Why are there so many fish in the decoration of Longquan celadon?

Longquan celadon has so many fish ornaments because the ancients preferred fish patterns. It is also because in ancient times, when people were working, there were many fishing scenes and fishing records were very old. Therefore, from a historical point of view, people like to use fish as decorations, and some habits began in ancient times, so the works of art of these fish were derived.

There are many artworks in our country, among which pottery is one of the most traditional artworks. Since ancient times, people like to record things on stones and tortoise shells. Later, after people learned to make works of art, they gradually began to understand and appreciate beauty, so they put many patterns on their utensils as decorations. Among them, the pattern of fish is the oldest and most popular, because the pattern of fish is the ornament closest to life and the one that people are most familiar with. Later, in the early Yangshao culture, the fish pattern decoration of painted pottery gradually matured, and simple, complex, realistic and deformed things began to appear. This fish pattern pottery is not only a necessity in people's life, but also a work of art.

Let me talk about Longquan celadon. The longest history of Longquan celadon should be in the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Longquan kiln was the largest celadon producing area at that time, so the output of Longquan kiln was particularly large, and it was a high-end civil porcelain, which not only sold well in China, but also exported to Europe. Later, Jingdezhen began to imitate Longquan celadon, which did some harm to the traditional Longquan kiln, because Jingdezhen imitated Longquan celadon with low price and good quality. Therefore, from the middle of the Ming Dynasty,

In the 1990s, due to some reasons, Longquan celadon began to revive, and many suitable porcelain factories appeared, all of which produced high-quality Longquan celadon, among which there was fish-patterned Longquan celadon.