The Significance of Blue and White Porcelain Culture to Children

Blue-and-white porcelain is known as the "national porcelain" of China with its unique artistic features, and it is a symbol of China culture. So, we took our children into the world of blue and white porcelain to feel the culture of China, let them know and feel the artistic beauty of the traditional culture of the motherland from an early age, and inspire their national pride.

Blue-and-white porcelain, also known as white blue-and-white porcelain, is one of the mainstream varieties of China porcelain and belongs to underglaze colored porcelain. Blue-and-white porcelain is made of cobalt ore containing cobalt oxide as raw material, with decorative patterns painted on the ceramic blank and covered with a layer of transparent glaze, which is fired at one time by high temperature reducing flame.

Cobalt is blue after firing, which has the characteristics of strong coloring, bright hair color, high firing rate and stable color. Primitive blue-and-white porcelain appeared in Tang and Song Dynasties, and mature blue-and-white porcelain appeared in Hutian kiln in Jingdezhen in Yuan Dynasty.

Blue and white became the mainstream of Ming porcelain. Ming Xuande reached its peak. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, colorful blue and white, peacock green glazed blue and white, bean green glazed blue and white yellow and old glazed blue and white were also created and fired.

Li Qing, Ma Su

Ma Su Li Qing refers to Su Ni Ma Qing, Su Bo Ni Qing, Su Ni Bo Qing and so on. The source of its name is the transliteration of Persian "Suleiman". The origin of this cobalt material is Kwamsa village in Mount Posca. The villagers thought that a man named Suleiman discovered this cobalt material, so he named it.

Another way of saying this is that Suni Ma Qing should be Ma Su Li Qing, which is a transliteration of English smalt, meaning dark blue or dark blue powder pigment for painting. This kind of material belongs to cobalt material with low manganese and high iron, so the thick green belt of blue and white is rusty, commonly known as "tin light". Some blue and white flowers in the Yuan Dynasty and the green materials used in Yongle and Xuande kilns in the Ming Dynasty are all of this kind, and they are all produced in ancient Persia or present-day Syria.