12, the fifth of China Cultural Heritage Day, the world’s oldest ceramic production lines in the porcelain capital of Jingdezhen formal resumption of commercial production. The second kiln kiln town in the Qing Dynasty, Jingdezhen folk kiln production line in round Expo area nearly 9,000 pieces of porcelain produced by heat, flame repeatedly Shaolian.
By experts as the world’s oldest, most elaborate division of labor ceramic production line – a round device production line (also called “round device for”), is a kind of Jingdezhen Porcelain production organization forms, first started in the Ming Dynasty, in order to bowls, plates, dishes as the main product categories.
Jingdezhen City Ceramic Protection of Cultural Heritage Research Centre, said Zhourong Lin, Yuan and Ming device for the birth of a large number of blue and white porcelain exported to Europe, is directly related to foreign trade to meet the European order, Jingdezhen ancestors to uniform specifications, production volume of porcelain production line way to organize; and designed a special circular device workshop, the revised model from, practice mud, so blank, blank repair, dig enough, glazing, painting blanks and other production processes arranged in the same space, in a courtyard in the production of the necessary arrangements according to the positive, the Ao, the drying ponds, bogs and other functional spaces.
Ceramics in round trip also produced under the process reasonably arrange for each type of work and norms fixed station operating procedures, to ensure orderly production process. Historically, the circular device line is the best practitioners of Jingdezhen ceramics a row to help the public.
However, due to the impact of modern mechanized production, inefficient markets in round line can not survive. 60 years beginning from the last century, Jingdezhen gradually leave the stage in round trip. For cultural heritage protection and tourism development needs, Jingdezhen folk kiln Expo area began in the Ming Dynasty retained the final round of a production line. The mid 90s of last century, this forced the last remaining production line shutdown, was used only to visitors hand-porcelain technique.
Been to Jingdezhen kiln area folk Expo visitors will not miss to visit the production line of hand in round porcelain craft show. 6-7 of about 70 years old and artists in their working position on display for tourists throwing, Lee billet, drawing blanks, hand-glazed porcelain and other important processes.
Circular device production line is handmade in Jingdezhen porcelain of Intangible Cultural Heritage is one important system. In 2006, the State Council announced the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list, Jingdezhen porcelain traditionally manual process, customs and folk porcelain ceramic art listed. At the same time, Jingdezhen kiln many old folk artist Expo area is classified as intangible cultural heritage inheritors.
Zhourong Lin admitted that although the Government for the protection of intangible cultural heritage porcelain hand done a lot of work, but the effect is not obvious. At present, the protection of intangible cultural heritage of Jingdezhen porcelain hand a lot of pressure, “the old artists are older, young people are reluctant to learn handmade porcelain technology.”
Zhou Ronglin that the use of productive ways to protect the tradition of the best ways to use traditional techniques, “only to resume commercial production, to attract young people to join, the traditional manual process porcelain can be passed along from generation to generation.” Therefore, he strongly advocated restoration of this round production line for commercial production.
Meanwhile, the traditional manual pick-up in the ancient ceramics market is strong round production line to resume commercial production of the heaviest weight increased. With economic development, general public appreciation for arts and gradually increase the purchasing power of art, handmade pottery more by the market. This reporter has learned, Jingdezhen folk kiln production line devices Expo area round production of the 90′s to the common bowls have been soaring more than 500 yuan each, while nine out of Jingdezhen porcelain factory burned hand crafted ceramic tea set is still in short supply prices of up to 10,000 yuan .
Jingdezhen folk kiln Expo Area Management Office Director Chen Wuping told reporters in recent years, Expo visitors reception area straight up, in 2009 more visitors than in 2008 doubled to 2,000 visitors daily guided visits, 10% of the tourists visited the circle After the production line to buy a hand-porcelain.
In the non-material cultural heritage protection and market demand to promote a strong recovery under the Expo area of Jingdezhen folk kiln production lines taken the decision to resume commercial production.
Chen Wuping, said, round production line to resume commercial production, the daily production of 50-200 limited only to bowl, plate or dish, these products twice a year in the last year of the Qing Dynasty complex burned the town of kiln firing with pine.
77 years old this year, the intangible cultural heritage inheritors Wang Yansheng Expo area has been the production line in hand in round porcelain craft show, he said, shows the requirements for raw materials and technology is far below the commercial production, commercial production of handmade porcelain restoration process protection and heritage significance.
Master of arts and crafts of China, said Liu Yuan long, usually non-material cultural heritage protection and commercial development are mutually contradictory, but there is no manual skills porcelain case, “the better hand to protect the ceramic art, the more the value of its commercial development high; in turn, more successful business development, the more beneficial to the protection of handmade porcelain art and heritage. “

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