The difference between pottery and porcelain

Ceramic pottery and porcelain is a generic term. All use the clay and porcelain clay (kaolin) for the mixture of inorganic materials, molding, drying, roasting, and other ways of collectively referred to as containers made of pottery Porcelain. Since ancient times, specializing in the production of pottery and porcelain crafts as pottery handicrafts. Chinese pottery production is a long history, in Hebei Province, Xu Shuixian the ruins of the first Nanzhuang 10,000 years is a former D pottery; Lishui County, Jiangsu Province, to Mineyama unearthed the ruins of the Shenxian Dong 11,000 years ago around the pottery. China since the Neolithic culture in 8000 Has a large number of Hong Tao, Huitao, black pottery, white pottery, painted pottery, painted pottery. After entering class society, Hong Tao, Huitao, polished black pottery, painted pottery and a variety of reflecting the social reality of Health Taosu living works of art, architecture Tao mass production of components. Warring States period, invented the lead Youtao, pottery products are the low-temperature Caiyou landscaping. Tang production of a large number of three-Cai You Tao, reflecting Datang's Spirit in the face of a high artistic quality. After the Song Dynasty, You Tao artifacts gradually reduce the production and switch to production of glass building components. Since porcelain in social life so widely Use, pottery production to feed the growing but have never stopped. Porcelain is to the mid-1980s began to appear, is the earliest celadon porcelain, because of lack of maturity, also known as the original celadon. Han Qing Porcelain Shaozao gradually mature and emerging from its original state, entered the early stages of porcelain. Black porcelain began to appear in the Han Dynasty, to Sanguoliangjin the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, the South Celadon extensive development, forming a A unique style of the system. Black porcelain technology greatly improved, to enter the field of porcelain art. North Neiqiu, Lincheng, Zibo, Anyang, and other places in the Northern Dynasties period also began producing porcelain, and Invention of white porcelain. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, porcelain production began to prosperity. Song Dynasty porcelain art is a high degree of development of the period, Ding Yao, Ru, GUANYAO, Geyao, Longquan Kiln, Junyao, Jian kilns, Germany and Kiln, kiln in Jingdezhen, Kyrgyzstan, Kiln, Yaozhou Yao, Nishimura kiln, Chaozhou kiln, etc. of products each with Fengzi. Yuan Dynasty porcelain production in Jingdezhen became the center of the Yuan Dynasty porcelain, the porcelain Fuliang Process for the development of catalytic role, blue and white, You Lihong, white porcelain, and porcelain, and other high artistic level. Ming and Qing Dynasties, the local big Ciyao system gradually decline, when the production for For the people of the small porcelain workshops instead, Jingdezhen and the GUANYAO Minyao inherit the tradition of Chinese ceramic art, can make amazing stuff.