The Ancient Legend of Shenhou Town in Yuzhou City

There are many legends. It is said that the emperor of a dynasty had a dream and saw a pair of crystal-clear vases as red as gravel and as thin as chicken blood, which was very attractive. The next day, he sent ministers to inspect everywhere and finally found out that it was burned by Shenhou Town. The emperor made an imperial edict to let the kiln worker burn the vase he saw in his dream. The transformation of Jun porcelain kiln is not easy to master, and the production conditions are backward, so it is impossible to realize ten kilns and nine kilns. But who dares to disobey the imperial decree? A kiln worker went through all kinds of hardships and finally burned the vase and gave it to the emperor. The emperor was furious and said in front of the ministers, "These things are completely different from what I saw in my dream." Then an imperial edict was handed down that the dream vase could not be burned within ten days; Kiln workers copy the door. The kiln man rushed to burn day and night, and the time was coming, but he still couldn't burn it out. There is a kiln worker's daughter named Hong Yan. She is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted. When she was young, she learned the modeling and firing techniques of porcelain from her parents. At this time, disaster arrival, Hong Yan decided to try the fire with her own body, so that her blood could seep into the cage and condense on the vase. She thought that she would die if she didn't burn it anyway. If it burns, it can save my buddy from a disaster. This idea is affirmative. When the fire reached the critical moment to determine the glaze color, she climbed to the top of the kiln and plunged into it, only to find that the kiln was full of red light and red waves surging. When they came out of the kiln, a pair of jade-like crystal-clear and moist vases and blood-red vases stood delicately in the sagger. In memory of this beautiful and kind girl, people built temples and statues for her to make future generations miss her. This is the legendary Golden Fire Woman. In ancient times, Shenqi had an old kiln worker named ieee fellow. His wife died young, and he adopted a son named Wang Xiao, who made a living by firing hook porcelain by the Liyu River in Daliushan. One night, Wang Jungang ieee ieee fellowow asleep. In the middle of the night, someone shouted, "wake up, wake up." He got up and saw that there was no one in the room. He turned over and fell asleep again. After a while, I saw a red light, which made the hut look like daytime. Ieee fellow rolled over and sat up, only to see an old man with white hair sitting by the bed. The old man said to ieee fellow: You can't know the secret of making Jun porcelain. I am instructed by the Jade Emperor to educate you. Whenever the immortals can't talk, I will write the word calligraphy to inspire you. "Said picked up a firewood stick to write. At first glance, Ieee fellow is the word "effort". Just when he was questioned in detail, the old man waved and wrote, "This secret must not be revealed. After getting the secret, future generations should benefit mankind, but not others, otherwise the loss will outweigh the gain. "Go after writing. The next day, ieee fellow woke up and recalled what happened last night. It turned out to be a beautiful dream. Speaking of ieee fellow's craftsmanship, it is really outstanding, and no one in Qilitiao can match it. Jun porcelain he made, such as bowls, plates, stoves, cans, bottles, washing, pots, bowls and so on. The design is reasonable and the shape is generous, but he can't master the temperature. The burnt products are often scrapped because the glaze goes down, which hurts his brain. Last night, Xian Weng pointed out, but where can I find human blood? Think about it. There's nothing I can do. Finally, I made up my mind to try the fire myself and gain experience to pass on to future generations. He called his adopted son Wang Xiao and told his son that Xian Weng told him how to try fire. Wang Xiao plopped down on his knees and said, Dad, absolutely not, absolutely not. Ieee fellow looked serious, helped his son up and said, "Don't worry too much, son. This is fate. " Wang Xiao saw that his father had made up his mind and secretly made up his mind. A few days later, the father and son put the glaze on the blank into the kiln, lit it and burned it for three days and three nights. I saw the smoke rolling in the kiln and the flames rising. Ieee fellow's eyes were bloodshot and sweaty. He said to his son, "Son, it depends on tonight. I'm hungry. Go and buy a bread. " Wang Xiao didn't know it was a prank, so he turned and took the steamed bread. Ieee fellow looked at the sky and shouted, "Heaven has a spirit, so don't take responsibility for the hard work of the old man all his life. Say, take off your clothes, climb to the top of the kiln and jump into the raging kiln fire. Ieee fellow jumped into the fire and immediately worried the spontaneous fairy who secretly helped. He stayed by the kiln for three days and nights, just waiting to help ieee fellow tonight. Unexpectedly, Wang Jun jumped into the kiln fire and sighed, "Sin! Sin! " Seeing that things were irreversible, he touched them with his hand. I saw that the kiln vanished and the red waves rolled. When Wang Xiao came back with a bun and saw his father's clothes, he understood everything, so he let out a cry and stopped breathing. In a leisurely time, Wang Xiao came to Daliushan and saw a white-haired fairy talking to his father. Wang Xiao hurried to the front, took Xian Weng's hand and said, "Help my father." "This is the number of days," said Xian Weng. This is my fate and my fault. You should inherit your father's footsteps, do well in Jun porcelain and make contributions to the world. Your father has been listed as a fairy, don't worry. " After all, he took Wang Jun into the sky. When Wang Xiao looked up, he saw a piece of paper falling in mid-air. He picked it up and wrote "Chicken blood can be substituted" in six Chinese characters. Besides, when the neighbors saw that ieee fellow was dead, they quickly woke up Wang Xiao. He wiped his bloodshot eyes and looked at the fire in the kiln. I saw Jun porcelain works of various shapes, which were painted with a layer of color, colorful, dazzling and very beautiful. In a trance, I seem to see my father's figure. He said sadly to his neighbor, "No matter what is red in this kiln, it is called chicken blood red." Sure enough, the best color after coming out of the kiln is chicken blood red. In addition, there are rose red, begonia red, eggplant skin purple and other colors. In memory of ieee fellow, people made a statue for him in the temple of fire behind the gods. Hundreds of years have passed, and this story has been circulated among the gods. Jun Glaze In Song Dynasty, people in Yangzhai generally burned celadon porcelain, and an old woman led her son to burn a porcelain kiln. One day when the kiln was opened, several pieces of glazed porcelain with red and purple spots suddenly appeared. The old woman was overjoyed. She must be the "kiln god" and told the whole family to burn incense and kowtow at Bolingweng Temple. But when the second kiln was burned, this glaze color was never seen again. The old woman was very confused. Why can't the "kiln god"? At this time, she suddenly saw a lot of copper scraps under the workshop house, and asked her son who cleaned it up. My son said he didn't withdraw it himself, only a passing coppersmith stayed here for one night the day before yesterday. The old woman thought, does red glaze have anything to do with this scrap metal? So I put the copper scraps into the glaze, and it really burned into a more vivid and beautiful rose purple glaze than the first time. The news spread, and kilns from far and near followed suit. Later, a skillful craftsman put copper ore into the glaze and burned it into purple glaze. Since then, the blue glazed ware is no longer a simple monochrome glaze, but has many colors, as if pieces of Xia Hong suddenly appeared in the blue sky. Worm-line mud pattern "Worm-line mud pattern" is a special pattern on Jun porcelain glaze, which looks like traces left by earthworms crawling on the mud, in the form of winding lines with different lengths, some of which are single-line and some of which are multi-line. This pattern originated from the official kiln in Song Jun, which is unique to Jun porcelain and one of the artistic features of Jun porcelain kiln transformation. According to the folklore of Yuzhou, the Heying River in the north of Yuzhou is deep, where fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs live. The Shui people have a leader like * * *, and his name is "Head King". This king is supreme and holds the power of life and death of the aquarium. He is very powerful. Earthworms also lived in the water at that time, swimming around like crabs and leeches. Earthworms are also good friends of crabs. One day, two pliers on the crab's head accidentally broke two long beards of the shrimp, and the shrimp went to complain to the head king. This prawn is very clever. In order to defeat the crab, it secretly gave the late king a night pearl. The late king was very happy when he saw it and accepted it. As the saying goes, eating someone's mouth is soft and taking someone's hand is short. When the first king accepted the bribe, he turned to the shrimp, so he found the crab guilty and set it on fire. When the earthworm heard about it, it was unfair to the crab, so he went to the head king to judge. The head king didn't listen, so he plunged in and sentenced the earthworm and crab to death together. Two executed water ghosts came to the shore with crabs and earthworms, looked around for a place to make a fire, turned around and came to the Jun kiln field on the south bank of He Ying, just to see the kiln worker loading the kiln. Two water ghosts put crabs and earthworms into a cage helmet with Jun porcelain glaze blank while people were unprepared. Crabs lie on a chicken heart plate, and earthworms lie on a drum nail washer. Two water ghosts watched the kiln worker secretly install the kiln, sealed the kiln door, only to be lit, and then returned to the water to report to the head king. After a while, the kiln worker lit the kiln. Suddenly, the smoke filled the kiln, making the crab cry and tears dripping on the chicken heart plate. It couldn't stand it, struggled to climb out of the dish, and finally climbed out of it. At this time, the temperature in the kiln has risen? The crab was still burned to ashes. As for the earthworm, it crawled out in the drum nail polish at first, but the edge of the drum nail polish was high, and the earthworm crawled slowly, and it was soon burned to ashes. When the Jun porcelain of this kiln was opened after the fire, the kiln worker found that there were many pearl-like spots on a chicken heart plate, and many threads like worms crawled on a drum-washed nail. The kiln workers thought the dots and lines were beautiful, so they named them "beads" and "earthworm patterns" respectively. Since then, every piece of Jun porcelain burned in this kiln has several pieces with earthworm patterns, and sometimes there are pearl spots. The kiln workers all think it's amazing and don't know what's going on. But all the Shui people in Yinghe know that this is the ghost of crabs and earthworms! It is a great injustice to be sentenced to death instead of capital punishment! Shortly after the crabs and earthworms were killed by fire, the descendants of earthworms felt that the head king was too overbearing and didn't want to be bullied in the water, so they moved to land and lived in the earth. But completely out of water is not enough. Wherever the soil is wet, we go. We often crawl around on the wet mud. When people in later generations saw it, they only knew that earthworms could dig the ground and walk the mud, so people changed the "earthworm grain" to "earthworm walk the mud grain". Wuzi Deng Ke Bottle originated from many Jun porcelain varieties, and its shape is unique. It consists of six gourds, with a big gourd in the middle and five small gourds around. The name of this type is Wuzi Deng Ke. Speaking of this "five-child senior high school entrance examination", it has an unusual origin. In the Song Dynasty in China, there was a man named Dou and Yan Shan. He studied hard when he was young, but he failed to pass the exam year after year. Later, when I got married and got married, I was disheartened and had no intention of seeking fame. He has five sons, Yi, Yan, Kan, Zhong and Nuo, all of whom are extremely clever. He pinned all his hopes on his sons and was determined to train them into useful people. He asked the children to read his rich books, guided their studies with good educational methods, and taught them all the lessons he had learned in the past. Coupled with the efforts of his sons, they have been included in the official list. At that time, it was a sensation, well known to both the government and the people, and it was a beautiful talk. With this incident, the emperor of the dynasty felt that if all parents in the world can teach their children like Dou Yanshan, so that future generations can become useful materials for the country and do their best for the country, why worry that the next generation is not as strong as the next? In order to inspire the world to follow Dou Yanshan's example and make the world study hard, study hard and be interested in fame, the emperor handed down two imperial edicts: First, the story of Dou Yanshan's godson's success was compiled into a Mongolian reader, Saint Amethyst, which is being finalized, and it will be immortal; Second, make a permanent object to commemorate this event, which will be completed within half a year. The Prime Minister will do it as soon as he receives the order. The first thing, the Prime Minister asked the minister who presided over the compilation of Saint Amethyst to do, was quickly completed. Therefore, there are some words in the three-character scripture we are seeing now: "Dou Yanshan has a righteous side, teaches five sons, and is famous in the world." Righteousness refers to rules, statutes and principles. Dealing with people generally refers to family education. But the second thing, the prime minister has been thinking hard, and the deadline has passed for a month and has not yet been considered. The prime minister has been uncertain about what materials to choose. One day, when the Prime Minister was sitting in his study, the door official came to report that an official specializing in tribute porcelain had visited. Hearing this, the Prime Minister's eyes lit up: Yes, why not make this permanent object into porcelain? Porcelain is indestructible and beautiful. The Prime Minister immediately decided to choose porcelain as a souvenir, and to use the porcelain from Jun kiln. He chose Jun porcelain for two reasons: first, Dou Yanshan's name was Yu Jun, and the prime minister read widely. He immediately thought that Yang Zhai, which produces Jun porcelain, is the hometown of Dayu, where Xia Qi, the son of Dayu, ascended the throne to enjoy the legacy of the princes, and the royal Jun kiln is near Juntai. The Prime Minister said in his heart that it might be an act of God to use Jun porcelain as a souvenir. Second, Jun porcelain is crystal clear and colorful, ranking first among the five famous porcelains, unlike other porcelains. The prime minister ordered the tribute porcelain officer to burn the profound Jun porcelain and contribute it to the emperor within a time limit to complete the imperial edict. After receiving the order, Gong Porcelain Officer did not dare to slack off and returned to Jun Kiln. He immediately ordered people to design and draw pictures and make production plans. Finally, the auspicious gourd was chosen to accomplish this important mission. The shape of the object is a big gourd in the middle, surrounded by five small gourds connected with the big gourd. The five small gourds represent five sons, and the big gourd represents the imperial examination. Gourd and "Fulu" are homophonic, meaning "a thousand generations", which is in line with the emperor's permanent will. Jun porcelain kiln workers work in turn day and night, from blank making, glaze application to firing, and every process is carefully operated without carelessness. After many failures, a beautiful Jun porcelain treasure was finally fired within the deadline. Palace porcelain officials carefully wrapped this Jun porcelain treasure in silk one by one, and escorted it to the Prime Minister's Office in Beijing on a starry night. The prime minister entered the palace and personally presented it to the emperor. When the emperor saw it, he saw six treasure gourds shining with purple glaze. Several arcs on the glaze look like earthworms walking in the mud, which are beautiful, appropriate and meaningful. The emperor was very happy when he saw it. He ordered to reward the prime minister, the porcelain tribute officer and the Jun kiln craftsman, and named this Jun porcelain as "five sons into the company". In this way, the name "Woods Deng Ke" has been handed down and has been used ever since. Guanyin bottle "Guanyin bottle" is a common variety of Jun porcelain. Its basic shape is bell mouth, neck adduction, shoulders full, abdomen round, legs to feet, which is similar to the net bottle held by Guanyin Bodhisattva in art works. According to folklore, the pure bottle held by Guanyin is actually a Jun porcelain bottle, which was given to Guanyin by a Jun porcelain artist. Guanyin liked it very much, and later it became a treasure he carried with him, used to hold nectar, bring showers and enrich all beings. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a drought in Yuzhou, the sun was scorching, and the seedlings turned yellow. One day, the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva swam here and saw this scene. She was very kind and wanted to cast a spell on the rain, suck it dry and save the people of Yuzhou. Guanyin thought, "The depth of the East China Sea is inexhaustible. Why not use it? " ? But the mountain is high and the road is far. What can we use to hold water? I heard that there is a kind of precious porcelain in this area. Wouldn't it be nice to use precious porcelain bottled water? "Guanyin came to a kiln door and knocked on Chai Men. The door opened. It was opened by a girl named Rainbow. Rainbow recognized Guanyin Bodhisattva and knelt down to beg Guanyin Bodhisattva to save the people of Yuzhou quickly. Guanyin said, "That's why I'm here. Get up quickly. Lend me your Jun porcelain vase. " Rainbow was very happy after listening to it. He hurried back to the house and took out a beautiful Jun porcelain vase, repeatedly saying that he would give it to Guanyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin saw her sincerity and accepted it gladly. Guanyin came across the East China Sea, put down the bottle mouth and murmured, only to see a water column rushing up and drilling into the bottle mouth. Guanyin released the water with an Aquarius and returned to Yuzhou. With an Aquarius in her hand, it began to rain. Every drop of water in Aquarius will turn into a downpour. Aquarius keeps dripping and raining. The crops in the field drank enough water, and the seedlings grew upright and turned green. Li people in Yuzhou rushed to tell each other and thanked Guanyin Bodhisattva for dropping nectar. Guanyin saw that it was raining hard enough, so she put away the vase and drove the sample cloud to other places to educate all beings. After the rain stopped, families began to work as usual. Rainbow girl has brains. She burned many Jun porcelain bottles according to the original samples for Guanyin Bodhisattva, and named them "Guanyin bottles"-this is the origin of Guanyin bottle modeling. Because the Guanyin bottle is simple in shape and smooth in lines, it is more suitable for the change of Jun glaze, and has a certain connection with Guanyin Bodhisattva, which means auspiciousness and happiness, so it is deeply loved by everyone and still burns well.