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Get to know The legend of Jihong porcelain

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It was difficult to generate this kind of pottery, and the success rate was quite low. The effective manufacturing of red pottery shows the intellect and commitment of the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Jingdezhen individuals.

A popular local tale says even their blood vessels was given up for their art. According to the tale, Emperor Xuanzong in the Ming Empire (1368-1644) desired to use red pottery to praise the sun god, and released an imperial decree purchasing the Jingdezhen kiln to generate it. After many efforts, the artisans did not generate acceptable pottery [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and were pulled, tossed into jail, and confronted with loss of life if they did not generate what the emperor preferred.

Cuilan, little girl of an seniors kiln employee, was very disappointed when her dad was locked up. Infuriated at the atrocity [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], she hopped into the fantastic kiln. Two days later, when employees started out the kiln, they were amazed to find the pottery inside was blood vessels red.

People thought Cuilan's blood vessels colored the pottery red and this is how the pottery came to be known as Jihong.

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