An exhibition displaying the first 4 rounds of archaeological findings at Zhanggongxiang kiln site has been opened to the public for free at Daxiang Ceramic Museum in Zhengzhou city of Central China's Henan province on June 10, demystifying the celadon wares unearthed from Zhanggongxiang kiln site. Today, let's appreciate their charms.
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Stepping into the museum, you can see various celadon wares unearthed from Zhanggongxiang kiln site. Exquisitely made, they are lightly glazed, thin as paper, hard to break and bright as a mirror.
Zhanggongxiang kiln site is distributed in the north and west of Zhanggong Alley (Xiang in Chinese) in Ruzhou, a county-level city of Henan's Pingdingshan city. Since its first discovery in 2000, a large number of exquisite celadon wares have been unearthed.
The exhibition on major archaeological discoveries and research achievements of Zhanggongxiang kiln site displays 206 pieces (sets) of celadon wares and kiln furniture. Zhanggongxiang kiln site is like a key, which provides a new evidence for studying the formation and development of the five famous royal kilns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
The celadon wares unearthed from Zhanggongxiang kiln site are similar to those discovered from the Ru porcelain kiln site in Qingliangsi village of Pingdingshan's Baofeng county, but there are obvious differences. Simply decorated, the exquisite celadon wares are of higher quality, sharing great similarity with Ru porcelain, and Guan porcelain of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279).
Time flies. Celadon wares, an important part of Chinese porcelain, will be endowed with new connotation in the new era.
