It was an era of writing poetry.
People inhabit poetically, there is extravagance in poetry, and poetry reads Spring and Autumn, and poetry becomes a part of life.
"Ancient shore pottery is a vessel, and Gao Lin is burned; the flame red Xiangpukou, the smoke and clouds of the cave." A poem "Shizhu" by the Tang Dynasty poet Li Qunyu recorded the magnificent scene of Changsha's tongguan kiln pottery, and restored the grand situation of the national "Southern Qingbei White Changsha Color" in that era.
This is a thriving feature of the Tang Dynasty and a microcosm of Huxiang culture.
As the colorful birthplace of ceramics under the glaze of the world, the Tongguan kiln breaks through the pattern of pottery in the south, Qing and The North and white, and blooms with the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty. The fusion and flow of the glaze, with the vivid, bursting colors, a romantic atmosphere greets you.
The poem, with its unique decoration, gives the copper kiln ceramic utensils more aesthetic taste.
Popular folk poetry, improvisations during kiln labor, simple and unpretentious language, the poetic sprinkling on these ceramics, pinning people's emotions and conveying the optimistic and enterprising Huxiang spirit.
"Male eldest husband, how to use the local residence." Mingyue's family has it, where is the gold", is it more than a simple folk poem?
"I was not born when I was born, but I am old when I was born." Jun hates me for being born late, and I hate jun for being born early. This widely circulated love poem is from the Tang Dynasty's "Twenty-one Inscription Poems on Copper Official Kiln Porcelain". Today, the word "Junsheng" is crowned on the Junsheng Theater Building, Junsheng Bridge, Junsheng Inn, Junsheng Pond, and extends on the ancient town of Tongguan kiln, and it seems that it is still telling that poignant story.
Such stories about poetry, which hold the soul of a thousand years of culture, are enduring and passed down from generation to generation.
With poetry, the copper official kiln is no longer just a copper official kiln.
When I pulled away from the imagery of the poem, I looked at Shizhu Lake and suddenly thought, if the fishermen had not found the remains of pottery on the seashore, if there had not been a salvage in the sea area of Belitung, Indonesia, the "Black Stone" might still be hidden at the bottom of the sea, what would the reality be?
At least, we will miss the watchful eye of 1,200 years, and the ancient town of Tongguanyao will naturally have less of a core IP and less of outward tension.
It can be said that without the blessing of the "Black Stone", perhaps we can still glimpse the charm of Huxiang culture contained in the Tongguan kiln from the Liangyuan Emperor's Palace, Ouyang Inquiry Academy, Yang Futian General's Palace, Wenshan Caotang, Clay Man Liu Ceramic Art Museum and other cultural relics.
However, without the witness of the 56,500 pieces of Changsha copper kiln ceramics on the "Black Stone" shipwreck, the Tang Yunfeng bones of the ancient town will eventually be much inferior. It is also difficult for us to so clearly outline the splendid history of Huxiang Land and reproduce the prosperity of trade exchanges between countries on the ancient Silk Road.
The classic creation of the ancient town of Tongguan kiln of Xinhualian has in a sense made the "Black Stone" return home with full harvest.
The return of the "Black Stone" after a thousand years has made the Tongguan kiln indisputably a ceramic pearl on the Maritime Silk Road.
Bathed in the soft winter sunshine, I continued to stroll along the shore of Tongguan Shizhu Lake, letting my thoughts overflow.
If you are breaking into Tongguan Ancient Town for the first time, you may be guided by the Shizhu Pagoda next to the palace of Emperor Liangyuan, and you will not want to miss every cultural relic.
What is it about the ancient town that attracts you?
Is it the changsha kiln museum, embroidery pavilion, coin and other eight major museum groups where the ancient town gathers the world's rare treasures, or the four major theater buildings such as the Yuxuan Opera Building, the Flower Drum Theater Building, the Junsheng Opera Building, and the Danfeng Opera Building?
Is it an ancient village with tang dynasty charm between black tiles and white walls, a copper official water show that integrates science and fantasy, a 5D theater "Legend of Magic Glaze", a flying theater "Beautiful Hunan", a "Black Stone" and "Legend of Tongguan Kiln"?
Is it the Liangyuan Emperor's Palace, Wenshan Caotang, Ouyang Inquiry Academy, Dusi Ya Office, Yang Futian General's Mansion and other historical and cultural relics, or the traditional art inheritance such as the Clay Man Liu Ceramic Art Museum?
Although the unique style of these Tongguan kiln ancient towns is rich and colorful, the foundation is deep, and it is not enough to see, and I want to do more stops.
However, just like a chance encounter, the encounter may be eternal. Everyone who walks into this thousand-year-old pottery city can find a place to stop.
Just as I took advantage of the light by the lake to walk into the Wenshan Caotang and look at the wall to introduce the story of the poet Li Qunyu, it was as if I was meeting with a long-lost deceased person.
Inside the quaint grass hall, the legend of "beautiful poetry and talent" continues, and it seems that the next listener is still waiting.
For thousands of years, this kiln fire has not been broken.
From one story to another, relay the inheritance of the kiln and fire.
The Huxiang classics sung orally have now reappeared on the shores of the XiangJiang River, and have long accumulated the vigorous force to go to the world and the future.
When a breeze blows the water of Shizhu Lake, under the interlacing of sunlight and time, I feel more strongly that the "Black Stone" is riding the wind and waves, with the grand pride of Datang's openness and tolerance, with the high self-confidence of Chinese ceramic culture, starting from the XiangJiang River, entering the Yangtze River, and sailing to the ocean.
Although the boat of history has been salvaged, and the ship of reality is setting sail, along this new maritime Silk Road, the pace of opening up of Huxiang will only be more stable and powerful.
Of course, we should also faintly hear the faint sound of sailors and pirates fighting.