Longquan celadon firing technology process

Longquan celadon porcelain process consists of ingredients, molding, billet repair, decoration, glazing and firing, box, kiln, firing eight links, including glazing and firing two links are extremely rich in characteristics. After drying the blanks glaze, can be divided into swinging glaze, dip glaze, glaze, spray glaze and so on several steps. Thick glaze products usually have to apply several layers of glaze, apply a layer of plain firing once, and then apply glaze and then plain firing, so repeated four or five times before, the most to apply more than ten layers of glaze, and then enter the main burn. Vegetative firing temperature is relatively low, generally at about 800 degrees Celsius. And glaze firing is about 1200 degrees Celsius, according to the requirements of the gradual increase in temperature, temperature control, control the kiln atmosphere, and finally fired into a finished product. Southern Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty, Longquan kilns had fired thin original glaze objects, a layer of glaze firing once, the thickest up to more than ten layers.

Celadon firing is not only a technology, but also an art. The best celadon green jade moist, clear and transparent, rich in flavor, "jade-like" beauty, reflecting the deep cultural connotations.