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1. The oldest lung ceramic
October 18 2002, the first Foshan Ceramics Fair at the southerly ancient stove Square held a grand opening ceremony, this day, the old southerly old stove from around the world to greet the guests brought out into the face of pretty.
Southerly of the ancient stove in the Shiwan gaomiao Tung Ping river behind the office building standing on the ancient stove top you can see Tung Ping River. Today, the ancient stove gaomiao Road area around the ceramic art has developed into a tourist resort area, an antique walking street has been built on both sides of the shops inside the ceramic works of art dazzling, attracting all tourists.
About southerly ancient stove door, face to see two rows of the old kiln room, showing a ladder installed along the slope face, a huge Gurong shrouded the eastern side of the kiln room, kiln room, two things Inside were two 30 meter-long kiln body, the ceramic works of many years, on the use of wood inside the kiln to burn out. Southerly ancient stove was built in the Ming Dynasty Zhengde years (1506-1521), the distance of today has more than 500 years, is China's existing ancient firewood stove Guyao. This Ancient Kiln generally built on mountains, with a certain inclination, just like a dragon above entrenched in the earth, known as lung ceramic. According to reports, the Qing Dynasty, Shiwan ceramics heyday, the number of local lung ceramic up to 100 seats or more, we can see the day Shiwan ceramic prosperity, but today the only remaining Ancient Kiln old Third. Nam Fung is one of the ancient stove the oldest one, is especially precious is that when the parts have been turned into monuments of Ancient Kiln even been demolished, the southerly old kitchen is still in use, every day, the master and from the kiln ceramic artists from around together with the artist's works through the Ancient Kiln fired up.
The kiln room looks old stove, and much, because we have no way to see the red fire inside, only to see the mouth of the master of the ancient kitchen stove fire Tianchai added. Visible inside the kiln room is waiting for firing of ceramic semi-finished products, rows of minimalist simplicity of the faceplate, the mud plate overlap embryos placed in the room. I, as a tourist in the kiln room inside and turn, walk through the middle of the ceramic bottles and cans, but also be able to experience a unique charm.
2 Ancient Kiln in the middle, has revised the ladder, planted flowers, the position above the kiln, the construction of a pavilion. One using the calendar year Ancient Kiln fired ceramic pieces created out of collage paintings, the above put a red banner, it seems the old atmosphere has been reduced, but has become a ubiquitous secular modern.

2. Hand Workshop and firewood Ancient Kiln ancient pottery making has always been the use of workshop hand the way around the kiln and the kilns, probably has been true. Today's creative ceramic artists are still using the hand. Southerly there are two ancient kitchen ceramic art studio, called the "Chang Wen-Zhi Studio", "Wei Hua Studio," hosted two studio potters have graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, a technical education of the artist . October 18 the opening ceremony on this day, the two artists as the exhibition curators, rushed back and forth running. Therefore, the two studios have had to take a short break.
However, the southerly ancient kitchen staff is still without a break, I boarded the building when the photographs, after a pottery making workshop, to see the workers inside the shop is still busy making ceramics, is entirely by hand. On the ground filled with their semi-finished products produced, these semi-finished products will be fired through the ancient foci become finished.
In the ancient stove in front of the southerly of ancient pottery stove Changfuchangchang Mr. Liang Ruibin, who has been working in the old stove for over 30 years veteran cadres, introduced me to the history of the ancient stove and use characteristics. He also introduced the Ancient Kiln in an operational details. In the past, 500 years of the kiln workers, the use of kerosene lighting, today Ancient Kiln has been used on the electricity. However, the kiln temperature reaches the highest in more than 1300 degrees Celsius, in order to ensure that the needs of earthenware ceramics, any wire can not withstand such high temperatures, so every time pulling into the lamp wires pulled out. Mr Leung also specially introduced me to the firing process.
Ancient depend on wood fuel stove, the ancient kitchen door stood a pile on the wood seems very common that these wood, finished artists and civil society need the final process of ceramic. Two young staff members, are Tian Chai to the ancient stove.
Mr Leung said that the ancient cycle of the kiln stove needs 3 days, the ancient kitchen of the kiln entrance sign outside the top is written "South on the 3rd fire" the words, which means that the first day of loading the kiln, the next day kiln, After cooling, after the third day, works out of the kiln. Foci Nam Fung Ku has been specifically designed to burn large-scale ceramic supplies, now, many large-scale ceramic works of the ancient stove fired through southerly out. Shiwan artistic ceramics factories there is also one called "Celebration stoves" Ancient Kiln is fired, "Shiwan doll," the main base, but the pottery factories of large southerly ancient works must be burning stove . Mr Leung pointed to the photograph of a huge office building above the ceramic wall told me that this is potter Chang Wen-Zhi's works, that is southerly fired out of the ancient stove. .

3. Gurong ancient ancient stove with the stove's kiln, there is a centuries old banyan trees, the ancient banyan tree roots, exposed brick walls in the historic above, known as "flying Yung", to the shade of ancient pottery workers to send cool. Well under the cool shade trees, old trees and ancient tree lesions accompanied by a do not know how many spring and autumn. A calligrapher in the walls of the root surface Gurong wrote a "tolerance is a virtue," the inscription.
With regard to Gurong, Shiwan left behind an ancient legend, when the Japanese invaded our country, when Shiwan suffered great damage, ceramic industry is also seriously affected, I was trying to climb up the ancient stove in the rear, Banyan intends to cut as firewood, sold hand to mouth, was preparing to cut everyone by surprise when a sudden lightning, wind and rain, felling were frightened plunging to the ground, Since then, nobody would dare cut down a large banyan tree.
Foshan people prefer the traditional, with a legendary tree has an ancient banyan tree as a "feng shui tree", a huge old banyan tree canopy, creating a unique skyline contour lines, leaving more memorable to tourists memories.

4. The continuation of traditional Shiwan today, it seems not only holds a southerly old stove this historic attractions, Shiwan smart people who do not cling to history, but very much understand that on the basis of history, how to carry forward the tradition.
The first ceramic exhibition in October, that is, Shiwan ceramic art and ceramic industry, a grand exhibition, Shiwan has just been completed in the "China Ceramic City," which, from Foshan and a variety of brand-name all over the country ceramic products, with the past merchants from all over the world face to face. According to information provided by Fair, this event a total of more than 400 domestic and foreign exhibitors, more than 1,000 indoor and outdoor booths, "Chinese Ceramics City" has 90% of the ceramic brand and embrace on the first floor.
This is a huge exhibition complex, can be described as a historical continuation southerly point of the ancient stove. Today's one of ceramic production lines, who can deny that this is the southerly continuation of the history of the ancient stove then? China ceramic wall in turn 55% of output from Foshan, China's ceramic industry output value of 30% in Foshan, Foshan ceramic enterprises have already reached more than 350 of these amazing figures, invariably show that people's pragmatism and Foshan unlimited creativity.
During the Expo, the ceramic artists from various countries gathered Shiwan, Shiwan artistic ceramics workshops in the camp, to ceramic art, then, is the Shiwan kiln fire will burn these works shape. I have seen the creative process of these artists, but also to see the final exhibition, and participated in the gathering of scholars at home and abroad, "International Ceramics Seminar", deeply feel that people have to stand Foshan, a new level to carry out economic exchanges and academic exchange.
"Shiwan watts, under heaven", which is an old folk song, reflects the Shiwan ceramic industry in the former position of the Qing dynasty and that the majority of more than 100 lung ceramic blocks have been ancient, but we in the museum's artifacts You can also taste among the art of charm Shek Wan, Shek Wan Ceramics Museum, Shiwan art ceramics factory "Jane Porcelain Pavilion", and Guangzhou, "Chen College", as well as scattered throughout the museum in the domestic and overseas art galleries precious ceramics, many of which are from Foshan Shiwan. Southerly ancient stove, that is the source of Shek Wan Ceramics historical testimony.
Author: chenrubin