As for how Ge Kiln appeared, it should be because porcelain was recognized by the world and eventually formed in the mouths of future generations. This is a rare phenomenon.
To be more precise, it should be during the process of porcelain being handed down from generation to generation, because the same batch of porcelain was sought after by others and eventually formed public opinion.
In this way, it was praised by many people, and finally formed an independent kiln entrance in people's mouth.
Therefore, the kiln where the Ge Kiln wares were first fired must have been the Longquan Kiln. It was also because of this that the kiln site of the Ge Kiln was never discovered.
In other words, Ge Kiln was indeed not an independent kiln at the beginning.
It is part of the Longquan kiln.
It’s just that the porcelain produced is too special. The porcelain it produces,
Later generations took it out separately and called it Ge Kiln Ware. Then Ge Kiln Ware appeared.
At the same time, his brother also became Di Yao.
This process must be long, so it took more than a hundred years for the records in various levels to be formed.
Calculated in this way, the earliest period when Ge Kiln and Di Kiln appeared was at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. It can also be said to be the Southern Song Dynasty, or even the Yuan Dynasty.
Because these dynasties existed at the same time.
With this conclusion, Chen Wenzhe's paper can be considered complete.
Of course, scholarship has always been controversial.
And this is where the joy of academic research lies.
Among the five famous kilns, the kiln site where the handed down Ge Kiln was fired has not yet been discovered, resulting in many theories about the Ge Kiln in the academic world.
Some people think it is Xiunei Siguan kiln, some people think it is a certain kiln in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, etc.
Today we can't confirm anything,
Even Chen Wenzhe can only make inferences, but he cannot say with certainty that his conclusions are facts.
Because this kiln site has indeed not been found, and this is why Ge Kiln is mysterious.
However, as time goes by, the true facts will slowly emerge.
The mystery of Ge Kiln is naturally no exception, otherwise Chen Wenzhe's conclusion would not be recognized by others.
There must be a reason why Chen Wenzhe came to such a conclusion.
Because in 1932, when the Qing Dynasty's aftermath committee was inventorying cultural relics in the Forbidden City, they discovered a batch of porcelain that had never been seen before.
The glaze colors are mainly fried beige, gray-green, and green-yellow, with varying shades.
There are open patterns of varying sizes on the glaze. The colors of the glaze include dark brown, dark gray, light gray, and earthy yellow. The carcass is relatively dense.
This batch of porcelain has no origin in the records of the Qing Dynasty.
There is no record of the firing time,
But it embarrasses the researcher.
Since they look a bit like the Ge Kilns described in literature,
It was labeled as "Ge Kiln", "Imitation Ge Kiln", and "Song Ge Kiln".
In 1936, Guo Baochang, the then special committee member for porcelain in the Forbidden City, conducted a re-evaluation of the porcelain in the palace.
He combined it with Qianlong's poem praising Ge Kiln, and this batch of porcelain was named Song Ge Kiln.
Since 1956, archaeological excavations have been conducted in the Longquan area many times, and a batch of black-bodied celadon porcelain has been unearthed, which is completely consistent with the characteristics of the Ge Kiln recorded in the literature.
The characteristics of the porcelain and the kiln site are documented in literature. Therefore, experts speculate that the kiln site of Ge Kiln is probably in Longquan.
However, after comparison, it was found that the chemical composition of the glaze, the color of the grains, and the cutting form of the base and feet were different between the Longquan black-bodied celadon and the samples provided by the Forbidden City, indicating that the two were not the same porcelain.
In order to distinguish it from the Ge Kiln recorded in Ming and Qing literature, the Ge Kiln in the Forbidden City, and a small amount of similar porcelain stored in the Forbidden City in Shangbo and Wanwan, it is called "the handed down Ge Kiln" by the academic community.
Since it was originally thought to be the Longquan black body of the Ge Kiln, the split porcelain is considered to be "Longquan imitation official kiln" and "Longquan official kiln".
It seems that the Ge Kiln did not exist in the Song Dynasty, and the descriptions of the Ge Kiln in the literature are considered to be false.
However, upon careful study and analysis, you will find that things are not that simple.
The key lies in the issue of which came first and which came later, the "Longquan Official Kiln" and the Tanxia Official Kiln on the outskirts of Hangzhou, has not really been resolved.
Because the theory of "Longquan official kiln" is based on "Longquan imitating official", it is believed that imitating official is impossible, but it is consistent with official kiln, so it is naturally official kiln, and it is believed that the suburban altar in Hangzhou cannot satisfy the imperial court.
When needed, it is fired in Longquan to make up for the shortage.
This view naturally leads to the conclusion that the official kilns under the altar in the suburbs of Hangzhou were earlier than the official kilns in Longquan.
However, there is insufficient archaeological data to prove this point of view, and this has also led to various doubts.
The suburban altar could not meet the needs of the imperial court, so why not expand it locally and nearby, but build kilns in Longquan, thousands of miles away?
The Song Dynasty brought craftsmen from the north when they traveled south. They were used to firing coal in round kilns. How could they build a dragon kiln in Hangzhou and fire wood?
Are the discussions about the Ge Kiln in the literature necessarily groundless?
Brother cannot imitate an official, but an official can imitate brother.
The official kilns of various dynasties and dynasties were all based on the folk kilns. Isn't it possible for the official kilns to imitate them?
When the Song Dynasty moved south, the emperor wandered for 13 years. During this period, where and how did the kiln workers survive?
Eat the royal food, or find your own way?
These questions ultimately focused on the age and nature of Longquan’s original black-body split porcelain.
In other words, could Longquan's original black-body open-piece porcelain be the product of a combination of northern craftsmen and Longquan kiln craftsmen during the emperor's more than ten years of wandering?
In September 1996, a kiln site was discovered in Laohudong, Hangzhou. The Hangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology conducted two inspections of the kiln site from May to December 1998 and from October 1999 to March 2001.
Large-scale excavation.
Obtain a large number of artifacts, porcelain pieces and kiln furniture.
After in-depth research, some experts and scholars believe that the relics in the strata of the Song Dynasty should be the "Xiunei Siguan Kiln" referred to in the literature.
The relics in the strata of the Yuan Dynasty are the "Branded Ge Kiln", the latter is an imitation of the former, and the essence of the "Legendary Ge Kiln" is an imitation of the official product after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Some experts and scholars also believe that the Laohudong Kiln is the "Brother Dong Kiln" mentioned in "Zhi Zheng Ji".
At this point, it can be basically confirmed that the handed down Ge Kiln is a product of the Yuan Dynasty and is definitely not one of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty.
Although there is some general knowledge about Ge Kiln, as more and more archaeological discoveries are made, the problem of Ge Kiln's kiln site has not only been unresolved, but also involves more and more questions.
Is the Ge kiln mentioned in Ming and Qing literature the Song Ge kiln?
The earliest records about Ge Kiln can be found in the late Yuan Dynasty. Did Ge Kiln originate in Song Dynasty or Yuan Dynasty?
Ge Kiln and Guan Kiln have similar pronunciations and similar porcelain features. Could Ge Kiln be Guan Kiln?
What is the relationship between Longquan black-body celadon and handed down Ge Kiln porcelain and the official kilns of the Southern Song Dynasty?
All of this, it is the mystery of Ge Kiln that gives it an irreplaceable position in people's hearts.
For blacksmithing, you also need to be hard-working, and excellent quality is fundamental.
If there is no excellent quality, who will care who created the Ge kiln? In what era was it created? Where is its kiln site?