang Dynasty were not all over the country as in the Song Dynasty, the southern celadon kilns based on Yue kilns and the northern celadon kilns based on Yaozhou kilns laid the foundation for the emergence of distinctive celadon kilns in the Song Dynasty.

The firing of Yao Xing white porcelain laid the foundation for the appearance of Ding Yao white porcelain, blue-and-white porcelain, egg white porcelain and Jingdezhen white porcelain after the Song Dynasty.

Without white porcelain, there would be no prosperity of colored porcelain after Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition, the glazed ware and black glazed porcelain in the Tang Dynasty laid the foundation for the kiln-changed glazes such as Jun porcelain, rabbit hair, oil drops and tortoise shell glaze in the Song Dynasty. There is also Tang Sancai. Although it is low-temperature lead glazed pottery, it is not suitable for cooking utensils, but later glazed tiles used in temples and palaces benefited from its appearance and development.