The beauty of porcelain, first of all, lies in her temperament, which is a quiet and elegant cultural temperament, introverted, gentle, subtle, simple, harmonious, graceful and atmospheric; Secondly, the beauty of porcelain lies in shape, and the charm of porcelain lies in color. When a porcelain, bottle, jar, bowl or cup is stained with bright colors on white glaze, it seems to be infiltrated with a beautiful and clear lake, and it is full of brilliance and charm in an instant.
Porcelain is a great invention of China and a symbol of ancient civilization in China. Porcelain produced by Fengfeng Cizhou Kiln also has a long cultural history. According to relevant historical records, celadon was produced here as early as the 4th century (Sui Dynasty). In the 0/0th century (Song Dynasty) A.D./KLOC, porcelain kilns were flourishing and their porcelain-making skills were exquisite, forming porcelain kilns around Guantai Town in Cixian County, Linshui Town in Fengfeng Mining Area and Pengcheng Town, so Cizhou Kiln was famous in the world. Cizhou Kiln has been burned for thousands of years, and the porcelain produced has long been a treasure of China art, thriving and in the ascendant.
Through the tunnel of time, I like to see porcelain in warm days, just like giving vitality to these cold porcelain. White jade porcelain, thick as fat, white and delicate, small and exquisite as Jiangnan women. Emerald porcelain is green, moist as jade, with classic and complicated patterns and pure and magnificent glaze. Blue and white porcelain, though calm, reveals its prosperity; Indifferent and quiet, but it contains infinite charm. Watch carefully, an ancient and elegant wheatgrass overflows, with the elegance of Tang and Song Dynasties, the profoundness of Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and a lingering feeling. In the hands of craftsmen, the epitome of history is integrated into this blue and white porcelain ... suddenly there is an illusion in a trance, as if being in a beautiful world.
The beauty of porcelain is that it is "as blue as the sky, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, as loud as stone, moist and delicate with fine lines." This is the highest level of porcelain production and the highest praise for porcelain. It is no wonder that it has attracted the poetry and painting of countless literati. "Ice is like jade, the best in the world." Lu Yu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once described the crystal clear of secret porcelain. Lu Guimeng wrote in "The Secret Color is Over": "Nine autumn winds open the kiln, winning thousands of peaks and green colors." The poet describes the glaze color of porcelain, such as ice is better than jade, and the thousand peaks are beautiful and elegant, which is refreshing "Cleverly gouge out the bright moon and dye the spring water, gently spin the thin ice to fill Lv Yun, the ancient mirror sits on the stage and breaks the moss, and the tender lotus culvert reveals the collapse of the river." Xu Yin's "The Secret Tea Lamp in Gong Yu", whether it is the bright moon dipped in spring water or the Lv Yun filled with thin ice, the poet only used 28 words to interpret the beauty of porcelain in a soft and vivid way.
Along the poet's amorous feelings, always looking for, looking for. Walking in the old street of Guzhen that day, a ceramic workshop stopped me. In the workshop, an old man with a gray beard was engrossed in carving patterns on an embryo, and the skillful knife technique of flying up and down instantly bloomed on the embryo like a flower. Seeing me, the old man smiled and told his experience with great interest. At the age of fourteen, as a child, he and several companions were sent to a ceramic workshop in the village as apprentices. However, if you want to become an apprentice, it will not happen overnight, nor will you be eager for quick success. You need long-term patient study and practice. In those days, he practiced day and night, his hands were covered with calluses and his eyes were bloodshot. But several apprentices finally gave up because they couldn't bear boredom and loneliness, and only he persisted. Today, his works are widely circulated, not only expensive, but also won many government awards. After listening to the old gentleman's story, I not only sighed, but also how many ceramic masters' hard work and sweat were soaked in a piece of bright porcelain, and how many technicians' wisdom and cleverness were condensed.