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Dehua porcelain has a long history. As early as the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the production of ceramics began in the Dehua region, initially forming primitive blue-glazed porcelain. Over time, Dehua's porcelain industry gradually grew, using local high-quality kaolin to produce high-quality porcelain. In the Song Dynasty, Dehua kilns were able to produce blue and white porcelain, and their skills were comparable to those of the Ding kilns in the north, thus having the reputation of "Southern Baiding". This allowed the Dehua area to achieve unprecedented prosperity and development during the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, the prosperity of Quanzhou in Fujian is also closely related to Dehua ceramics. Since the establishment of Quanzhou City in the second year of Song Yuanyou, Quanzhou has become an important foreign trade port. The high-quality white porcelain and blue and white porcelain of Dehua porcelain are exported abroad, becoming treasures on the "Sea Silk Road" and promoting the prosperity of Dehua ceramics.
During the Yuan Dynasty, Dehua white porcelain was favored by the royal family, and the porcelain carved bodhisattva became a royal treasure. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Dehua ceramic sculpture was famous at home and abroad for its unique artistic achievements and became one of the representatives of China's ceramic industry. Especially after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Dehua white porcelain has become famous in the international market and is known as the representative of "Chinese white".
Dehua ceramic sculpture has unique artistic characteristics. Its white porcelain is delicate and white as jade, the glaze color is smooth and moist, and the tire glaze is integrated, which is difficult to distinguish. This is due to the excellent local kaolin, which is treated at high temperatures and has extremely high vitrification and density. Compared with the porcelain in Jingdezhen, Dehua white porcelain has a milder color and a more delicate feel.
Dehua ceramic statue art reached its peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and artists represented by He Chaozong continued to innovate, integrating carving and ceramic art, making Dehua ceramic statue art reach a new peak and becoming China's precious traditional artistic heritage.
During the Yongqian period of the Qing Dynasty, Dehua kilns were spread all over the mountainous areas, bringing together a large number of ceramic experts, and their skills were also very high. Dehua kiln fired a wide variety of ceramics, not only daily necessities, but also religious statues and book supplies, still maintaining the white and warm characteristics of the late Ming Dynasty.
However, over time, the Dehua ceramic industry gradually declined. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, under the influence of blue and white porcelain, the status of white porcelain was precarious, and the production technology also seriously degraded.
During this period, there were still a group of craftsmen who adhered to tradition and continued to innovate, such as Su Xuejin and Xu Youyi. They integrated clay sculpture, wood carving, stone carving and other skills into ceramic sculpture, so that the art of Dehua porcelain sculpture continued.
Today, on the basis of inheriting the skills of their ancestors, Dehua porcelain sculpture artists have integrated various new ways of expression, making Dehua porcelain sculpture present a new artistic style with distinctive characteristics of the times.
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