The ceramic industrial cluster area of ​​Shenwa Town, Yuzhou City is planned to be built outside Provincial Highway 231 in the north of Shenwa Town, Yuzhou City, covering four administrative villages: Luowang, Biangou, Miaojiawan and Liangqiao. The project covers an area of ​​700 acres. Shenwa Town is located 30 kilometers southwest of Yuzhou City, Henan Province. It is a historic ancient porcelain town. It is famous for its production of Jun porcelain. In 2003, it was awarded the "Capital of Jun porcelain" by the China Arts and Crafts Association, and was awarded the "National Historical and Cultural Town" in 2005, and it was awarded the protection of the origin of Jun porcelain in 2004. Shenwa Town is the most important ceramic production area in Yuzhou City and one of the largest ceramic production bases in Henan Province. The total output accounts for about one-fifth of the province's ceramic production capacity. It is a major ceramic sales center and distribution center in northern my country. In 2005, the total number of ceramic industries in Shenwa Town reached 497.

The ceramic industrial agglomeration area of ​​Shen'an Town, Yuzhou City meets the spatial structure needs according to the planning principles of local concentration, intensive land use and industrial agglomeration. It is planned that by 2010, the number of ceramic enterprises entering the industrial agglomeration area will grow to 50.

Shenwa Town is located in the southwest of Yuzhou City, central Henan Province. It is the birthplace of Jun porcelain culture, which is well-known both at home and abroad. It is a famous Chinese historical and cultural town with typical regional characteristics formed by more than 5,000 ceramic culture. It is the economic, cultural and commercial center at the junction of Yuzhou City, Jia County and Ruzhou City. The total area of ​​the town is 1 square kilometer and a total population of 42,000, of which the town has a population of 20,000, and the built area of ​​the town is 10 square kilometers. The name of "Shenwa Ancient Town" has been crowned four times in history. Because it is still rich in various ceramics, "Shenwa Ancient Town" is known as the only "living ancient town" in the country.

Shenwa Town has been successively identified as "a pilot town for economic development in 100 small towns in rural areas across the country" and "a key town for small town construction in Henan Province" in the country. In September 2003, it was awarded the honorary title of "China's Jun Porcelain Capital" by the China Arts and Crafts Association. In early 2006, Shenwa Town was named "China's Historical and Cultural Town".

Shenwa Town is located in the shallow mountain area of ​​Funiu Mountain. In the town area, there are Jiaozi Mountain, Fengchi Mountain, Niotou Mountain, Fengyang Mountain, in the west, Daliu Mountain, and Yungai Mountain in the north. Qianming Mountain, which runs east and west, divides the town into two narrow basins. The southern basin is an industrial area dominated by the ceramic industry in Shenwa Town, and the northern basin is mainly grain-producing area dominated by agriculture, and the Xiaohe River runs through it. Xiaohe and Xiaoqing River run through the area. Most of the cultivated land is hill slopes, and the water conservancy conditions are poor. There are rich mineral resources in the territory, with clay reserves of 1 billion tons, coal 800 million tons, limestone 1 billion tons, bauxite, purple sand gravel and other mineral resources also have certain reserves.

One of the ceramic centers. It was called Shendadian in the Song Dynasty, and it began to be called Shenda Town in the Ming Dynasty, which belonged to Hongchangdu, and was written in the Qing Dynasty. A folk song was popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: "Enter Shenda Mountain, watch the seven-mile long street, and 72 kilns, fireworks cover the sky, merchants walk everywhere, and make money every day." This shows the prosperity at that time.

Shenwa was called Shenwadian in ancient times, and was called Zhen in the Ming Dynasty, which belonged to the Hongchang Capital Lingjinli; Qing Dynasty belonged to Wenfengli; in the early years of the Republic of China, it was still in Wenfengli, and later it was established. In 1961, it was called Shenwa Town, and was renamed Shenwa Commune in 1968, and it was rebuilt to Shenwa Town until now.

The long history has left Shenwa Town with rich cultural relics and historical sites. At present, Shenwa Town District has 1 national key cultural relics protection unit, 3 provincial cultural relics protection units, various ancient temples, ancient houses, ancient ancestral halls, etc. Most of them are distributed in the ancient town area with an area of ​​3 square kilometers with an old street as the core.

Bolingweng Temple, Guandi Temple, Confucian Temple, Laojun Temple, Baiyi Hall, Laojun Temple, etc. The main Ming and Qing Dynasties houses include Xijiayuan, Baijiayuan, Wenjiayuan, Huojiayuan, Wangjiayuan, Xinjiayuan, etc. In addition, there are other buildings or facilities such as Junci Street, Antique Market, Wangsongmen, Zuoyu Bridge, Tianbaozhai, Dengyuzhai and other buildings or facilities.

National key cultural relics protection unit. Zushi Temple is located in the north of Tianbaozhai, on the top of Ganming Mountain. It is a municipal cultural relics protection unit. The main building is Zushi Temple, a hard mountain-style building with a platform, three rooms wide and two rooms deep. On the east side of the main hall is the Shenha Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, with lush pines and cypresses, and lush green. Lingquan Temple Ginkgo Tree is located on the southern foot of Fengchi Mountain in the eastern suburbs of the town. It is 1 kilometer northwest from the Shenha Town Archway. The tree is more than 1,500 years old and is a municipal cultural relics protection unit. There is a spring behind the tree, with clear water quality, and is known as Lingquan, commonly known as Tengdu Well. The original Lingquan Temple has its building rebuilt today.

In the Confucius Temple, every spring and autumn, students nearby were held. During the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were provincial governors and officials, and they were taught.

The folk arts of Shen'an include stilts, dry boats, dragon lanterns, lion dances, and big sounds. During festivals, various industries raise funds to hire local opera troupes from Henan to perform. Among them, the "A handful of mud" (Kiln Worker) troupes that serve themselves in the local kilns are the best and most famous. The local traditional snacks are in the Shangpokou area, including fire-baked beef, mutton, oil-cooked fire-baked, Sheng Maoxiang's pastries, etc.

The name of the trough is named after the beginning, and there are different opinions. One said that "Shenha" is a star name. Because the main mountain of Shenha (the north mountain is Ganming Mountain) is low and Yingshan (the south mountain is Daliu Mountain) is high, Yingshan suppresses the main mountain and cannot produce talents. The ancients built land temples in Nanshan to lower Yingshan, built Tianye Pavilion in Beishan to improve the position of the main mountain, and named it with the name of the star in the sky to adjust "Feng Shui". I hope that the people of Shenha will be outstanding and the people will be rich and prosperous in the years. One said that according to the "Six Dians of Tang" Volume 14, "Dabu Shu" records: "The bi-stylistic divination of the similarities and differences between the three styles, one thunder formula, two-day Taiyi style, and three-day Liuren style." In "Liu Ren" There are "twelve generals" and "twelve month gods". The twelve month gods are the first month of the year, and the two month of the sky Kui... The twelve month gods (the twelve month is very cold, and the sun is later in the sun, and the second Xuanwu enters the uterus is the gods and the next general). Zi belongs to "water" in the five elements. Because the shenwu is rich in porcelain, the kilns are mostly strong, and the water is lacking accordingly. The five elements are not functioning, and the water cannot be balanced. Use water to denote the place name to indicate that water in the sky is combined with underground fire, and water is used to replenish fire to make green. The "Book of Changes" says: "When water and fire are harmonious, great things are accomplished." Some people say that Shang Tang was successful in praying for rain in Sanfeng Mountain, Yuzhou. In order to commemorate him, local residents respect Shang Tang as the gods and named Shen Tang as the village name.

There is another saying that in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the auspicious beast Zuo Yu was obtained here. The emperor issued an order to build the Baihu Temple in front of Daliu Mountain, and build the Zuo Yu Bridge behind the mountain. In front of the temple, behind the temple, in front of the gods, and behind the gods, and the name of the gods was interpreted.

There are also several interesting legends about the word "天" in Shenwu: In the Song Dynasty, someone sent Shenwu Jun porcelain to Bianjing. When Huizong saw it, he was overjoyed and watched it repeatedly, saying, "Excellent, a rare treasure!" He hurriedly asked where it was produced, and the servants told him that it was produced by Shenwu. Huizong said, "天神生 should be the best for this treasure." He then picked up the pen and added the word "天神生", so the queen became "天神 (天神生). After Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty ascended the throne, he thought it was not good to hold the earth at the foot of the mountain to the top of his head and use the earth to suppress people, so he moved the word "天神生 to Below was changed to "Shenwu". In the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi liked Jun porcelain very much. After listening to the story about the change of the character "hou", she thought that it was not good to hold the earth on her head and use it to suppress people with earth, but it was a pity to step on her feet. It was better to carry it on her back, which became "shen dirt". Another saying was that the character "hou" was originally the character "天", and there was a mound below. Zhu Zaiwu, the Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne. In order to avoid taboos, the mound with the character "天" was removed and written as "天". In the Qing Dynasty, the original name was restored and it was written as "shenwu". Later, the customary usage was followed and it was still written as "shenwu".

Shenwa is famous both at home and abroad because of its production of Jun porcelain, so its naming is also of concern to all levels of society. After the founding of the People's Government of Yuzhou City and Shenwa Town People's Government sent people to conduct investigations and wrote to inquire about the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After investigation, there is no star name "Shenwa" in the history of Chinese astronomy, which denies the legend that "Shenwa" is a star name, and no other legend can be found. Only the "Shenwa" is recorded in the "Six Dictations of Tang Dynasty" that "Shenwa" is the twelve moon gods. Because it belongs to water, Shenwa kilns have many fires, so they are named to achieve the balance of water and fire. The name of Shenwa may come from this.

As for the name, it is not difficult to see from the legend that the common point of the above legend is that the people of Shenlu have long attached great importance to the rich porcelain soil resources in the local area, and they all hope that under the blessing of the gods, the kiln industry will flourish and the economy will be developed. That is, "Shen" is a god. In ancient times, the earth was called "Hou Tu", and "Shenlu" is a place where the gods are blessed.

There is no way to check when the name of Shenwu began. According to the "Junzhou Shenwu Mountain Temple Stele" in the third year of Yongle (1405) of the Ming Dynasty, "...Shenwu Mountain is in the wilderness of Junzhou... In the autumn of the second year of Yongle, auspicious beasts emerged... This is the Zuoyu called "Ruiyingtu"... The imperial edict was issued to the imperial court and added ceremonies to praise it. The ministers inside and outside paid a greeting and congratulating, and the name of this mountain will be spread throughout the world......The Yongming of the Ming Dynasty

The third year of Le was written by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. " From this we can see that the name of Shenwu was established in the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, that is, before 1405. According to the "History of Ming Dynasty·Biography of King Zhou Di" and "Collection of Books·Jifangdian", the "Porcelain comes out of Shenwu Mountain in Yuzhou" to prove that the word "Shenwu" in the early Ming Dynasty had a mound. In order to avoid the taboo of Zhu Zaixing of Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty, the legend of removing the mound is credible.

The name of the ancient town Shenwu originated from the Han Dynasty. Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang took Xianyang west, and thanks to the rich resources of Gulong Mountain, he raised troops and accumulated sharp weapons and captured the imperial city in one fell swoop. After ascending the throne, he appointed Gulong Mountain as Da Liu Mountain and built a temple to worship the sky. Later, Wang Mang usurped the power, Emperor Guangwu fled to Nanyang east and escaped the pursuit of the emperor behind the statue of Emperor Gaozu. In order to commemorate the danger and the escape of the land, he also named the "Empress of God".

??In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the Jun porcelain produced in this place was loved by Emperor Huizong of Song. He personally wrote "Shenjun Bao Porcelain" and "Exquisite and Exquisite", and wrote "Shenhou (top 'earth' and 'hou' and 'hou')" to show that the world is full of the land of respecting the queen of God. Emperor Gaozong traveled south to the south and was inspiring the restoration of civil and military officials and generals. In his spare time, he visited the Qinghe County Government and saw the exquisite porcelain, which meant to take it. Zhang Jun was so scared that he paid tribute overnight. He recalled his father and thought of appreciating the beauty of Jun porcelain, so he imitated the old examples and set up an official kiln to fire it. He failed to burn it for a long time and was angrily beheaded.

In order to survive, the new kiln official reported that the Shenhou was able to burn Jun porcelain because of the imperial seal of Emperor Huizong. In a disappointment, Emperor Gaozong changed the pen to the word "hou (top 'earth' and 'hou')" to the word "官" to show that the earth in the world is more valuable than "官方 (top 'earth' and 'hou' and 'hou'). However, it still could not be burned, and several kiln officials were killed in succession. In order to survive, the kiln artists spread all over the place that Gaozong was the lord of half of the rivers and mountains, and his seal could only be counted as half, so the Jun porcelain could not be burned. Emperor Gaozong had to stop hearing this.

【Houtu Certification】

Houtu was originally the name of Taoist god, with its full name "Chengtian imitation of virtue and glorification of Houtu emperor and earth god", also known as "Chengtian imitation of earth god", this goddess who controls the birth of yin and yang, the beauty of all things and the beauty of mountains and rivers of the earth, is the fourth heavenly emperor among the "Four Emperors" of Taoist gods. In ancient China, there was a saying of "Emperor and Empression of the Earth", which shows that Houtu God who dominates the Earth mountains and rivers is relative to the Jade Emperor who dominates the Heavenly Realm, and is a noble god.

Houtu is not an unfamiliar god to the people. She is actually what people commonly call "Earth Mother".

"Book of Rites: The Special Saints of the Suburbs": "The earth carries all things, the sky hangs its elephants, and uses the earth, and learns from the sky. Therefore, it respects the sky and is close to the earth. Therefore, it teaches the people to repay the beauty of the earth." This explanation of the reasons for worship of the earth god is relatively simple. In other words, ancient humans worship the earth god in order to repay it for the merits of carrying all things and nurturing all things.

According to the "Search of the Three Deeds of Origin and Stream" Volume 1 of "Hou Tuhuang Dizhi": "The heaven and earth are not divided, and they are mixed and become one; the second rituals are initially judged, and the yin and yang positioning is therefore clear and the air rises and becomes the Yang heaven, and the turbid air descends and becomes the Yin earth. Those who are Yang heaven are passed down from the five heavens, and the five heavens are positioned, and the sun and the moon are placed on the other side, which are uneven and mysterious. Those who are Yin earth are multiplied by the five yellows, and the five energys condense, carrying rivers, seas, mountains, forests and houses. Therefore, the sun and the sun are yang and the earth are yin, and the mother of the heaven and earth are also. "Shi Lue" 》The so-called 'Tu is the first judgment of the loess in heaven and earth, so it is called the Mother of the Earth.' The temple was in Fenyang. On July 23, 5th year of Dazhong Xiangfu in Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, he was granted the title of "Hou Tu Huang Di Ji". In the year of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, he was honored as "Hou Tu Huang Di Ji". In the year of his journey, he was personally worshipped by Huayin. Now, the Xuan Temple in Yangzhou is a poem of Hou Tu. There is a jade flower in front of the hall, and the fragrance is different, which is not a common quality in the world. Emperor Zhenzong confers the title of Chengtian and emulates the law and virtue to glorify Hou Tu Huang Di Ji (note: it should be Huizong)."

There are various legends about the origin of the Houtu God. "Mandarin·Luyu" says that the gods were the sons of Gonggong, who could pacify the nine states and become the earth god. "Zuo Zhuan" also says that the name of the god is: "Tu Zheng is Houtu" and "Zhou Li·Da Si Le" is called "di Shi". "Li·Monthly Order" says "Central Earth, the emperor Huangdi, and the god Houtu".

If we collect some works before the Han Dynasty, we can see that the belief in "Houtu" before the Han Dynasty is actually a kind of land belief.

"Zuo Zhuan" says: The king walks on Houtu and wears the emperor's heaven." Kong Shu: "To use the earth god Houtu, it is said that Houtu is a great name for the earth."

"The Literature of Zhou·Da Zongbo" says: "When the king is a great conferred title, he will first report to Houtu." Zheng's note: "Houtu is the god of earth."

"The Book of Rites: Tan Gong" says: "Your raising him and crying in Houtu." Zheng's note: "Houtu is the society."

"Book of Zhou·Wucheng" says: "Tell me about the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven." Cai Chuan: "Julong is the Queen of the Earth." According to "Five Lises Tongkao" says: "The earth will become the God of Man after this."

"The Book of Rites: The Law of Sacrifice" says: "The Gonggong family dominated the nine provinces, and his son was called Houtu." Kong Shu: "The descendants of Gonggong's descendants loved the officials of Houtu." "The Five Lises Tongkao" says: "The earth became the official after this."

"The Book of Rites": "If you worship the sky in the southern suburbs, you will worship the earth in the northern suburbs. If you worship the sky and enter the Yang position, you will worship the earth and enter the Yin position."

In any case, if we pay attention to these works before the Han Dynasty, we will find that Houtu once referred to the name of a god produced by history at that time, and "Houtu" was the name of a male god. This male god had a father who was famous in Chinese mythology. His father was the Gonggong clan who fought for the emperor with Huangdi and was angry at the Gonggong clan in Buzhou Mountain. Houtu had another famous grandson in mythology, namely "Kaofu", an idealist who was persistent in tracking the sun.

"Zuo Zhuan" Zhaogong 29th year: "Therefore, there are officials of the five elements, which are called five elements. Wood is called Jumang, Fire is called Zhurong, Jin is called Rushou, Water is called Xuanming, Tuzheng is called Houtu. Zhuanxu's son has a son called Li, which is Zhurong; Gonggong's son has a son called Julong, which is Houtu. Houtu Society."

"Shan Hai Jing, Hai Nei Jing": "Comonggong gave birth to Hou Tu, Hou Tu gave birth to ye Ming, and Ye Ming was born in twelve years."

The same as the "Northern Classic of Great Wilderness": "In the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called Chengdu Zaitian. Someone is a yellow snake and a pair of yellow snakes named Kuafu. Houtu gave birth to Xin, and Xin gave birth to Kuafu." Hao Yixing's note: "Houtu, the clan of Gong's Gong family, also saw the "Zuo Zhuan" in the 29th year of Zhaogong, and also saw the "Hai Nei Jing"."

"The Classic of Hai Nei": "Common Engineering gave birth to Houtu."

"Mandarin·Luyu" says: "The King Gong clan has nine tyrants, and his son said Houtu, who can level the nine tyrants." It seems that it is the historicization of the myth of "Kong Gong gave birth to Houtu" in the "Shan Hai Jing".

Among all these records about Houtu, we think the most noteworthy one is the record in the "Shan Hai Jing". According to this record, "Hou Tu" controls the world of the dead.

The original version of the Shanhai Jing should be a geographical archive collected by the Zhou Dynasty government. As early as 1929, Shanghai World Bookstore published Mao Dun writing "ABC in Chinese Mythology" under the pen name "Xuanshu". That is, he used the content of Shanhai Jing to verify the content of "Chu Ci" and discovered that it was found in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to the article "Summoning Souls" in "Chu Ci", Houtu was the god who dominated the underground capital.

The "Shan Hai Jing" in "Shan Hai Jing" says: "In the North Sea, there is a mountain called the mountain of Youdu. Black water comes out. There are mysterious birds, mysterious snakes, mysterious leopards, mysterious tigers, and mysterious foxes on it. There are great Xuan Mountains, Xuan Qiu people (Guo Note: It means that the characters on the hill are all gone), there are great Qing Kingdoms, and red shins (Guo Note: The knees are all red)."

Mao Dun thought that everything in the "Youdu" mentioned here was black, which was quite similar to the bleak and bleakness in the dark country mentioned in Greek mythology. Primitive people's concept of the world after death was mostly terrible. However, the "Youdu" myth in "Shan Hai Jing" is not complete. Mao Dun still needs to quote Wang Yi's comments on "Summoning the Soul" to show that Houtu is the king of Youdu:

"When I return, I have no place to go to this Youdu. (Wang Yi's note: The underground is dark, so it is called Youdu.) The nine reciprocals of Tubo (Wang Yi's note: The Tubo is the marquis of Houtu. The good is to be crooked.) The more you think. (Wang Yi's note: There is a Tubo guarding the gateway underground. The nine reciprocals of his body is bent and horns, which is to cause harm to people. The more you think, it is good for appearance.) The more you keep your arms and blood, (Dun, thick; the more you keep your arms and back; the more you make your hands and thumbs.) The more you turn to be stern. (The more you look, you look.) The more you look at the tiger's head, and your body is like a cow."

During the Song Dynasty, people in Yangdi area generally made green glaze porcelain, and an old woman led her son to burn a porcelain kiln. One day, when the kiln was opened, several pieces of glaze porcelain with red and purple spots suddenly appeared. The old woman was overjoyed. It must have been the "Kiln God" who appeared and hurriedly called the whole family to burn incense and kowtow at Boling Weng Temple. But when the second kiln was burned, the glaze color was no longer seen. The old woman was very puzzled, why the "Kiln God" was not effective? At this time, she suddenly saw a lot of copper chips underground in the workshop house, so she asked her son who withdrew it? The son said that it was not for him to withdraw it.

There was only one passing copper smith who stayed here overnight the day before yesterday. The old woman thought, could it be that red glaze had something to do with this copper smith? So she put the copper smith in the glaze, and indeed it was fired into a more bright and beautiful rose purple glaze than the first time. The news spread, and kilns far and near followed suit. Later, a skilled craftsman combined copper ore in the glaze and also fired into purple-red glaze. From then on, the green glaze ware was not a simple single-color glaze, but a variety of colors, as if red glows suddenly appeared in the blue sky.

"Earthworms walk on mud patterns"

"Earthworms walk in mud pattern" is a special pattern on the glaze surface of Jun porcelain. It looks like the traces left by earthworms crawling on the mud ground. It is a winding and twisting line with different lengths. Some are single lines, and some are multiple lines intersecting each other. This pattern originated from the official kiln of the Song Jun, and is unique to Jun porcelain. It is one of the artistic characteristics of the kiln transformation of Jun porcelain.

Regarding earthworms walking through mud patterns, there is a legend among the people of Yuzhou: the Ying River in the north pass of Yuzhou City was very deep, and there were fish, turtles, shrimps, crabs and other aquatic races living in the water. The aquatic race has a common leader, called the "Taowang". This king is supreme and holds the power of life and death of the aquatic races, which is very powerful.

The earthworms also lived in the water at that time, swimming around like crabs and shrimps. The earthworms were also very good friends with crabs. One day, the two pincers on the crab's head accidentally cut off the two long beards of the shrimp, and the shrimp went to the head king to complain. The shrimp was very sperm. In order to sue the crab, it secretly gave the head king a night pearl. The head king was very happy when he saw it, and accepted it. As the saying goes: Eat someone's mouth and take someone's hands short. After receiving the bribe, the head king turned to the shrimp, so he convicted the crab and wanted to burn it to death with fire.

When the earthworm heard about this, he was very unfair about the crab, so he went to the head king to judge him. The head king could not listen. Without saying anything, he was sentenced to the earthworm and the crab and sentenced to death together.

Two executioners carried crabs and earthworms to the shore, searching for places with fire, and wandering around to the Jun kiln on the south bank of Yinghe River. They happened to see the kiln workers loading the kiln. The two water ghosts took advantage of the situation and put the crabs and earthworms into the cage helmets with the Jun porcelain glaze. The crabs lay on a chicken heart plate, and the earthworms lay on a drum nail to wash. The two water ghosts secretly watched the kiln workers pack the kiln and seal the kiln door. They just waited for the fire to return to the water and report to the head king.

After a while, the kiln workers lit the kiln. Suddenly, the smoke filled the kiln, making the crab cry, and the tears dripped on the chicken heart plate. It couldn't stand it anymore, so it struggled to climb out of the plate and finally crawled out of the plate. At this time, the temperature in the kiln had risen? The crabs were still burned to ashes. The earthworms also crawled out in the drum nails at first, but the edges of the drum nails were high, and the earthworms crawled slowly, and soon they were burned to ashes.

After the fire was fired in this kiln, the kiln workers found that there were many pearl-like spots in a chicken heart plate. A drum nail was washed with many patterns that looked like earthworms. The kiln workers thought these spots and patterns were very beautiful, so they named them "Pearl Dots" and "Earthworm Patterns". From then on, all Jun porcelains burned in this kiln had several pieces with earthworm patterns, and sometimes pearl spots appeared. The kiln workers felt that it was amazing, not knowing what was going on. But the aquariums in the Ying River knew that this was the unjust soul of crabs and earthworms! They should not be punished for death, and they were sentenced to death. This was a huge injustice!

Shortly after the crabs and earthworms were burned to death by the fire, the descendants of the earthworms felt that this king was too domineering and did not want to be bullied in the water anymore, so they moved to the land and arched into the soil to stay. But it was not enough to leave the water completely. They would go wherever the soil was wet, and they often crawled around on the wet mud. When people in later generations saw it, they only knew that earthworms would arch and walk through the mud, so people changed the "earthworm pattern" to "earthworm pattern".

The origin of the Five Sons' Enrollment Bottle

Among the many varieties of Jun porcelain, there is a unique shape. It consists of six gourds, with a large gourd in the middle. There are five small gourds connected to it around the big gourd. The name of this instrument is "Five Sons Passing the Certificate". Speaking of "Five Sons Passing the Certificate", there is also an unusual origin.

In the Song Dynasty of our country, there was a man named Dou, named Yujun and named Yanshan. He studied hard when he was young, but he failed to pass the exam year after year. Later, he got married and got discouraged and had no intention of seeking fame and fortune. He had five sons, namely Yi, Yan, Kan, Zhong, and Xi, all of whom were smart and clever. He placed all his hopes on his sons and was determined to teach them to become a talent. He asked the children to read their own rich collection of books and guide their children's learning with good educational methods. At the same time, he taught the children all his experiences, lessons, gains and losses in the past learning process. With the hard work of his sons, they all came to the Imperial Emperor List one by one. This incident caused a great sensation at that time, and everyone in the government and the country knew it, and it was a beautiful story for a while.

With this incident, the emperor of the dynasty thought that if all parents in the world could educate their children like Dou Yanshan, make their descendants useful materials for the country, and be loyal to the country, why worry that our Song Dynasty will not be strong for generations. In order to encourage all the people in the world to follow Dou Yanshan, let the world study hard, study hard, and be ambitious for fame, the emperor passed down two imperial edicts: First, the person who compiled Dou Yanshan's deeds of becoming a talented child is in the final draft of the "Three Character Classic" of the elementary school reading book, which will be remembered forever; Second, make a permanent artifact to commemorate this

The matter was completed within half a year. After receiving the order, the Prime Minister immediately went to do it. The first thing was that the Prime Minister asked the minister who was in charge of compiling the "Three Character Classic" to do it, and it was done soon. Therefore, the "Three Character Classic" we see now has a few sentences: "Dou Yanshan has Yifang, who teaches five sons, and is famous all of them." Yifang refers to the rules, laws, principles, etc. in dealing with people, which generally refers to family education. But the second thing was that the Prime Minister had been considerate. One month had passed and had not yet considered it. The Prime Minister was unable to pay attention to what materials to choose.

One day, the Prime Minister was sitting quietly in the study and pondered. The door officials came to report that it was an official who was in charge of tribute porcelain. When the Prime Minister heard this, his eyes lit up: Yes, why not make this permanent utensil into porcelain? The porcelain is not bad, and it is beautiful. The Prime Minister decided to use porcelain as a souvenir, and to use the porcelain of Jun kiln. There were two reasons for him to choose Jun porcelain: one was Dou Yanshan's name was Yu Jun. The Prime Minister was knowledgeable and talented. He immediately thought that Yangdi, which produced Jun porcelain, was the hometown of Dayu, was also the remains of the "Ancient Juntai" where Dayu's son Xia Qi ascended the throne of the Daxiang princes, and near Juntai was the imperial Jun kiln. The Prime Minister said in his heart that using Jun porcelain as a souvenir may be the will of heaven. The second was that Jun porcelain was crystal clear and colorful, ranking first among the five famous porcelains, not as single as other porcelains. The Prime Minister ordered

Within a deadline, the tribute porcelain official fired a profound Jun porcelain to contribute to the emperor and completed the emperor's will. After receiving the order, the tribute porcelain official dared not slacken. After returning to the Jun kiln, he immediately ordered people to design drawings and formulate a production plan. Finally, he chose to use auspicious gourds to complete this important mission. The shape of the utensil is a large gourd in the middle, surrounded by five small gourds and a large gourd. The five small gourds mean five sons, and the big gourd means imperial examination. The gourd is homophonic with "Fu Lu", and has the meaning of "forever and forever (vide belt)", which is in line with the emperor's permanent will. The Jun porcelain kiln workers kept taking turns to make a turn, from making blanks, glazing to firing, and each process was carefully operated, and they dared not be careless. After many failures, they finally fired an exquisite kiln-formed Jun porcelain treasure within the final deadline.

The tribute porcelain official carefully wrapped the treasure of Jun porcelain with silk cloth, and escorted the prime minister's mansion at night. The prime minister went to the palace to present it to the emperor himself. When the emperor saw that six treasure gourds were shining, the glaze color was purple and red, and several curved patterns on the glaze surface were shaped like earthworms walking on mud. It was very beautiful, and the materials were selected appropriately, with profound meaning. After seeing it, the emperor was very happy and issued an order to commend the prime minister, tribute porcelain officer and Jun kiln craftsmen. He also gave this Jun porcelain to the emperor called "Five Sons to the Certificate". The name of "Five Sons to the Certificate" has been passed down and has been used until now.

Guanyin Bottle

The shape of the "Guanyin Bottle" is a common variety of Jun porcelain. Its basic shape is a trumpet mouth, with a neck retracted, a shoulder full, a round belly, and a straight leg to the foot. It is similar to the pure bottle held by Guanyin Bodhisattva in the art works that people have seen. Folk legends say that the pure bottle held by Guanyin is actually a Jun porcelain bottle, which was given to Guanyin by Jun porcelain artists. Guanyin loved it very much. Later, it became a treasure carried with him, used to serve nectar, reduce sweet rain, and save all living beings.

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a severe drought in Yuzhou area, with scorching sun and yellow seedlings. One day, Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was merciful and merciful, came here to save the suffering and suffered. Seeing this scene, he was kind and wanted to cast magic to bring rain to the rain and save the people of Yuzhou. Guanyin thought to himself: "The water in the East China Sea is deep and cannot be taken out, so why not use it? But the mountains are high and the road is far away, what should I use to fill the water? I heard that this area produces a kind of treasure porcelain. Isn't it great to use treasure porcelain bottles to hold water?" Guanyin thought to himself: "The water in the East China Sea is deep and cannot be taken out. Why not use it? But the mountains are high and the road is far away. What should I use to fill the water? I heard that this area produces a kind of treasure porcelain. Isn't it great to use treasure porcelain bottles to hold water?"

When he arrived at the entrance of a kiln house, he knocked on the wooden door. The door opened. A girl named Caihong. Caihong recognized it as Guanyin Bodhisattva, and knelt down and bowed, asking Guanyin Bodhisattva to save the people of Yuzhou. Guanyin said, "I came for this matter, get up quickly. Lend me your Jun porcelain vase for use." Caihong was very happy when she heard this, so she hurried back to the house to take out an exquisite Jun porcelain vase, and repeatedly said that she would give this vase to Guanyin Bodhisattva. Seeing that she was sincere, Guanyin happily accepted it.

Guanyin came to the East China Sea, and turned the mouth of the bottle downwards, muttering words in his mouth. He saw a pillar of water rushed upwards from the sea and drilled into the mouth of the bottle. Guanyin used the bottle to suck water, returned to the sky above Yuzhou, holding the bottle in his hand to start raining. Every time a drop of water drips out of the bottle, it turned into a pouring rain. The bottle kept dripping water, and the heavy rain kept falling. The crops in the field drank enough water, and the seedlings grew straight up, becoming green. The people in the Yuzhou area ran around and told each other, thanking Guanyin Bodhisattva for lowering the nectar. Seeing that the rain had already fallen, Guanyin put away the bottle and drove the clouds to other places to save all living beings.

After the rain, the sky was clear, and all households began to work as usual. The Rainbow Girl was thinking. She fired many Jun porcelain bottles according to the bottle she originally gave to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and named it "Guanyin Bottle" - this is the origin of the Guanyin Bottle shape. Because the Guanyin Bottle is simple in shape and smooth in lines, it is more suitable for the changes in Jun glaze, and has a certain connection with Guanyin Bodhisattva and means auspiciousness and happiness, it is deeply loved by everyone and is still burned to the point of burning.
Chapter completed!