Judging from the porcelain fragments, we can know from the cross sections and bases that the raw materials are mainly local kaolin clay and porcelain clay. The shapes of the utensils include bowls, plates, cups, cups, pots, bottles, jars, jars, etc. It didn’t take much effort for everyone to make them. Fifteen or six types have been collected and sorted out. The glaze colors mainly include celadon glaze, black glaze, sauce glaze, white glaze and milky white glaze.
Among them, celadon glaze porcelain has richer colors, including green, green-yellow, green-gray, green-brown, green-white, etc.
Most of the decorative patterns on the objects are mainly plain, but there are also a small number of objects with printed grass leaf patterns and rope patterns.
Zhang Cheng picked up a piece of porcelain with milky white glaze: "This is a bit rare. Is it the same type as the small melon-rimmed jar that blind man Li Er left for you?"
Zhou Zhi shook his head. : "No. That thing is more similar to the Qiong Kiln of the Five Dynasties, and it is earlier than the one here."
"So this is the Song Dynasty?"
"Well, the Northern Song Dynasty, and it lasted for a long time." After speaking, he looked at the Minjiang Bay below the gully: "There are many benefits of firing here, and the materials are easy to obtain. The finished product is easy to transport. It is just in the middle reaches of the ancient waterway of the Minjiang River, connecting with the capital of Shu. , connecting Jiazhou below and looking towards Emei in the west, it occupies the very center of the Golden Corridor.”
“It can be almost concluded that the kilns here are quite large and last for a long time, with products from different periods. Quite rich." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but sigh. Tone: "It's a pity that it has not been taken seriously for a long time and has not been properly protected. The strata have been disturbed by fruit farmers who have opened up wasteland, which will add a lot of difficulties to future research work."
"This..." Dad Lu Hearing this, he was frightened: "The people who open up wasteland won't be in any trouble. Right?”
Zhou Zhi smiled: “That’s not the case. After all, it’s difficult for ordinary people to judge the importance of similar kiln sites without certain professional knowledge. However, it should be reported to the local government and a professional archaeological team sent out. Come for a field trip.”
After speaking, he picked up a few black and white porcelain tiles from the ground and touched them gently in his hands: "If nothing else, these few porcelain tiles alone are already of quite high value."
Lu Qiao took the porcelain piece over and found that the black The color of the inner tube of the porcelain tile is not the same color as the Baise "Guanyin Clay" pointed out by Zhou Zhi, but a red mud color, and the glaze color on the surface is similar to the surface of the black sauce-glazed jar bowl that can be seen in the countryside. Rough, and a little ugly.
The soil of the white porcelain tiles is not much lighter than that of the black porcelain tiles, and the glaze color on the surface is more like the hanging glaze on some cheap flower pots today. If Zhou Zhi hadn’t pointed out that it was from the Song Dynasty, she would have This place will definitely be regarded as a garbage dump of broken porcelain.
I couldn’t help but frowned: “What’s their value?”
“Among the major kiln sites in Sichuan, kilns of the same era were firing these types of products in a pit. Glazed ceramics are relatively rare, and although the white porcelain kiln site was mentioned in Du Fu's poems, it was rarely discovered before. It was not until last year that a white porcelain kiln site in the Tang Dynasty was actually established - Qiongzhou kiln. "
"Colleagues discovered black porcelain and white porcelain at this kiln site. In the Song Dynasty, only Dingzhou kiln, which had a very developed ceramic industry, had this phenomenon. If after research, it can be determined that these two porcelain pieces were fired in the same period, It will be a brand new era for the ancient porcelain industry in central Sichuan. Discovered. "
" Even if it is not, this site is an important part of the ancient black porcelain and white porcelain kiln system in central Sichuan and is of considerable value. "
After speaking, he took out Big Brother. : "No, I have to report it to the history department of the school. Make a phone call and tell them to come over quickly..."
"Elbow elbow!" Dad Lu quickly stopped Zhou Zhi, rubbed his hands a little carefully, and then gave him a wink: "Look at this... …”
In a blink of an eye, Zhou Zhi After understanding it, he smiled and put away Big Brother again: "But I have too many things to do now. I have to concentrate on completing most of the courses in the two school years. Otherwise... What a coincidence, Do you want to give a report to the history department?”
"Ah? How to write a report?" Lu Qiao was a little dumbfounded: "I don't know how. And my Chinese department, will they accept my report?" "Silly girl, isn't this the point here? You don't know how. Don’t you know how to learn? He’ll teach you!” Mother Lu realized now and said quickly.
“This is a discovery report, not an investigation report.” Zhou Zhi encouraged Lu Qiao: “It’s not difficult. We visited the Three Gorges during the summer vacation and wrote a lot to the Three Gorges Cultural Preservation Foundation. You are a sophomore in Chinese and can handle it easily.”
“Now let’s deal with the kiln furniture, utensils, and glaze. Collect as many colorful fragments as possible. I will give you a few books to read after I return to the capital of Shu. You can just draw up one according to the template of our Three Gorges inspection report."
"As for that. You don’t have to worry about the history department. Shu University has never separated literature and history. Do you think I often go to both ends?”
"Yes," Lu Qiao also covered his mouth and smiled: "I seem to have heard Dean Gu complain that the History Department used you too easily. You are really not unusual at all."
" Then just do another field trip." Zhou Zhi asked Dad Lu: "Is there any place for making porcelain in the countryside around here, the kind of small kiln that burns wood and coal? , not the kind of chemical electric kiln. "
"Yes, there are several!" Dad Lu said: "We often go to the county for meetings together, so we are very familiar with them! Look!”
Not far from Yang Jin’an’s home, there is a group of villagers in Tanguanyao Village. When Zhou Zhi and his party came over, the small kiln was in full swing.
Seeing Lao Lu coming with his people, he was very happy: "Oh my god, the wind is so strong today on the Minjiang River. Why did it bring your family here? Oh, this young man with handsome features is a clever girl. of..."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm a classmate of Qiaoqiao!" Father Lu knew that rural men often make dirty jokes, so he quickly stopped: "Lao Yang, please be serious, I have something serious to do with you today!"
Wait When I made my intention clear, Yang Jin'an then said: "This matter? I really know it when you think of it."
Lu Qiao had already taken out his notebook and pen and was ready: "Uncle Yang, tell us about it." ”
"Drink tea, drink tea..." Yang Jin'an lit up the cigarette that Dad Lu handed him and took a puff. He asked everyone to sit down and then said slowly: "Here we are, we have heard it from our parents since we were young. This Dragon Gate Formation.”
“It is said that there was a dynasty eight hundred years ago. The old emperor believed in Feng Shui very much. One day, a Mr. Yin and Yang told him that there is a big dragon vein hidden in our Shu!”
"This dragon's veins curved and curved in the high mountains and ridges until they reached the edge of the Minjiang River. Then the dragon's head was exposed and buried in the Minjiang River to drink water."
"The emperor was shocked and asked this Does it mean that there will be an emperor in Shu? If we don't eradicate it as soon as possible, will rebels be born and endanger our great country?"
< br>"Mr. Yin Yang said that this is not impossible to resolve. This dragon is white, so the exposed dragon head is also white, so after it turns into a mountain, it will also be white."
"Hey, As long as you follow this clue and search all the way up the Minjiang River, you can find it!" (End of Chapter)