Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Color YOUCI

Seyou on porcelain, pottery originated from the Shang Dynasty Huangyou. Late Han Jin beginning of a Qingyou porcelain. To the Tang Dynasty, it also created a yellow, purple, green, the three main Choi, Song has emerged days Qingyou, powder Qingyou, Hong-bao glaze, purple-glaze and Heiyou. To the Ming Dynasty, it is a Red Hook, the festival red, Lang kiln red, Carmine, Americans and other valuable Seyou drunk. Jun-hong is the first of China's copper red Youci, Song Si-woo, for some counties in Henan Province by Shaozao, Gu Ming, "Yun red", its birth was the end of the Qing Huaci Duzhanaotou the situation, which in our Ciye The history of development, it is an epoch-making event. Yuan, the hook kiln decline, no longer burning, it is fortunate that Yu Hung-kwan, the county produced by other techniques in producing porcelain inherited. Jingdezhen began firing from Songmo Youci Jun-hong, has been strong ever since. From the start, Jingdezhen porcelain Hung-kwan, the following, also has created a high-temperature copper RED GLAZE - festival red, instead of its monster-yan, in the red-purple, dark and stability, and no cracks in the glaze texture, You Ci is the color of the treasures. What is meant by "Red festival" » People to have a legend: a ceramic artist burning, superior skills, specifically for the Royal palace fired porcelain. The artist only a woman, named Ji-hong, born Li Zhi, father and daughter living Xiangyiweiming to burn porcelain. Due to a Royal Palace to be fired for good porcelain, Yuyao even burned dozens of kiln did not succeed, a glance to date, no longer firing Royal porcelain kiln workers in all were killed, Jihong and the public to save his father kiln workers, They do with their own blood to a glaze fired Xishi rare, solemn tone and stability of the Youci, Jihong girl saved my father and all kiln workers, because of their excessive bleeding to death, to commemorate the public She Shenjiu The woman, later this porcelain is called "Red festival", to "following the" word "festival." Festival production of hard red rather than other color glaze, the traditional production method is Buxigongben, the ancient formula not only pearls, agate, jade, and other needed incorporation of gold, the breadth of its ingredients, high prices for future generations amazed, but Even kind, using the same formula, as long as the temperature, atmosphere, the slightest difference in time, often not produced good products, the festival has always been difficult to burn red porcelain, so it than other luxury-Youci more valuable.

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