\”I\’ll give you a whole day, and I\’ll give you a thousand years back.\” I don\’t know if this saying came from the master, but when used here it seems that it is not an exaggeration at all. It is indeed the case.

I usually like to collect pottery and porcelain crafts. During my trip to Foshan, I heard that I wanted to visit this five-story building. The century-old scenic spot – Shiwan Nanfeng Ancient Stove in Foshan, Guangdong, is exactly what I want. I am secretly excited to see if I can find some pottery kilns from 500 years ago to bake pottery crafts.

Nanfeng Ancient Stove covers an area of ​​20,000 square meters and is suitable for walking and stopping. Most of the ground in the scenic area is The stone-assisted ground is recommended to wear comfortable flat shoes and bring water. If you like to take photos, there are more artistic places suitable for taking pictures. It is recommended to wear artistic clothes and bring a camera to record the beautiful moments. There are a lot of people on holidays, so taking pictures will be affected.

There are many small hand-made pottery shops in Nanfeng Ancient Zao. If you like, you can bring your children to make a small pottery together. If necessary, you can find some styles online in advance and copy them.

Nanfeng Ancient Stove There are stories everywhere

In fact, everyone in Guangzhou knows that when Foshan is mentioned, they will think of Foshan Shiwan Ceramics. Foshan Shiwan Ceramics is world-famous, but how many people know that Foshan also has an ancient pottery kiln with a long history? -Nanfeng Ancient Stove

It is called a ceramic living fossil. The Nanfeng Ancient Kiln and the Gao Kiln have kept fire and production for five hundred years. They are the oldest dragon kilns in continuous use in the world. This is what attracts me the most. It reminds me of the ever-burning lanterns and the everlasting fire. , passed down for hundreds of years, history is burning before our eyes

As soon as we walked through the door, we were greeted by the red brick ancient kiln, which was very impressive! There was a bluestone staircase in the middle, and two rows of wooden houses on the left and right. The room is taller than the first. Looking up, there is a pavilion in the center, with chimneys on both sides that have disappeared for a long time. The chimney on the right is looming among the ancient banyan trees.

To the right is a six-story giant ceramic mural. If you look closely, you can see that it depicts a ceramic workshop and pottery tools. Later, Baidu found out that it was called an ancient town. Taoyuan historical scrolls.
There are various ceramic landscapes around, all of them are immortals, with the three primary colors of red, blue and yellow, very eye-catching.

When I took a closer look, it turned out that the one on the left was the ancient Nanfeng stove, and the front of the stove was filled with firewood. , when you look up, the nearly 50-meter-long ancient stove extends upward. No wonder it is also called the Dragon Kiln. The one on the right is called the Gaozao. Is the stove god worshiped in front of it?

Gulong kiln

Climbing up the stairs, you can see the inside of both stoves. They are full of firewood and scattered with pottery. The dragon kiln is one meter wide, straight upward, from bottom to bottom. It looks very spectacular. There are several doors on both sides of the dragon kiln. There are many pottery at the entrance. I can\’t help but poke my head into the cave. It\’s dark. I want to know. The kiln is either directly connected or separated. I took a photo with my camera and turned on the flash. I saw that the walls of the kiln were blackened and nothing could be seen. It was a bit scary. Inside is a simple workshop for making pottery embryos. The sunlight shines into the shed, bringing a fresh atmosphere

At this moment, a picture suddenly flashed before my eyes. During the Qingming Dynasty, the kiln workers used their skills here and rested under the banyan tree when they were tired. The fire in the stove has been around for a long time and has produced the world-famous Shiwan dolls. After leaving Shiwan, the famous pottery capital of southern China, I can now appreciate China\’s five thousand years of ceramic culture up close. Among them, there are two rows of well-preserved porcelain kilns that have been fired since the Ming Dynasty. The ancient stoves extend from bottom to top, leaving behind the blood and sweat of the kiln workers.

According to the staff introduction, this ancient kiln is still in use and has not stopped for more than 500 years. It is really rare in the world and is really amazing. !Already included in the Guinness Book of World Records

Nan Feng Zao The firewood has been passed down from generation to generation

For more than 500 years, there is still an ancient firewood-fired dragon kiln still in use in the world. It is like a giant dragon descending from the sky. Local residents call it \”Dragon Kiln\” \”. Over the past hundred years, a blazing fire has been ignited in the ancient pottery kiln, and ceramic art has been passed down from generation to generation here.

It was built in Zhengdezhong of the Ming Dynasty (1506-1521) for nearly five hundred years. The national important cultural relics are preserved, they are preserved for generations to come, and they are the most ancient ones. Xinlong Kiln. The name of the Dragon Kiln comes from the kiln, which is built on the mountain. Its body length is 234.4 meters and its inner length is 30.87 meters. It is like a dragon descending, so its people call it \” \”Long Kiln\”. However, people in Shiwan also call it \”Zao\”. There is a stove for cooking firewood, and all pottery can be fired in the dragon kiln. I think the dragon kiln is the \”stove\” of the home. In addition, the mouth of the dragon kiln faces the south, and the end of the stove is shaded by a banyan tree. Every summer, the cool breeze Xixi, so it is called \”Nanfeng Zao\”

Gao Zao After experiencing vicissitudes

Although the Gaozao near Nanfengzao is not as \”old\” as Nanfengzao, it has a history of more than 400 years. The kiln owner hopes that it can inherit the prosperous incense of Gaomiao. Named \”Gaozao\”. In the kiln, you will see many old containers. Let me tell you, even though they are shabby, these things are also very historical.

Gaozao Shi. It was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years. The Gaozao is 32 meters long and is a national key cultural relic protection unit. The structure and operation method of the Gaozao are the same as those of the Nanfeng Zao. This is why it is called \”Gaozao\”. The Tiao Kiln was built behind Gaomiao. The kiln owner hoped that it could take over the prosperity of Gaomiao, so it was named \”Gaozao\”.

Potter\’s Acacia Table

There is a romantic legend here. In the past, potters were very busy at work and often had no time to go home or get together with their lovers. So they will run whenever they have time. Come here and sing folk songs to call your girlfriend, the fisherman girl, who lives on the other side of the Dongping River, to come here by boat for a date and get together. If it is windy and rainy, and the fisherman girl cannot come by boat, they have no choice but to come here. Missing each other across the river

The tree planted on this acacia platform is not an acacia tree but a guava tree. This guava tree also has a story about people often dating here. The first children born to the potter and the fisherman girl who were dating were both sons. Many families were like this, and the villagers were very surprised. After asking later, they found out that the potter and the fisherman girl who were dating here had secretly eaten the fruits of these two guava trees. From then on, the nearby villagers Let\’s call these two guava trees \”multiple trees\”

Cultural treasures of Ming and Qing ancient buildings

It is well preserved in Foshan and has Lingnan folk customs The cultural architectural features are probably the ancient residential complexes, which are buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties and are the heritage of ancient architectural civilization.

Image of ancient kiln The immortal Lingnan style

The image of the ancient kiln emphasizes the retro, traditional and nostalgic Lingnan style, retaining the original pottery workplace of the ancient kiln, reflecting the richness of the pottery culture. You can sit in the old times. On the bench, try to feel the scene when your ancestors were making pottery

Old House Deep Alley Traveling back a hundred years ago

Walking on the bluestone, the changes of a hundred years happened in an instant. If it weren\’t for the electric light bulb inside the red lantern, I would almost forget where I was in this long history. Ancient scrolls, if you are not there, how can you experience this tranquil comfort?

In order to show the historical evolution of the pottery industry, the exhibition in the Nanfeng Ancient Stove Exhibition Hall is divided into ceramic fragments, pottery pieces Formation, evolution of kilns, There are six parts: Shiwan Twenty-Four Lines, Shiwan Ceramic Art, and Ceramic Development. The fourth part, \”Shiwan Twenty-Four Lines\”, is the focus, which introduces the historical origin of Shiwan pottery industry from the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China.

There is a very well-preserved ancient residence in Shiwan from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is an example of ancient architectural civilization.The heritage is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province. These ancient houses have the typical characteristics of Lingnan folk houses, with \”blue bricks and stone gates\”, stone alleys, granite wall bases, and gates, all of which look very simple and honest. With blue bricks as the walls and granite as the foundation, the house is very strong, moisture-proof and anti-theft, and it is not afraid of others poaching. There is another saying that the higher the foundation of a house with granite, it represents that family. The richer.

This sliding door is like the current anti-theft door. The weather in Guangdong is hot. If you close the door, it will It\’s relatively stuffy, but I\’m afraid of thieves entering the house if I leave it open, so I made this kind of anti-theft door, which can provide ventilation and prevent thieves. These houses are not necessarily beautiful, but this house is history, it is a story, it is our past memory, and it needs us to protect it.

Shiwan ceramics have a long history and have a unique and irreplaceable position in the history of Chinese ceramics. The geometric print pictures unearthed from the Shiwan Hedan Beiqiu site bear witness to the history of Shiwan ceramics in the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, showing the ingenuity of our ancestors; while the excavation of the Tang and Song Dynasty kiln sites in Dawugang confirmed During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Shiwan had become a Lingnan pottery production base; by the Ming Dynasty, it was even known as \”Shiwan\’s tiles are the best in the world\”.