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On the morning of December 10, the 2020 Shangyu Yue Kiln celadon culture theme activity with the theme of "inheriting celadon culture and creating a better life" was officially kicked off. Shaoxing Shangyu District Party Committee and Shangyu District Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau attended the press conference and answered questions from reporters. As a service provider of multiple supporting projects and pottery equipment provider of celadon culture in Shangyu, Baitao has become a powerful promoter of theme cultural and creative activities.
More than 3,000 years ago, in the middle of the Shang Dynasty, the ancient Yue ancestors dug the ground for kilns, and made hard pottery (primitive celadon) with earth and fire. The Eastern Han Dynasty burned mature celadon; In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, porcelain making techniques reached their peak, and the "secret color kiln porcelain" (celadon) was the most famous, which was the longest lasting and most influential kiln system in China. Therefore, Shangyu is considered to be one of the important birthplaces of celadon, shining in the history of Chinese ceramics.
In recent years, Shangyu has put forward the implementation strategy of "three steps" to launch the brand of "the source of porcelain", empower the construction of "the town of porcelain" and deepen the article of "the journey of porcelain". At present, Shangyu is taking the porcelain source Culture Town as an industrial platform, actively planning to build a national research and tourism camp, creating a new highland for the spread of national porcelain source culture, and becoming an important node in the road of Tang poetry in eastern Zhejiang and Shaoxing cultural and creative corridor.
It is reported that this year's celadon culture series of theme activities are wonderful, including the second national Yue Kiln celadon research and development and ceramic creativity Grand Prix, persistence and innovation - Yue Kiln Xinyan Welcome exhibition, Yue Kiln celadon treasure special activities, "into the millennium ancient kiln, dream porcelain origin" dialogue activities, and Yue kiln wood-fired dragon kiln opening ceremony, etc. For the majority of tourists and citizens to present a dialogue between time and space, culture and art blend of the spiritual feast.
Among them, the purpose of the wood-fired dragon kiln opening ceremony is to reproduce the ancient cultural spectacle of the local festival kiln opening. The dragon kiln, also known as the long kiln, is a semi-continuous inverted flame kiln, built on the mountain and named after the tilted dragon. The kiln, which will be officially re-burned soon, is led by Baitao Association, imitating the Western Jin system, with a total length of 14.7 meters, and can fire thousands of pieces of porcelain at a time. It takes 4 months from drawing design, surveying and mapping site selection to engineering construction, and has now entered the stage of environmental remediation.
After completion, it will become the core landscape of Fenghuang Mountain antique Site Park, and both the actual firing function. Watching and participating in the firing process allows more young ceramic creators and celadon lovers to resonate with history and tradition.
Shangyu, on the one hand, attaches great importance to the excavation and protection of porcelain culture, on the other hand, pays close attention to the cultivation of modern ceramic talents, introduces Shangyu Institute of Advanced Studies of Jingdezhen Ceramic University, expands a number of ceramic education projects such as vocational education center, pottery classroom of Shangpu Middle School and ceramic culture research base.
Ingenuity to find the charm of porcelain, celadon pieces in the realization of inheritance. Through a series of cultural tourism brand promotion measures such as celadon cultural theme activities, Shangyu is committed to building Yue kiln celadon as a beautiful business card highlighting the city style, so that traditional ceramic culture to bloom a gorgeous new flower.
The celadon Culture theme activity was guided by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Ceramic Branch of Chinese Silicate Society, sponsored by Shaoxing Shangyu District People's Government and Shaoxing Cultural Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau, organized by Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Shaoxing Shangyu District Cultural Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau, Shaoxing District Yueyao celadon Research Institute, Shaoxing Shangyu District Cultural Center (intangible Cultural Heritage Center). The campaign will run until May 2021.
Ceramic, which is closely related to our life, is the most brilliant part of Chinese traditional culture and craft, and it is a long way to go to inherit ceramic art and educate ceramic art. As a leading brand of ceramic teaching equipment in China, Baitaohui has the obligation to speed up the research and development and innovation of ceramic teaching and research equipment.
The implementation and acceptance of projects such as Shangyu International Ceramic Art Center, Celadon Advanced Research Institute, Fenghuang Mountain Archaeological Site Park and five generations of ancient dragon kiln are the affirmation of Baitao Association. In the future, we look forward to more fellow travelers to participate in the inheritance of ceramic art and improve ceramic education.