Wen Lao also greeted everyone one by one, and then took Chen Yi into the porcelain kiln, this porcelain kiln is not only firing porcelain, but a workshop integrating production and firing, and the type of porcelain kiln is also a firewood kiln.

During this period of time, Wen Lao can be said to have told him a lot of things about ancient porcelain kilns, which gave him a great understanding of ancient porcelain kilns.

Now Jingdezhen's largest, the most well-preserved firewood kiln is in that ceramic industrial park, this firewood kiln is egg-shaped, because of the unique shape, for Jingdezhen originality, so it is called Jingdezhen kiln, referred to as the town kiln.

From the Qianlong period, the town kiln has been used for more than 200 years, until 1995 before the fire stopped, in 09 years, some antiquities staff rebuilt the town kiln, and in October of that year ignited the fire and re-fired successfully, won the Guinness World Record of the world's largest wood-fired porcelain kiln in one fell swoop.

Firewood kiln can be said to be very rare in Jingdezhen now, this is because the firewood kiln is very difficult to burn porcelain, there are many uncontrollable factors, the yield of each kiln firewood porcelain is very low, and the wood consumed each time is also calculated in tons, which needs to be taken care of by a special master 24 hours a day, constantly adding firewood and monitoring the temperature.

Therefore, the wood-fired kiln is also known as the game of burning money, some small workshops and small businesses can not afford it, its charm lies in the natural color, the temperature can often reach more than 1,200 degrees Celsius when firing pottery, the completely burned ashes are scattered with the hot air current, and the wood ash will interact with the iron element in the ceramics to form a natural ash glaze, which can withstand the taste.

With Wenlao's current firewood kiln, firewood can hold more than 100 pieces of porcelain at a time. Moreover, most of the porcelain produced by Wen Lao is fine porcelain. It is not made by him. It is made by some porcelain masters, and the production of these porcelains also takes time, so the porcelain is not fired every day, and basically only two or three kilns are fired a month.

If the porcelain is made quickly, the interval between the natural kilns will be short, and the speed of the old painting porcelain. Chen Yi is deeply aware of his skillful technique, and he paints exquisite pictures on porcelain, as simple as drinking water.

Of course, in addition to the speed of painting, it is the technique of Master Wen's kiln firing, and among the masters of Jingdezhen today, Master Wen's wood-fired porcelain has the highest yield rate, and the reason for this is his great understanding of porcelain firing.

In the previous introduction, Chen Yi heard Wen Lao say. He said that he had spent twenty or thirty years researching each piece of porcelain after firing. The location of the kiln has been analyzed in detail, and the current success rate has been achieved, of course, at a great cost.

In addition, in the introduction of Wen Lao, he also knew that Jun kiln, one of the five famous kilns in China, was also firing.

It's just that the location is in Yuzhou, Central Plains Province, which is also the birthplace of Jun porcelain culture, and it is fired several times a year, and a qiē will be carried out in accordance with the firing tradition of the official kiln of the Great Song Dynasty.

At the kiln opening ceremony, the staff all wore Song Dynasty costumes, making people feel like crossing the general, and after the kiln was opened, the kiln union would take out a piece of hot Jun kiln porcelain, in this process, the porcelain experts on the side would be judged, and occasionally a good piece of porcelain would be tied to it with a ribbon to make a mark.

According to Wen Lao, he was once invited to visit the kiln opening ceremony, a kiln of more than 130 pieces of Jun porcelain, of which there are only 16 pieces of qualified products without flaws, and any of these qualified products cost at least 100,000 yuan.

In addition to the qualified products, the rest will be in accordance with the customs of the Song Dynasty official kiln, all smashed, this very cruel move, so that many people can not accept, some people hold their favorite porcelain and refuse to start, but the staff does not have the slightest merciless intentions, the unqualified Jun porcelain next to him picked up and smashed to the Jun Soul Pool.

This is to ensure the quality of the Jun kiln, some staff explained, this kind of thing, but also let many people feel insightful, even if there are some flaws, these porcelain is also a beautiful work of art, has a certain value, but unfortunately, in other kilns, these porcelain can be retained, but in the Jun kiln, unqualified will be broken.

The firing of Jun kiln is extremely difficult, and what people can do is only to make billets before entering the kiln, glazing, and before the furnace, no one knows what will happen, which is the origin of the color of the kiln and the color of the kiln.

In this Jun kiln, it can also be wrapped in the kiln, many companies or units for customized gifts, usually spend more than 100,000 yuan for the kiln, but the production of this Jun kiln, like a gambling stone, ten kilns and nine inconsistencies.

Someone spends more than 100,000 yuan to pack a kiln, and the result may not be a piece, or it may become a piece, which is worth millions, and then it will be profitable, which is the difficulty of firing traditional porcelain.

So every time the kiln is fired, it is a rare learning opportunity for Chen Yi, during this time, not only in Wen Lao's own porcelain kiln to study, but also when other firewood kilns are to be burned, Wen Lao will also take him to study, sometimes take two or three pieces of porcelain to cut in line.

Some of these porcelain kilns are friends of Wen Lao for many years, and there are some people in charge, for Wen Lao to be able to come to their porcelain kiln to visit, it is simply an honor, in the Chinese porcelain restoration industry, Wen Lao is the most famous master, its status is like Gu Jingzhou in the seven elders of Zisha in the year.

Chen Yi and Wen Lao entered the porcelain kiln together, and on both sides of the kiln mouth, a lot of porcelain waiting to enter the kiln was placed, and this porcelain kiln was a place dedicated to firing underglaze color, including some overglaze and underglaze mixed color porcelain.

If it is fired glaze color, it must be fired here to make white glazed porcelain, and then paint various decorations on the porcelain surface, and then go to the porcelain kiln red furnace for low-temperature baking, this kind of furnace can generally only fire some low-temperature glazed porcelain.

Wen Lao personally entered the kiln, took Chen Yi, and took the porcelain they made by hand, explaining to Chen Yi some of the benefits of each location of the kiln, and what changes would occur.

When firing high-temperature porcelain, the porcelain needs to be put into the sagger to fire, which is a kind of porcelain with the firing of the placement of the utensils, and will play a protective role in the porcelain blank, due to the good closure, will improve the quality of the porcelain.

Jingdezhen potters have a saying, called one full two burns three extinguished, which can be said to summarize the three aspects of firewood kiln skills, that is, the yard box is full of kilns, firewood smelting, timely extinguishment, in a day-long time, potters need to add firewood uninterruptedly to smelt, and to use a pair of fire eyes to observe the temperature of the kiln, with experience to master the fire.

Under the guidance of Wen Lao, Chen Yi once again loaded the porcelain pieces into the sagger, and after experiencing it for a while, after being completely proficient, Wen Lao continued to instruct Chen Yi to put some porcelain in the sagger into the designated position.

After the entire kiln was full, Wen Lao took Chen Yi and all the kiln workers out of the kiln, and then blocked the kiln mouth with bricks, leaving only an observation port for sending firewood.

In the porcelain kiln factory of Wen Lao, there is a pile master trained by him, that is, the chief director of the kiln, who is a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, named Ge Dashan.

He began to work as an apprentice in Wen Lao's porcelain kiln when he was more than ten years old, and was favored by Wen Lao until nearly twenty-four or five, and began to learn to burn wood kilns, and finally lived up to expectations and became a very famous pile master in Jingdezhen.

After sealing the mouth of the kiln, the firing began at about four o'clock in the afternoon, Wen Lao sat next to him, and asked Ge Dashan to take Chen Yi to add firewood, and explained to him some key points of firewood firing, and he also pointed out from time to time.

With the continuous addition of firewood, the kiln mouth revealed an orange-red firelight, which looked very dazzling, and Ge Daxian added firewood at the kiln mouth while telling Chen Yi some of his experiences.

Some of these experiences were taught by Wen Lao, and some were summed up by himself, but Wen Lao asked him to hand them over to the young people in front of him without any reservations, and he naturally did not hesitate to do it, because it was Wen Lao who made him who he is today.

As time passed, the sky slowly darkened, and the flames in the mouth of this kiln were even more eye-catching, looking at Wen Lao's still bright eyes, Chen Yi couldn't help but secretly admire.

For Wen Lao, making zuò porcelain is probably the most important part of his life, just like he can come across precious antiques and go without sleep for days and nights.

He had already followed Wen Lao to burn a kiln before, and at that time he had persuaded Wen Lao to rest, and was scolded by Wen Lao, for firing porcelain, the most important thing is to pay full attention, constantly observe the temperature, add firewood to smelt, and not be a little sloppy, otherwise the porcelain of this kiln may be destroyed.

The normal firing of porcelain takes about 24 hours a day, but after the firing is completed, it will take another two days to allow the temperature of the kiln to cool down evenly.

Chen Yi had been studying with Ge Dashan for a period of time before, and now, he was also engrossed in looking at the kiln, listening to Ge Dashan's explanation, and keeping the content and what he saw in his mind firmly in his mind.

Waiting for the afternoon of the next day, looking at the situation in the kiln, Ge Dashan shouted to extinguish the fire, so far, even if the porcelain of this kiln is burned, Wen Lao smiled, greeted Chen Yi, and prepared to take Chen Yi to rest, the porcelain of this kiln is now fired, but if you want to know the result, you need to wait for two days to lower the temperature.

These two days didn't require as much attention as they do today, but they were very important.

Chen Yi smiled and said to Elder Wen: "Elder Wen, you go to rest first, and then I will study with Uncle Ge." ”

Wen Lao smiled, nodded, and went to rest by himself, he was very satisfied with Chen Yi's learning energy, and it was precisely because of this that he felt that it was worthwhile for him to help Chen Yi. (To be continued......)