Green Glaze Burning Mountains and Rivers

Longquan in the Southern Song Dynasty, celadon is the bone. The Zhang family kiln has been firing tribute porcelain for generations. Once the kiln failed, the old kiln owner became seriously ill and was bedridden. Branches of the clan were eager to seize the kiln and steal the plum green glaze. The young girl Zhang Qingmei took over the mess when she was in danger. A military order was placed in front of the porcelain supervisor: within half a year, qualified plum green tribute porcelain should be produced. The raw materials were tampered with, the firewood shed was burned, the creditors came to visit, the clan members set up obstacles at every turn, and crises piled up one after another. Fortunately, I met Shen Yan, a kiln master who moved from the north to the south. He was well aware of the differences between the fires in the northern and southern kilns. The two worked hand in hand to adjust the fire path of the dragon kiln and repeatedly explored the subtleties of purple gold clay and glaze. A handful of mineral soil, tried and burned a thousand times. During the ups and downs of the kiln fire, Qingmei guarded the ancestral kiln and deciphered the secret of plum green thick glaze. As a woman, she fought against the clan strife, guarded her craftsmanship, and protected the celadon, allowing the warm cyan color of Longquan to see the light of day again. There are no earth-shattering strategies, only perseverance in the fire. Watch a generation of female celadon craftsmen burn out mountains and rivers celadon amid the fireworks of troubled times.