Watch the exhibition 丨 My name is secret porcelain, mysterious for thousands of years

Author:Chengdu Museum Time:2022.09.18

Mysterious porcelain, one of the most mysterious existences in the history of Chinese porcelain.

It is a mystery, and the top celadon that the poet chains has only existed in the description of poetry and text;

Its name becomes a mystery, what is the "secret" color and what the fate is famous, so far there is no clear research conclusion;

In the Chengdu Museum "Empty Streaming -Song Porcelain and Five Famous Kiln Special Exhibition", a beautiful secret -colored porcelain octagonal and clean bottle stands quietly, waiting for the audience's appreciation and exploration.

Yue Kiln secret color glaze, octagonal net bottle Tang Tang

Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology

Part 1

Qianfeng green green blends into "secrets"

Yue Kiln secret color glaze, octagonal net bottle Tang Tang

Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology

What is "secret"?

The secret color porcelain was the earliest and most famous record. From the "Secret Color Extraction" of Lu Guimeng of the Late Tang Dynasty: Jiuqiu Wind exposed to Yueyao, winning Qianfeng Cui color. It's so good to the midnight, and the cup of fighting cups. In addition, Xu Yan in the Tang Dynasty also described "Qiaoyu Mingyue Dyeing Spring Water, Light and Blind and Green Clouds" in "Gongti Mysterious Tea Cup". In terms of combination, "secret color" is about "Qianfeng Cui color color. "Similar green green.

Why is it called "secret"?

"The secret color kiln, the world's words Qian Qian, the country and Japan are burning in, and the ministers must not be used, so the cloud secret color." Song Ye Ye pointed the word "secret" in the "Tanzhai Bi Heng". It is pointed out that it is fired for Yue Kiln. It is only the royal tribute of the Qian Dishi of the Wuyue dynasty during the Five Dynasties. In addition, Zhou Hui's "Qingbo Magazine", Zhao Lin's "Waiting Record", Zhao Yanwei's "Yunlu Man Banknote", and Zeng Yan's "Gao Zhai Manlu" and other records were similar.

Yue Kiln secret color glaze, octagonal net bottle (partial) Tang

Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology

As for the Ming and Qing dynasties, Liu Tingren's "Love Ritang Copy" in the Qing Dynasty believed that "Tao Chongqing's products since ancient times, Jin Yue porcelain, Tang Yue Qianfeng Cui color, Chai Zhou said that it was rainy and the secret color." "Secret color" It should be the color of porcelain.

Many controversy, because the secret porcelain is like a flashy, extremely beautiful, short -lived, and very precious. The legend of God.

Part 2

The opening of the ground door of the palace

The fog shrouded in the secret porcelain continued for hundreds of years, and it was not quietly dissipated until the 1980s.

Tang Dynasty Palace, Fufeng Famen Temple, Shaanxi

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In 1987, the Tang Dynasty Palace of Fufeng Famen Temple in Shaanxi conducted archeological excavations. More than 2,000 rare treasures were unearthed, and there were a number of preserved Yue kiln celadon. What is even more exciting is that with the underground utensils, there is also a "Clothing Account" monument, which records the accounts of the buried items of the ground palace. "" "!

"Clothing Account" monument unearthed from Famen Temple Palace

Clearly record "Porcelain Secrets"

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The secret color porcelain eight -edged bottle unearthed from Famen Temple Palace

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This is the first time that the secret porcelain is truly presented in front of the world, which not only confirms its authenticity, but also provides important reference value for the judgment of academic circles and research secret porcelain.

After the secret porcelain of the Famen Temple Palace was discovered, the questions about the firing location of this piece of utensils surfaced. With the development of the archeological excavation and research of Yueyao ceramics centered on the above forest lake, combined with the records of previous dynasties, the researchers finally determined that the "secret color porcelain" recorded in the "Yuyao County Chronicle" of Ming Jiajing, the beginning of the forest lake, the Tang and Song dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties were set up in the Tang and Song dynasties. The records of the official supervisor kiln are not false.

Hou Siqian kiln site excavation site

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From 2015 to 2017, in the archeological excavation work of the Hou Siqiu kiln site in the center of the Shanglin Lake in Cixi, Zhejiang, some secret porcelain that was consistent with the unearthed utensils unearthed from Famen Temple, there was a piece of octagonal and net bottle. Attention, its bottleneck is long, its shoulders are round, and the glazed surfaces are almost the same as the eight -edged bottle unearthed from Famen Temple.

This "Empty Streaming" exhibition specially exhibited this rare remedment. It brought us the color that made it in the thousands of years ago in the thousands of years ago, and the green water is light and light. What is "spring water and green clouds".

Part 3

The long river is only green and green

Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, porcelain has gradually replaced lacquer wares and gold and silver in the daily use, becoming an important living appliance. As the boutique in Yue Kiln Celadon, the secret porcelain represents the highest level of porcelain technology at that time.

Yue Kiln secret color glaze, octagonal net bottle (partial) Tang

Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology

Because it is a tribute, the firing of secret porcelain is not costly. In addition to the stricter selection and treatment of raw materials, it also adopts the technology of porcelain box bowl and single piece of firing, that is, a porcelain box bowl on the porcelain jacket, seal it with glaze to ensure that the firing is used to ensure the firing. The porcelain is clean and thorough, and less impurities, showing the beautiful effect of frozen jade.

Yue Kiln secret color glaze, octagonal net bottle Tang Tang

Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology

The secret porcelain was stunning the world, and it disappeared in the river, and then was excavated and unearthed. It still lingered countless secrets and waited for future generations to explore.

Under the "secret color" heritage, the artistic and creativity of the Chinese porcelain reflected in the Chinese porcelain is still like the mystery that it has stopped in people's hearts for thousands of years, and it has an infinite charm.

Introduction to the secret color,

Observation and metaphysics,

Syross porcelain and Song.

"Empty Light -Song Porcelain and Five Famous Kiln Special Exhibition" will be resumed on September 20.

From "South Qingbei Bai" to five famous kiln,

From the Qingya and pleasant Song Dynasty Yayo,

To the later life influenced by Song porcelain aesthetics,

All in this clear summer collection.

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September 20th,

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Based on Chengdu Expo World

Chengdu Museum

Writing: Yang Pei

Edit: Tang Lanxin

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