The ancient city of Jinyang found the history of the Sui and Tang porcelain kiln ruins extended the history of Shanxi roasted porcelain

Y3 porcelain kiln ruins. Photo confession of Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology

China News Network, Taiyuan, August 15th (Reporter Hu Jian) ​​The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeological Research released new archaeological discoveries on the 15th. Local archeologists found the porcelain kiln site during the Sui and Tang dynasties in the ancient city of Jinyang, which was the earliest age in Shanxi.

The ancient city of Jinyang is located in Jinyuan Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. Due to the thickness and preservation of the site, it was planned by the national "Eleventh Five -Year Plan" to the "14th Five -Year Plan" as a key protection site. In October 2010, it was included in the list of the first batch of archeological site parks in China.

Y1 fire bore. Photo confession of Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology

From 2012 to 2020, local archeologists have excavated the construction base of No. 1, No. 2 and 3 in the northwest of the ancient city of Jinyang. Among them, the base address of the No. 2 building is closer to the base address of the No. 3 building, and the times are the same. In March 2021, archeologists conducted archeological excavations on the area between the two buildings above the two buildings and found a porcelain kiln site. After a quarter of archeological work, archeologists discovered a total of 3 porcelain kiln sites, 9 gray pits and a large number of kiln furniture and porcelain pieces.

The porcelain kiln ruins are currently found three porcelain kiln ruins, which are Y1, Y2 and Y3. These three porcelain kiln ruins are horseshoe -shaped steamed bun kiln, and they have unearthed more umbrella -shaped kiln columns, horn -shaped kiln columns, strip branches, pads, pads and porcelain pieces. In addition, archeologists also found nearly 10,000 porcelain in the porcelain kiln site, including celadon, crickets, white porcelain, porcelain plastic, etc., as well as branches and cushions such as kiln furniture.

Y2 porcelain kiln ruins. Photo confession of Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology

According to Han Binghua, the leader of the archeological project of the ancient city of Jinyang, before, some kiln furniture and porcelain slices were also unearthed in the ancient city of Jinyang, but the porcelain kiln site was never found. The porcelain kiln site discovered this time is located in the south of the Northern Dynasty to the Gongcheng District of the Tang Dynasty. Unlike many porcelain kiln sites, it is more unique.

Han Binghua said that from the analysis of the remaining relics of the porcelain kiln, the three porcelain kiln are horseshoe -shaped steamed bun kiln, consisting of fire bores, kiln rooms and flue. A large amount of charcoal ash was found in the fire, proved that the fuel used for burning kiln was charcoal. Judging from the relics and unearthed relics, the use of porcelain kiln is very short, and there are not many types of burned products. According to comprehensive analysis, the era of the porcelain kiln site was roughly in the early Sui to Tang Dynasty. The use time is not long, the types of furniture are small, but the technical level is high. The site of the porcelain kiln is the earliest discovery in Shanxi. It has filled the relevant research gaps and is of great significance in the study of ancient Chinese ceramics. (Finish)

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