Building kiln, building lamp and firing technology

Building kilns and making lanterns is a local traditional skill and one of the national intangible cultural heritages in Nanping City, Fujian Province.

The firing process of making kiln and lamp is complicated. Generally, it has to go through 13 procedures, such as porcelain ore selection, porcelain ore crushing, elutriation, batching, aging, mud refining, mud kneading, blank drawing, blank cutting, biscuit firing, glaze application, kiln loading and roasting, and finally a kiln and lanterns are formed.

20 1 1 On May 23rd, 2008, the kiln-building, lamp-building and firing techniques were approved by the people of China and the State Council, and included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, with the project number ⅷ- 188.

From Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Fujian's "green glaze ware" obviously possessed the basic characteristics of porcelain. The texture is finer and harder than pottery, the tire color is mostly gray, the tire quality is basically sintered, and the water absorption is weak. The surface of pottery is coated with a layer of lime glaze, which is not exactly the same as porcelain. Known in the industry as "primitive porcelain" or "primitive celadon".

The key to making kiln and lamp is temperature control. When it is burned to a certain temperature, it will start to cool down and let the glaze flow naturally. Under the control of temperature, the glaze of rabbit hair pattern (obsidian, golden rabbit hair pattern, silver rabbit hair pattern, oil drop, partridge spot and other natural peculiar markings) will be formed, which will form the artistic characteristics of kiln building.