Seeking a brief introduction to the origins of ceramics

Ceramics is a general term for pottery and porcelain. People invented pottery as early as about 8,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age. As far back as more than 9,000 years ago, Chinese ancestors engaged in fishing, hunting and agricultural production activities, not only began to be able to carry out the most primitive construction activities.

And with the invention and use of fire, in the transformation of nature's long-term labor practices, accompanied by countless time and success of the experience, began to manufacture and use of one of China's ancient culture of artistic creations pottery, and opened the human development history of the "Neolithic Age".

The history of the development of ceramics is an important part of the history of Chinese civilization, and China, as one of the four great ancient civilizations, has made outstanding contributions to the progress and development of human society.

The invention and development of ceramics is of unique significance, with different artistic styles and technological features in different dynasties in Chinese history. In English, "china" means both China and ceramics, which clearly indicates that China is the "home of ceramics".

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Properties p>Characteristics

Terra cotta material: compared with porcelain, the texture of the pottery is relatively loose, the particles are also coarser, the firing temperature is generally between 900 ℃ -1500 ℃, the temperature is lower, the color and lustre of the burnt into a natural interest, simple and generous, and has become one of the modeling performance materials favored by many artists.

Porcelain materials: compared with pottery, porcelain texture is hard, fine, forbidding, high temperature resistance, glaze color, etc., firing temperature is generally around 1300 ℃, often described as porcelain "sound like a chime, bright as a mirror, jade, thin as paper", porcelain more than give a feeling of nobility and splendor, and the kind of pottery is the opposite of that kind of simplicity.

Classification

The difference between pottery and porcelain lies in the different raw materials and different temperatures. On the basis of the temperature of pottery production and then add fire and heat, pottery becomes porcelain. Pottery is fired at a temperature of 800-1000 degrees, while porcelain is fired with kaolin clay at a temperature of 1300-1400 degrees.

There are many varieties of ceramic products, and the chemical composition between them. Mineral composition, physical properties, as well as manufacturing methods, often close to each other intertwined, no obvious boundaries, but in the application is very different.

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