Foreword: Longquan kiln is a very famous porcelain kiln, from the Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties began to fire porcelain, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, a total of more than 1600 years of history. It is mainly fired celadon porcelain, and the Song Dynasty period is its most prosperous period and the period of the highest achievement of porcelain.
The celadon modeling process of the Song Dynasty is very unique, and it is also the historical peak of the celadon craft, and the number of celadons circulating in the world during this period is not very large, so each piece is a national treasure. In 1954, in a relatively remote village in Zhejiang, a celadon treasure from the Southern Song Dynasty was found, "DiZhou".
A 17-year-old girl picked up porcelain
In the historical context of that time, many rural families still needed to do a lot of manual labor. In a village in Zhejiang, He Zhaodi, a 17-year-old girl, also has to work hard to keep her family alive. She went up the mountain every day to pick herbs to subsidize her family, and on this day she went up the mountain as well.
In the process of searching for herbs, she accidentally dug up a hard object, because the color looked more beautiful, and she directly dug out the object, which looked like a small boat. It was a small piece of porcelain that also looked very charming, and she brought this delicate porcelain home.
I want to be used as an heirloom as a dowry
In fact, the word heirloom is still very common in the mainland, and because of this, there will be some treasure hunting programs. Because of the long history, many things will be passed down. What kind of thing would be considered an heirloom? It must be the kind that looks very historical, and the same is true of this small boat-style porcelain.
After He Zhaodi brought the porcelain home, the elders in the family also praised the porcelain, thinking that it was not ordinary porcelain, it must be of great value, and there was not much concept of cultural relics protection at that time. The He family also felt that this porcelain was a treasure, so they decided to use it as an heirloom and dowry when Zhao Di got married.
It was found to be a cultural relic
After that, He Zhaodi's family also introduced her to the object, and there were some walks around before the marriage, and by chance, Zhao Di also found that many people like to use porcelain to give gifts. But these porcelains are modern imitations, and they look very ordinary. And Zhao Di also remembered her dowry porcelain boat, she said that she had a porcelain dowry that was not ordinary, and looked completely different from these porcelains.
She said this casually, but because there was a staff member of the local cultural relics administration bureau, she was also very interested in the porcelain he said, and also felt that as Zhaodi described, this porcelain should be very delicate and beautiful, and the form was very similar to the celadon products of the Song Dynasty.
Later, the local cultural relics management department also identified the porcelain boat that Zhao Di said, and found that this porcelain was indeed not a modern imitation, but a celadon product from the Southern Song Dynasty. This porcelain comes from the Longquan kiln, which is of great historical research value, and this porcelain is also a cultural relic.
The country that handed over received a reward of 68 yuan
Because it is a cultural relic, the staff of the cultural relics department also advised the He family that this kind of national treasure-level cultural relics must be handed over to the state. It is illegal to hide a national treasure privately, because the staff advised and explained, and this celadon became a national treasure from the He family heirloom.
After handing over the celadon boat to the state, the relevant departments also applied for a corresponding reward for the discoverer He Zhaodi, and received a cash reward of 68 yuan.
Roundup: This cultural relic is "Di Zhou", this level of Southern Song Dynasty celadon porcelain, which was later sent to the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, and now it has also become the treasure of the town museum. Accidental discovery, but the achievement of the current national treasure, this cultural relics research value and appreciation value are very high, known as "national treasure dripping boat".