Week 2 Readings
6. Video Appreciation 1: The Yaozhou Kiln—An Endless Story
Yaozhou Kiln is a treasure in the traditional Chinese porcelain making process, has more than 1,300 years of history, it is famous for its variety of glazed color and styling in the world. Although the Tang Dynasty was not the heyday of the development of Yaozhou Kiln, the Yaozhou Kiln craftsmen who strive to be the best of their families still created many beautiful styles of porcelain. But the war in late Tang Dynasty has a great impact on the ceramics industry, many porcelain Kilns successively decline, but Shaanxi's Yaozhou Kiln has not gone into decline. On the contrary, this kind of daily porcelain is more and more loved by people. In the Song Dynasty, Yaozhou Kiln continuously innovated and eventually burned unique Yaozhou cyan porcelain. While considering artistry, those craftsmen also paid more attention to practicality. Yaozhou cyan porcelain, both artistic and practical, is well loved by royalty. Yaozhou Kiln porcelain also through the ancient silk road to the world. Yaozhou Kiln combined with its own strengths to continuously develop innovative ceramic firing technology behavior and pushed the development of China's ceramics industry to the top. Creating a period of prosperity before and after the history of China's ceramics.
