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[Cultural China Tour] Tang Sancai firing technique shines with new brilliance

2025-03-04   

Tang Sancai is a unique style of pottery that was popular during the Tang Dynasty and has a history of over 1300 years. In 2008, the firing technique of Tang Sancai was selected as a national intangible cultural heritage. We will take you into Luoyang, Henan to experience the timeless cultural charm of Tang Dynasty tri colored glazed pottery. At the Luoyang Museum, the special exhibition hall of Tang Sancai attracts visitors from all over the world every day. Tang Sancai is a colorful low-temperature glazed pottery, with yellow, green, and white as the basic glaze colors. In ancient Chinese, "three" means "many", so "Sancai" contains the meaning of "colorful". The Tang Dynasty tri colored glazed pottery has a wide range of themes, mainly including characters, animals, and objects. The female characters in the figurines have diverse clothing, reflecting the aesthetic concepts of the time, while the images of horses and camels in the animal figurines reflect the prosperity of Tang Dynasty's foreign exchanges and trade. The craftsmanship of Tang Sancai is complex, requiring over 30 processes from material selection, shaping, to kiln firing. During the firing process, the glaze will naturally flow and infiltrate each other after melting, producing a unique artistic effect. Promoting traditional craftsmanship requires innovation as the key. In 2008, the firing technique of Tang Sancai was selected as a national intangible cultural heritage. The new generation of inheritors continuously integrate new materials and techniques to create distinctive works that blend tradition and fashion. Among them, the tri colored glaze paintings derived from Tang Dynasty tri colored glazed pottery enhance the richness of colors on the basis of tri colored glaze colors, integrate art forms such as traditional Chinese painting, and provide Tang Dynasty tri colored glazed pottery art with a wider creative space. (New Society)

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