Jiangshan Colored Pottery (Zhejiang Jiangshan Specialty)

Introduction to Jiangshan Colored Pottery

Wayao Natural Village, Heyu Village, Qinghu Town, Jiangshan City, is a small village that has left its mark in history due to the firing of pottery. The pottery clay in Wayao Village is of pure quality, with fine and tough texture without impurities. The raw material is smooth and flexible, without any blemishes or bumps. The sealed kiln is not ventilated, and the kiln does not extinguish the fire. Each product is fired in one go

The production of colored pottery is exquisite, mainly made of clay pottery with delicate texture. Therefore, it is not only a practical vessel, but also has high artistic value. Due to the fact that colors are painted before firing, they are tightly integrated with the pottery body after firing together, making them less prone to detachment

Hemu Village still has more than 60 Mantou kilns. There is currently no available information on ceramic firing techniques from ancient times, but experts believe that in the early Neolithic period, firewood was used to directly fire ceramics on flat ground using bonfires. This period is collectively referred to as "kiln less pottery firing"; Later on, it developed into digging underground pits and firing pottery. Underground pits were divided into horizontal and vertical types, and the Yangshao culture belonged to this type. The Lu Yixing family kiln we see here roughly appeared during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. It is hard to imagine that after the long history of bronze culture, porcelain culture, and modern civilization, the production and lifestyle of "Shennong cultivated pottery" in the early period of human civilization can be preserved in a village, and the kiln fire is fierce, continuing to this day, becoming a "living fossil" of ancient pottery culture