Ding porcelain firing technique

China's national intangible cultural heritage Name: Ding porcelain firing skills

Applicant: Quyang County, Hebei Province

Project No.: 875

Project No.: VIII - 92

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Hebei Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Quyang County, Hebei Province

Protection unit: Hebei Quyang Chen Ding kiln porcelain Co., Ltd

Introduction to Ding porcelain firing technique:

Applicant: Quyang County, Hebei Province

Ding porcelain began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is one of the famous porcelains in the Song Dynasty. Because its origin is Quyang County, Hebei Province, which belongs to Dingzhou in ancient times, it is named "Ding porcelain". Ding porcelain is dense and delicate in texture, transparent in glaze color and soft as jade. Besides white, it is also red, black, purple and green. Among the five famous kilns of Ding, Ru, Guan, GE and Jun in Song Dynasty, Ding kiln is good at decoration.

The traditional firing process of Ding porcelain is extremely complex. Before firing, raw materials such as quartz, feldspar and clay should be extracted from the local area, and then processed into clay according to a certain proportion. After aging, the body should be drawn to shape, and then the body should be trimmed for carving decoration. After applying glaze by immersion method, the body can be fired in the kiln. Ding kiln was the first to make porcelain by covering firing method, which became an invention in the history of ceramics.

Ding porcelain was called "the first porcelain in the world" in Song Dynasty. At that time, it was not only used by the imperial court, but also exported to Egypt, Persia, India, Japan and some African countries. In the history of the Jin Song war, Ding porcelain, which had great influence at that time, declined rapidly. Many craftsmen moved south because of the changes of the current situation, and Ding porcelain production fell into a slump. By the Yuan Dynasty, the fine porcelain technique of Ding porcelain had been lost, but the coarse porcelain firing technique remained in the folk. Since the 1970s, Ding porcelain technology has been gradually restored and developed, and a number of imitation Ding porcelain products have been produced, such as baby pillow, plum bottle, five foot fumigation stove, etc., which are well received by all walks of life. However, Ding porcelain firing technology has been lost for many years, and its production process is very complex, so it is not easy to completely recover. Ding porcelain technology, which has been rescued, still needs to be actively protected in order to inherit and develop.