Chinese Longquan Celadon | Chinese documentary with only Chinese subtitles

Longquan is an ancient cultural city famous for making celadon in southwest Zhejiang Province, East China. Abundant in porcelain clay and pinewood, used for baking porcelain, over 360 sites are densely distributed throughout Longquan. All these sites historically belong to the ancient Longquan Kiln, which has the longest manufacturing history, widest site distribution, highest quality, largest celadon production and export scales in China's porcelain history. There are roughly eight steps involved in making Longquan celadon, namely, throwing, trimming, biscuiting, printing, mixing glaze, glaze application, encastage,and burning. The making of celadon is not only a skill but also an art. Superior celadon is reputed to be as beautiful as jade. Famous worldwide, Longquan celadon was not only used for every dynasty's royal courts in ancient China, but has been exported to many other countries and regions of Asia, Africa and Europe since the early Song Dynasty. Modern Longquan celadon still inherite features of the traditional Longquan Kiln and many celadon products made by local masters and craftsmen have won top honors and prizes in various pottery-making competitions. The Longquan Celadon made by “Dun Tang” is one of the kilns, which is well-knowned for its generations of famous celadon craftsmen of wonderful workmanship. Photographed and edited by Yameng Zhang

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