Celadon can be said to be the representative of porcelain in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and its beauty, texture and luster are indeed better than white porcelain. Now, however, celadon is not very common in China. At present, the development of China porcelain is mainly blue and white, famille rose and enamel in Qing Dynasty.
Although celadon is not well-known in China, it has taken root in South Korea. Celadon has long been a national treasure and a patent of South Korea.
Besides, white porcelain is as white as jade, and its color is better than snow. The ancient people's love for jade can be seen from the porcelain in the Tang Dynasty. Everything is not as brilliant as it is, but as clean as ice, which further extends people's temperament and virtue, such as flawless white walls, clean and cool. This is essentially different from the glitz that advocates cumbersome luxury in the later period.
The jade of later generations is not simple and consistent with the traditional spirit, but mostly complex and gorgeous jade carvings, which emphasize artificial decoration too much, thus ignoring the simple and natural essence of jade. Therefore, fundamentally speaking, jade, like porcelain, has lost its original spirit and connotation.
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Yue kiln is located in Shaoxing, southern Zhejiang, and mainly manufactures celadon; Xing Kiln is located in the north of Xingtai City, Hebei Province, and mainly produces white porcelain. Yue kiln celadon is as clear as ice, crystal clear and moist as jade, with a bluish color, similar to tea green.
The white porcelain produced by Xingyao has fine soil, solid and thin wall, stable shape, thick and linear ware. Tang Sancai is distributed in Chang 'an and Luoyang, West Kiln in Chang 'an and East Kiln in Luoyang. Thick burial prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, not only among high-ranking officials and nobles, but also among ordinary people, and it has formed an atmosphere.
There are all kinds of people, animals, plates, water vessels, wine vessels, stationery, furniture, houses, and even pots and pans with ashes. Generally speaking, people like horse figurines. Some of them are flying with their feet up, some are standing around, some are hissing, and their postures are very vivid.
In terms of characters, there are women, civil servants, military commanders, Hu figurines and heavenly kings, who depict different personalities and characteristics according to social status and rank; The lady has a plump face, her hair is combed into various bun, and she is wearing colorful clothes. The civil servants are polite, the warriors are strong and brave, the Hu figurines are tall and deep-eyed, and the kings are mighty and majestic, which is a model of ancient sculpture in China.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tang Dynasty Porcelain
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tang Dynasty Porcelain