Dehua kilns played an important role in the whole ancient Chinese ceramic industry. They were once known as the three great porcelain capitals in southern China, together with Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Lilin in Hunan, especially in the Ming Dynasty De...
Dehua kilns played an important role in the whole ancient Chinese ceramic industry. They were once known as the three great porcelain capitals in southern China, together with Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Lilin in Hunan, especially in the Ming Dynasty Dehua County's porcelain production reached an unprecedented peak, geographical, cultural and technological factors such as Dehua County white porcelain to a new unique historical height. The carrier of this characteristic image is the ceramic character shape. The character shape of the Dehua Kiln in the Ming Dynasty of China has a pivotal position in the history of Chinese ceramics, whether it is the study of Chinese Buddhist art or the study of the development of Chinese ceramics, the character shape of the white porcelain of the Dehua kiln in the Ming Dynasty of China can never be bypassed.
The prosperity of the Dehua Kiln is inseparable from its superior geographical position and its abundant and unique ceramic firing resources. As the starting point of the ancient Chinese sea route of Silk Road, Port of Quanzhou, it has provided a vast trade market for the development and prosperity of Dehua Kiln, thus promoting the development of ceramic handicraft industry and the exchange and integration of Cultures, providing technical support for the development of Dehua Kiln through the technological improvement caused by population migration Unique ceramic materials make Dehua County white porcelain as white and beautiful as snow.
The selection of the subject matter of the character shape of the Dehua Kiln in the Ming Dynasty showed People's belief and culture under the feudal society background at that time. The prosperity of religious belief was bound to have a large number of related derivatives Buddhist and Taoist characters with the same image of different materials and materials are also emerged Dehua Kiln fully utilizes the unique ceramic material to display the religious figure image theme in the religious art and the ceramic art has the unique artistic charm. Theprosperity of overseas trade brought by the sea route of Silk Road made the Western religious figures and street figures of Dehua kiln a new product, adding to the category of Dehua Kiln figures.
Dehua kiln character molding techniques, steps clear and rigorous, is conducive to the character molding firing rate and efficiency improvement. Due to the progress of the times, molding material changed into plaster, but traditional molding techniques are still used nowadays.
The prosperity of Dehua Kiln's character shape is not only the superior geographical position, advanced porcelain-making technology, unique ceramic material and sufficient culture, but also the artists who are engaged in porcelain industry. As the most influential artist at that time, He Chaozong contributed his own strength to the prosperity of the character shape of Dehua Kiln, d.eveloped Dehua Kiln with his unique artistic achievements, left a large number of valuable ceramic art works as people's valuable spiritual wealth.