Yue kiln

The Yue kiln ( Chinese  越窑 , Pinyin Yuè yáo , English Yue Kiln ) at the site of the old Yue ceramic kiln at Shanglin Hu is famous for its celadon and a ceramic kiln from the Tang era that dates back to the time of the Eastern Han dynasty -Dynasty through the Five Dynasties to the beginning of the Song Dynasty in Cixi , formerly of Yuyao County, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang . You are at the Shanglinhu Reservoir ( Shanglin Hu shuiku ). In the old days the place belonged to Yuezhou越 州 (the "Yue Prefecture"), hence the name of the place.

The kilns in the circles of Yuezhou during the Tang Dynasty all belong to the Yue kilns (out of the seven counties Kuaiji会稽, Shanyin山阴, Zhuji诸暨, Yuyao余姚, Shanxian剡 县, Xiaoshan萧山 and Shangyu上虞). The shade of their glaze color is called qīng (greenish / bluish) in Chinese , with a slightly yellowish tinge. Goods made there have also been discovered in Pakistan , Iran , Egypt and Japan .

The site of the ancient Yue ceramic kilns on Lake Shanglin in Cixi , Zhejiang Province , has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-222) since 1988 .

literature

• Cihai ("Sea of ​​Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
• Zhongguo da baike quanshu : Kaoguxue (Great Chinese Encyclopedia: Volume Archeology). Beijing: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe, 1986

Web links

• The Yue Kiln at the Shanglinhu-Silongkou Site in Silongcun, Cixi City, Zhejiang Province - English

Footnotes

1. ↑ In the archeology volume of the Great Chinese Encyclopedia under the heading "Yuyao Shanglinhu Yueyaozhi" (cf. 余姚 上林 湖 越 窑址 ( Memento from December 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )).
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); to Yuyao余姚, s. Note above.
3. ↑ In the large community of Qiaotou (桥头 镇) of Cixi (Ningbo) there is also a village called Shanglinhu (上林 湖村).
4. ↑ Kuàijī 会稽 ( Shaoxing , see Cihai 943b)
5. ↑ Shānyīn 山阴 ( Shaoxing , see Cihai 1454a).
6. ↑ Zhūjì 诸暨 (Southwest Shaoxing , see Cihai 2249a)
7. ^ Yúyáo 余姚 (West Ningbo , see Cihai 2071c)
8. ↑ Shànxiàn 剡 县 (West Shengzhou , see Cihai 1457b)
9. ↑ Xiāoshān 萧山 (Southeast Hangzhou , see Cihai 1865b)
10. ↑ Shàngyú 上虞 (Eastern Shaoxing , see Cihai 1466c)
11. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
12. ^ Cihai , p. 2111

Coordinates: 30 ° 8 ′ 37 ″  N , 121 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E