Its history can be traced back to the Northern Dynasties, and there was a brief prosperity at the end of Sui Dynasty. After the decline of the early Tang Dynasty, the production flourished in the middle Tang Dynasty and began to decline in the late Tang Dynasty. One of the signs of the qualitative change from pottery to porcelain is to glaze the porcelain tire. Since the appearance of primitive porcelain in Shang Dynasty (BC 17- BC 65438+ BC 0 1 century), light green glaze has been the mainstream of porcelain glaze. After more than 2000 years of continuous development, the texture of this transparent glass glaze is getting purer and greener. In the Tang Dynasty, celadon fired in Yueyao, Zhejiang, east of China was a complete success.
Drinking tea was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Lu Yu, a famous scholar, studies tea ceremony. In his book The Book of Tea, he once said? South, blue and white? Pay equal attention to it and describe Yue kiln celadon as? Cold? 、? Jade shape? Describe Xing kiln white porcelain as? Silver? 、? Snow? . But judging from the tea he drank, he judged that Xing was not as good as Yue. The tea set, tea set, tea cooking, tea drinking and tea events in The Book of Tea describe the customs and history of tea set and tea drinking in detail, and the style of tea drinking indirectly promotes the development of porcelain industry.
White glazed porcelain began to appear in the Northern Dynasties around the 6th century. At first, the white porcelain glaze was impure, and the glaze color was bluish gray. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that Xing Kiln in North China fired white porcelain as white as snow, and it really appeared that it could dominate for a long time. Porcelain altar? New varieties of porcelain competing with celadon. During this period, the southern kiln represented by Yue kiln mainly fired celadon products, while the northern kiln centered on Xing kiln was good at firing white porcelain. ? South green and north white? These two colors are an image summary of porcelain production in China at that time. The appearance of white porcelain has injected new impetus into the development of ceramic technology in China, which is a milestone in the history of ceramic development in China. If Xing Kiln did not lay the technical foundation of white porcelain, there would be no colorful porcelain such as blue-and-white porcelain, underglaze red porcelain, multicolored porcelain and pastel porcelain popular in later generations. From Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, southern celadon was gradually different from northern celadon. South celadon is represented by Zhejiang Yuejiao, and North celadon is represented by Hebei Xingjiao. In the late Northern Dynasties, Hebei Xingjiao fired white porcelain, which opened a new chapter in the history of China porcelain. In the Tang dynasty, it finally took shape? South, blue and white? The pattern of porcelain making.