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Brief introduction of Liling underglaze multicolored porcelain

Liling, Hunan Province, is one of the five largest ceramic exporting places in China and one of the important ceramic industrial bases in China. Liling kiln was developed on the basis of Changsha kiln in Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties. It is famous for its first underglaze multicolored porcelain, and its glaze color is crystal clear and elegant, which is unique. Created a new chapter in ceramic decoration. From 65438 to 0905, Mr. Xiong Xiling, a native of Fenghuang, Hunan Province (then Prime Minister of the Republic of China) founded Hunan Official Porcelain School and Hunan Porcelain Corporation in Liling, hired Japanese technicians and Jingdezhen masters, and introduced the most advanced ceramic production technology and equipment at that time, which opened a new era for Liling to develop from coarse porcelain production to fine porcelain.

19 15 At the Panama Pacific World Expo held in San Francisco on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, Liling's underglaze multicolored porcelain lentil two-bird bottle (now in the exhibition hall of Hunan Institute of Ceramics) won the gold medal in one fell swoop, which was called "the pinnacle of oriental ceramic art". From then on, Liling ceramics became famous in China and swept the world, especially underglaze porcelain became China.

As we all know, porcelain is one of the greatest inventions of the Chinese nation, the earliest window for the world to know China, and it has made indelible contributions to the development of world civilization. When we mentioned porcelain in China, we had to mention Liling underglaze multicolored porcelain. Liling underglaze multicolored porcelain began in the Eastern Han Dynasty and has a history of 1700 years. After many technical innovations, it combines the beauty of fetal quality, glaze color, technology, modeling and decoration, which has high aesthetic value and cultural significance.