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It is not so easy to find a kiln mouth that has disappeared for thousands of years.

Although it is said that the secret-color porcelain originated from Yue Kilns in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are thousands of Yue Kilns in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Which Yue Kiln fired the secret-color porcelain for the royal family of the Tang Dynasty?

If we find this kiln entrance, can we find more secret-colored porcelain there, or around there?

In order to solve this problem, archaeological experts have launched a search for more than 20 years, and finally found fragments of secret-colored porcelain at the Shanglinhu site in Cixi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The Shanglin Lake site is a Yue kiln site with a long history. Judging from the excavated ceramics, Shanglin Lake started firing porcelain in the Eastern Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

This is also consistent with what Chen Wenzhe saw. At least he can prove that the history of this kiln is really long.

At least he knew that this kiln was used to fire white porcelain.

At that time, this kiln not only received a large number of overseas porcelain orders, but also won the favor of the Tang Dynasty royal family and became an official kiln.

It can be seen that the Yue Kiln in Shanglin Lake has the conditions and technology to fire secret-color porcelain.

Otherwise, how could experts have found a large number of fragments of mysterious porcelain here?

In a sense, there are slight similarities between the work of archaeological experts and criminal police.

They all solve difficult problems by finding a little clue.

For example, experts in the field of archaeology have been looking for the production kiln site of secret color porcelain.

Although they discovered the secret color porcelain at the Shanglin Lake site, they still need to find something before they can be [-]% sure.

What exactly is it?It must not be a fragment of the secret color porcelain of Yue Kiln!

The so-called secret color porcelain does not mean that the color of the porcelain is a secret, but refers to the porcelain fired with a secret formula.

Therefore, from the beginning, this kind of porcelain was fired in secret, and it is almost certain that it will be lost afterwards.

The sagger in front of Chen Wenzhe is probably from the Shanglin Lake site, but what about the secret-color porcelain produced from it?

The most important thing is the process, Chen Wenzhe has never seen it!

He has determined that the Shanglin Lake site is the place of origin of the secret color porcelain, because this conclusion has been confirmed.

From the perspective of logical reasoning, it cannot be inferred that Shanglin Lake is the production place of secret-color porcelain based on the fact that there are fragments of secret-color porcelain.

This is like when you are in a valley and find a car that crashed many years ago. At this time, you can’t say that this car was produced in the valley, right?

Unless you can still find the assembly line that produces cars in the valley.

Therefore, if one wants to determine that the Shanglin Lake site is the production place of the secret color porcelain, it is necessary to find the production line of the secret color porcelain to be convincing.

The Tang and Song kiln sites have existed for thousands of years, and it is almost impossible to find a complete production line.

However, if you can find special tools for the production of secret-color porcelain, it can also prove that there used to be a secret-color porcelain production line here.

In 2016, when archaeologists excavated the site of Housi'ao kiln in Shanglin Lake, they unearthed several broken saggers, and found that the words "Luohu master's secret color bowl" were also engraved on the saggers.

Shanglin Lake was also called Luohu Master in ancient times, and the writing method of the three characters "Secret Color Bowl" is also the same as that on the stele in the underground palace of Famen Temple.

Saggers are essential kiln furniture for firing fine porcelain.

To put it simply, it is an airtight pottery box.

When firing porcelain, after the pottery embryo is glazed, it is first put into a sagger and sealed, and then the sagger is put into a kiln for high-temperature firing.

In this way, the ceramic embryo is evenly heated in the closed space, and at the same time, the kiln gas is prevented from contaminating the ceramic embryo.

For example, in the famous eggshell black pottery, saggers are used.

Therefore, it is necessary to use a sagger when firing secret-colored porcelain.

In addition, the bottom of the secret color porcelain in Famen Temple has traces of the bottom of the sagger, which is also similar to the bottom of the sagger unearthed in Shanglin Lake.

Therefore, all this is enough to prove that Shanglin Lake is the place where secret color porcelain is produced.

In this regard, it was also selected as one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country.

It was also because of this that Chen Wenzhe was able to know about the Shanglinhu site, and was able to connect with Master Luohu. Otherwise, even if he found a clue, it would be useless.

In Shanglin Lake, we not only found the legendary secret-color porcelain, but also found the production place of the secret-color porcelain. The next step is to restore the secret-color porcelain.

However, after years of attempts, it is still impossible to restore the ancient secret color porcelain.

Now, Chen Wenzhe accidentally discovered a celadon sagger from the Shanglin Lake site.

In the process of firing porcelain, the sagger was originally an important tool for firing fine porcelain.

And this celadon sagger is completely different from ordinary crudely made ceramic saggers.

It's clearly superior, and if that's the case, he should have fired some more important porcelain.

So, in the late Tang Dynasty, could he have seen the process of firing secret-colored porcelain from this sagger?

At this time, Chen Wenzhe paid special attention to the process involving kiln firing.

He didn't look at other trivial things in detail, but just passed them by.

As for the kiln, with his current technology, even if he took a look at it, he would know what was being fired.

Therefore, as long as the sagger appears, he will pay attention to it, because as long as it appears, it is a relatively important moment.

Therefore, it really records the craftsmanship of many porcelains.

The first white porcelain, the later celadon, and the last one should be secret color porcelain, right?

Seeing the final porcelain making process, Chen Wenzhe actually knew it well.

Only then did he realize why he had never seen the production process of the secret color porcelain before.

It turns out that one sagger can only produce one secret color porcelain!

Secret color porcelain is as exquisite as ice and as clear as jade. In order to produce such an effect, in addition to specific water sources, soil quality and materials, saggers are also indispensable.

Before firing the secret-color porcelain, craftsmen must first use a sagger to seal the carcass of the secret-color porcelain with glaze, and then use a special process to fire it into shape.

"Is there such a thing?"

Exiting backtracking, Chen Wenzhe couldn't help thinking carefully about the materials he had read.

It was also at this time that he remembered that at the firing site of the secret color celadon of Yue Kiln discovered in Shanglin Lake, archaeologists discovered fragments of saggers in units of tons.

Seeing this information, who would have thought that these saggers might be related to the firing of secret color porcelain?

Just from this hill, one can see how difficult it is to produce high-quality secret-color porcelain.

Chen Wenzhe carefully observed the last production. This time, it must be the secret color porcelain, because he saw the trouble of firing the secret color porcelain.

Secret color porcelain was not only the best selected finished products at that time, every process of its production has been carefully selected.

Over the past dynasties, there have been many celadon fired, and many good ones, but compared with the secret color porcelain, they are all a little different.

And all the differences come from the firing method hidden behind the finished product.