China News Agency, Taiyuan, February 22 (Reporter Li Xinsuo Hu Jian) The reporter learned from the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology on the 22nd that as a representative kiln for the production of porcelain in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties in Shanxi, Huozhou Kiln discovered a batch of kilns in the Jin, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. remains.
Huozhou Kiln is located in Chen Village, Bailong Town, Huozhou City, Shanxi Province.
Since its discovery in 1975, there has been no archaeological excavation of the Huozhou Kiln.
In 2022, a joint archaeological team formed by the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology, Peking University, Fudan University and the Huozhou City Cultural Relics Department carried out the first scientific archaeological excavation on the Huozhou kiln site.
According to Liu Yan, the person in charge of the project, through investigation and exploration, the archaeological team determined the preservation status, distribution range and relationship with the village houses of the Huozhou kiln site, and generally understood the nature and distribution of kiln remains. Porcelain chips, slag and kilns and other kiln accumulations.
Among them, there are 3 cleared kilns (residual) in the F20 plot, 13 ash pits, and 4 stoves. The main body is the porcelain workshop of the Jin Dynasty and the remains of the kiln of the Yuan Dynasty.
According to archaeological findings, the kiln in the Yuan Dynasty was a steamed bun kiln excavated on a raw soil platform, and now only the arc-shaped fire chamber below the kiln bed and the vertical hole ventilation channel in the earth pit remain.
The original terrain in the south is relatively low, and it is the ash pit and workshop area of the Jin Dynasty.
The unearthed relics are mainly fine white porcelain, with a small amount of coarse white porcelain and black glazed porcelain, as well as other kiln furniture such as saggers, top bowls, cushion cakes, and supports.
Among them, the types of fine white porcelain include cups, bowls, shallow dishes, covered bowls, jars, and jade pot springs.
Most of the utensils are plain, and the decoration is mainly printed inside the utensils.
The printing themes mainly include water wave birds, twig flowers, lotus boy and so on.
In addition, the clearing of the D7 plot revealed a large horseshoe-shaped kiln and a cave-style workshop in the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Yan said that the above-mentioned archaeological excavations revealed the remains of kilns and workshops in the Jin, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and a large number of kiln furniture and porcelain specimens were unearthed. Basic information on such issues.
Huozhou kiln has an important position in the history of Chinese ceramics development.
Especially in the Yuan Dynasty, when the production of most white porcelain kilns in the northern region generally declined, the Huozhou kiln dominated the fine white porcelain products with exquisite craftsmanship and thin shapes.
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