Dayaolu kiln group site

Dayaolu kiln group site is located in Nanchang District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. It is a brick kiln site from Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. It is one of the important places of origin of ancient Chinese brick and tile. [1] "The ancient kilns on Dayao road are museums for studying the history of ancient bricks and tiles in China." At present, there are more than 40 remains, less than 20 of which are relatively complete and extremely precious. The kiln group Ruins Museum was set up to better protect these remains.

Dayaolu kiln group site

Dayaolu kiln group site is located in Nanchang District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. It is a brick kiln site from Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. It is one of the important places of origin of ancient Chinese brick and tile.

"The ancient kilns on Dayao road are museums for studying the history of ancient bricks and tiles in China." At present, there are more than 40 remains, less than 20 of which are relatively complete and extremely precious. The kiln group Ruins Museum was set up to better protect these remains.

In 2003, it was listed as the cultural protection unit of Wuxi City, and in May 2013, it was approved as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

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The original 108 brick and tile kilns are distributed along Dayao Road on the East Bank of the Grand Canal and the South Bank of bodu port, with a length of about 1.5 km. In the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, the intersection of the ancient canal and bodu port was the distribution center of brick and tile production and trade in Wuxi. As one of the important places of origin of ancient Chinese brick and tile industry, Wuxi brick kiln industry and Wuxi "four wharves" produced at the same time, providing a large number of exquisite bricks and tiles for the construction and development of many historical cities. The bricks used in Nanjing city wall are also produced in Wuxi.

Address: No.17 Dayao Road, Nanchang District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.32091

Latitude: 31.554079