Jingdezhen Sculpture Porcelain Handmade Techniques

Jiangxi
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Jingdezhen Sculpture Porcelain Handmade Technique (the third batch of provincial level) Jingdezhen Sculpture Porcelain Handmade Technique consists of four major techniques: round carving, pinching carving, hollow carving, and stacking carving. The area where this technique is located is Jingdezhen, and the central area is the Jingdezhen Sculpture Porcelain Factory. Jingdezhen is located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, bordering Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the east, and the edge of the Poyang Lake Plain to the southwest. Two-thirds of the territory is mountainous and hilly, and the Changjiang River passes through the territory, with tributaries crisscrossing. The superior geographical resources provide unique conditions for the development of the porcelain industry. High-quality Gaoling Mountain and porcelain stone, dense kiln firewood forests, and the Changjiang shipping water system directly connected to Poyang Lake have all played an irreplaceable role in the rise of the porcelain capital. Due to the special geographical location, there have been no major natural disasters and frequent wars in history, and many craftsmen from all over the world have gathered here, so there is a saying that "workers come from all directions, and the utensils are sold all over the world." The rich production raw materials and the exchange of technical talents have created a world-renowned thousand-year-old porcelain capital. The origin of this technique can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. The buds of round sculpture and pinching sculpture techniques can be found in the Yangshao, Hongshan and Banpo cultural sites. Jingdezhen porcelain industry began in the Han Dynasty, and the earliest physical records were found in "Sui Daye (605618)." It can be seen that local artists had formed regional techniques 1,400 years ago. In the Ming Dynasty, influenced by the master He Chaozong of the Southern School, combined with the local coloring characteristics, the sculpture porcelain technique became more and more sophisticated. The establishment of the imperial kilns in the Ming and Qing Dynasties greatly promoted the development of the technique. In the early Republic of China, masters You Zechang, Cai Jintai and Zeng Longsheng accepted apprentices to pass on their skills. The schools were clear, the inheritance was orderly, and the genealogy was clear. In 1956, the sculpture porcelain factory created by the city's skilled talents became the world's largest hand-made sculpture porcelain production enterprise, and it made an indelible contribution to the country's exchange of a large amount of foreign exchange. "Sanhua Brand Traditional Figure Porcelain Sculpture" won the national quality gold medal, and other porcelain sculptures won nearly 100 provincial and ministerial awards.

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