Recently, the documentary "The Great Chinese Color" has attracted attention, and the total number of networks has exceeded 3800 million times. The film takes traditional Chinese colors as the starting point to show the oriental aesthetics in color. When you think of traditional Chinese colors, what comes to mind? Is it the azure in the lyrics, the white of the East in the verses, or the vermilion on the ancient buildings? The traditional colors of China are integrated into the poetry of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and contain a profound philosophical consciousness and cultural spirit of the Chinese nation. Tianshui Bi, Yushi Qing, Luozi Dai ......If romance has a ranking, then the traditional Chinese color must be the one who rides the dust.
The ancients kneaded the colors of nature into poems and applied them to the fabrics of utensils and passed them on to future generations. Among them, the traditional Chinese colors on porcelain are the essence of classical aesthetics. For more than 3,000 years, the history of the development of ancient Chinese porcelain has never been interrupted, and the intersection of nature and humanity has created the beauty of glaze in a thousand ways. The glaze painting of porcelain embodies the wisdom of the ancients to observe all things, and carries the ultimate aesthetic expression of the Chinese. Guangxi**-Guangxi Yun's "Treasures of the West" World - The 9th issue of "Treasures of the West" focuses on ancient porcelain, feels the romance of the ancients from the change of glaze color, and witnesses a handful of porcelain clay "born from fire" to bloom in the world.
As early as the Warring States period.
China has the concept of positive five colors.
Blue, white, yellow, red, black.
East, West, Middle, North and South.
Five-colored warp and weft.
Weave mountains and water.
The song "Full Court Fang, National Color" sings the beauty of China.
In ancient times. Burning colorful porcelain is not an easy task.
The firing of porcelain is described in the Heavenly Creations.
It needs to go through 72 processes.
From material selection to tire making, from glaze to firing.
Every step needs to be down to the smallest detail.
When traditional Chinese colors meet porcelain.
What kind of stunning colors will collide in the world?
From these porcelains below.
We can find out.
Green. It is the first of the five positive colors of the East.
It's a color somewhere between blue and green.
Interpretation of Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty "Shuo Wen Jie Zi".
Oriental color also, wood fire, from the birth of Dan.
Danqing's letter is like this, and all the green belong to the green".
Green corresponds to the East.
The ancients gave "green" the meaning of "life".
There is reverence for the beginning of life.
There is also respect for nature.
The most famous of the ancient porcelains is:
The azure glazed porcelain (Ru ware) of the Ru kiln of the Song Dynasty
Azure because of the aesthetics of Song Huizong.
It has become one of the representative colors of Song porcelain.
In the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
Dongqing glazed porcelain flourished for a while.
Dongqing is a pale cyan glaze.
Also known as holly, frozen blue.
It is rumored to be made to imitate the porcelain glaze of the Eastern kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Therefore, it is called Dongqing glaze.
The east kiln fetal bone is fine, and the glaze is light green.
There are two kinds of shades, similar to "Ru ware".
Dongqing glazed lotus leaf pattern cup.
The glaze is green and elegant.
The glaze has a soft luster.
The rim is shaped like a rolled ruffle leaf.
The mouth is turned inside and out.
The clear veins of the leaves reveal an elegant aura.
It seems to be under the moonlight of the lotus pond.
Raise a "cup" to invite the bright moon.
Look at only this "green" green.
Who wouldn't love that?
White. is a kind of brightness only.
Colors without chroma.
Shuowen Jie Zi explains that it is "Western color also".
Huainanzi "The color is white and the five colors are formed".
The ancients regarded white as the basic color of color.
During the Yin Shang period, white was admired.
It was the noble and auspicious color of the time.
White glaze is one of the traditional glaze colors of porcelain.
White porcelain was born later than celadon.
By the time of the Song Dynasty.
Dingyao white porcelain once topped the five official kilns.
Cizhou kiln white glaze carved floral pattern pillow.
The pillow is ingot-shaped, low in front and high in the back.
The carcass is yellow and white, and white glaze is applied.
The pillow surface is decorated with begonia-shaped light.
Kaiguang is a decorative craft in ceramic painting).
Four-partition decoration, chrysanthemum pattern.
Porcelain pillows are household utensils.
It first began in the Sui and Tang dynasties and prevailed in the Song and Yuan dynasties.
The varieties are diverse and the forms are complex.
The ceramic texture is cool and refreshing.
Compendium of Materia Medica" records, porcelain pillow.
Eyes are sharp, and you can read fine books until you are old".
Yellow. It is one of the earliest colors recognized by the Chinese ancestors.
Shuowen Jie Zi explains it as:
The color of the earth also. From the field, the sound of the boiling. ”
The "color of the earth" is the color of the land.
炗 (guāng) is an ancient word for light.
The fields are illuminated by the light.
The color presented is yellow.
Yellow is in traditional Chinese culture.
It symbolizes land, power.
The Sui and Tang dynasties began.
Yellow gradually became the imperial color of the emperor.
Yellow glazed porcelain has also become the royal porcelain.
Until after the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
Yellow glazed porcelain gradually went to the people.
In the Qing Dynasty, with the introduction of antimony oxide.
The firing produces a fresh and elegant lemon yellow glaze.
And developed into an independent category of color glaze.
At the time, people called it "Western Yellow" or "Foreign Yellow".
Yellow ground pastel peach pattern bowl.
Lemon yellow glaze.
In the Yongzheng year of the Qing Dynasty.
The bottom is painted with pastel folded branches and peach patterns.
The outer wall is decorated with a printed yang pattern "crane peach" picture.
It is a good product for longevity, meaning longevity and auspiciousness.
It is custom-made for Halloween.
Rare in existence. 
Red. A slightly lighter color than vermilion, generally referring to red.
"Red" was first seen on oracle bone inscriptions.
Said the text and explained the words.
Red, southern color also, from the big from the fire. ”
Red is the color of fire.
It is the color that the original ancestors worshipped at the earliest.
The ancients made a finer distinction between red.
Such as Jiang, red, Zhu, Dan, red, etc.
It is both red, but in a slightly different shade.
With the passage of time.
"Red" has gradually become a general term for all kinds of reds.
Red is the deep background color of Chinese culture.
For the Chinese.
No color resonates more than red.
It represents the Chinese.
Ideals, beliefs and homes.
Cowpea red is a light red color with shades of light.
The high-temperature copper red glaze created during the Kangxi period.
It is named because of its soft and pleasant color like red cowpeas.
Among them, the superior ones are called "big red robes" or "Zhenghong".
Most of them are treasures used by the court.
Cowpea red glaze is secretly engraved with a group of claws and too white honor.
It is a common type in Kangxi cowpea red glaze.
The inner wall and bottom of the vessel are blue and white glaze.
There are three groups of dark carved crusts on the abdomen.
The body is small and exquisite.
It is a water bowl in stationery supplies.
The ancients filled water for inkstone.
Cowpea red glaze is difficult to fire.
It is also for the royal court.
Therefore, it is extremely rare and precious.
Black. It is a color without light.
It is the end of all colors.
Said the text and explained the words.
Black, the color of the smoke of the fire".
It is a color that has been smoked by fire.
Black pottery from the Neolithic period.
to ink painting, calligraphy, ceramic black glaze.
and then to the highest crown of the previous dynasties.
Xuan represents the sky, and Xuan represents the earth).
This mysterious black color runs through thousands of years of history.
Wujin glaze was created and burned in the Kangxi period.
Its coloring elements are in addition to a large amount of iron.
Also mixed with manganese with drills.
It is made by burning with a high-temperature reducing flame.
Black and bright as lacquer, the light can shine on people.
It is often decorated with gold, which is very high-end.
Dark gold glaze depicting gold group pattern gall bottle.
The black gold glaze is deep and translucent.
The gold cluster flowers are scattered.
It is named because of the shape of the instrument such as a hanging gall.
The glaze is dignified and luxurious.
It's as quiet and mysterious as the night sky.
Its depiction of gold clusters and flowers is scattered.
It adds a bit of wealth and refinement.
Glazed porcelain.
It is the crystallization of the intersection of nature and humanity.
It condenses people's wisdom and aesthetics.
In ancient times, China and foreign countries had exchanges and cultural exchanges.
Chinese porcelain occupies an important position.
It is a foreign Chinese language.
Synonymous with China - "China".
It is a "Chinese business card" with a long history
The term "ceramic" is a general term for pottery and porcelain, both of which are different in terms of raw material structure, firing temperature and glazing. As early as 10,000 years ago in ancient times, there was pottery in China, and porcelain was only after the progress of pottery technology, and the original celadon was the product of the transition from pottery to porcelain. Pottery and porcelain blend in time and space, writing the glorious history of the Chinese nation.
Archaeological evidence reveals that Guangxi is one of the cradles of Chinese pottery, and the "pottery chicks" of Guilin's retort rock have witnessed this 10,000-year craft inheritance. Beiliu is one of the birthplaces of Lingnan ceramic culture in China, with a history of more than 4,000 years since the Xia Shang Dynasty, and is now one of the four major daily-use ceramic production areas and export bases in China.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, Guangxi's economic and cultural prosperity was unprecedented, and ceramic production entered the first era. From the shore of the Li River to the shore of the Beibu Gulf, the ancient kiln sites are dotted, witnessing the glory of Guangxi ceramics. Not only did they meet local demand, but they also sailed overseas and became an important commodity on the Maritime Silk Road. In the late Qing Dynasty, Guangxi pottery industry hit a new peak, Qinzhou Xiaoxing pottery dominated, it not only won praise in the country, but also shined on the international stage, won the gold medal of the 1915 San Francisco Panama Pacific International Exposition and the 1930 Belgian World Ceramics Exhibition.
Guangxi's kiln fire has gone through countless changes from prehistory to modern times, but it has always burned endlessly, constantly innovating. This is the charm of "Wannian Guitao", and it is also Guangxi's unique contribution to the world's ceramic technology.
Producer: Luo Rui, Jiang Xiaoling.
Co-ordinator: Chen Lijie, Luo Shanshan, Li Dongyan.
Copywriter: Su Wenqing.
*: Yao Jiaqi.
Editor: Wu Jiazhou, Zhang Yue, Feng Shanwei |Interns: Jiang Yuchen, Chen Kaijuan, Lan Fang.
Part**Material**: Visual China.
Produced by Guangxi Yunqingmang Studio.
Special thanks to: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Museum.