It began firing bricks and tiles in the Song Dynasty, ceramics in the Ming Dynasty, bowls in the Qing Dynasty, and ceramic factories in the modern sense of the Republic of China to produce porcelain. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has developed into a large ancient market town within the scope of Qujing, known as "Little Yunnan", and is a thousand-year-old ceramic ancient town that thrives on pottery.
Dragon Kiln (Photo taken on March 11)
I have heard of the good name of Luan Hu a long time ago, because of ceramics. Walking into Luanhu, a thousand-year-old ceramic ancient town that thrives on pottery, is like entering a ceramic kingdom. People here, living on pottery, accompanied by pottery, ceramics have long been soaked in the daily life of the Luanhu people. In front of the house and behind the house, there are all the figures of pottery, the embellishments of pottery, and the clay pots with different shapes that tell the visitors about the deep love between generations of Huhu people and ceramics.
Yuezhou Luanhu (Photo taken on March 11)
"Luan Hu", also known as "Cat Cat Stone" in ancient times, also has a story. Because the Nanpan River in the east of the village stream confluence, there is a tiger-like large stone lying in the river, whenever the water rises, the water will make a whirring sound, people call it "tiger stone"; everyone knows that the tiger is a fierce animal, the villagers because of the people who go up the mountain to cut firewood, hunting people are afraid to call "tiger", renamed "cat cat", so it is also named "cat cat stone".
Clay wall (photo taken on March 11)
Listen to the old people in the village said that many years ago, Yuezhou Luanhu clay pottery products sold well, clay pottery with its natural, simple style, but also blew a "trend wind"; many merchants for the "cat cat stone tank" and gathered here, and here "cat cat stone tank" is today - Luan Hu clay pottery.
There are 16 dragon kilns and dragon kiln ruins from different periods from the Ming Dynasty to the contemporary era, and as many as 12 dragon kilns are still alive and in use today. Burning the dragon kiln is a very hard thing, and the two idioms of passing on the torch and persevering are fully fulfilled in the matter of burning the kiln. In the whole firing process to maintain a high temperature of 1300 degrees, for a long time to keep an eye on the dragon kiln, this persistence is difficult for young people to do now, which is the dragon kiln wood burning set of technology is difficult to find the root cause of the inheritor, it is also the 1300 degree high temperature refining will breathe Yuezhou pottery.
Pottery raw materials (photo taken on March 11)
Carefully watch the ancient pottery of The Hu, solemn and simple, the calm blue glaze, sauce glaze flashes a little blue. Its unique shape, elegant color, and long-standing craftsmanship have completely preserved the ancient Pottery Style of The Hu.
After thousands of years, the pottery culture of The Hu hu has not been lost in the long river of history, but has been shining with the polishing of time, and the inheritance of generations has become warm and textured.
If you are interested in ceramics, you can also personally complete a beautiful handicraft to take home under the guidance of the master, and in the fire of the ancient kiln, they let people touch those long history and beautiful stories with deep affection.
Liu Wujun