What are the records about Yixing Kiln in the history of China?

Yixing Kiln belongs to Dingshu Town, Yixing, Jiangsu Province. Yixing kiln has a long history of firing porcelain. As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, ceramic kilns began to appear in Yixing. Celadon was fired in the Jin Dynasty, and its ornamentation was influenced by one of the five famous kilns. However, due to the looseness of enamel, peeling often occurs. After improvement, Yixing became an important producing area of southern folk porcelain in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. With the appearance of purple sand, Yixing kiln became famous in Ming Dynasty, becoming the center of pottery firing at that time, and imitating the utensils fired by Jun kiln in Song Dynasty, so Yixing kiln was also called "Yijun". Yixing Kiln started firing red pottery, gray pottery and primitive celadon from the Han Dynasty. Up to now, Yixing Kiln is still one of the key ceramic producing areas in China, with a firing history of more than 2,000 years, which can be said to be the oldest kiln mouth in China. In the Song Dynasty, the purple clay wares in Yixing Kiln became world-famous in the Ming Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty, they continued the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty purple clay pots and became the peak of their development.

For thousands of years, the teapot produced by Yixing kiln has enjoyed a world-renowned reputation. The firing of teapot is inseparable from some famous artists. According to "Yang Xian Zhi" written by Zhou in the late Ming Dynasty, the founder of Zisha Pot was a monk in Jinsha Temple, and there was a saying of offering springs. Gongchunyuan was the home of bachelor Wu Yishan. During the period of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty, when Wu Yishan was studying in Jinsha Temple, Gong Chun used his spare time to learn how to make pots from the old monks in the temple. Ceramics museum, Yixing, China is located in Yixing, the famous "Tao Dou" in China. It is the earliest professional ceramics museum established in China with a history of nearly 50 years. Its predecessor was the showroom of Yixing Ceramic Company in Jiangsu Province and Yixing Ceramic Exhibition Hall. The museum covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters, of which the exhibition hall accounts for more than 3,000 square meters, including 10 exhibition hall, which brings together more than 30,000 famous ceramics produced in Yixing in past dynasties. Among them, purple sand, celadon, uniform pottery, painted pottery and fine pottery are called "five golden flowers" and enjoy high reputation at home and abroad. The essence of China's 5,000-year ceramic culture is clear here. And imitated the pot-making skills of Ding Yi, an old monk, and made a ginkgo tree gall pot. This ginkgo tree gall pot has important historical significance and is now in the Zhongwei History Museum. Unfortunately, the original pot cover has been lost. Pei Shimin, a famous pot-making expert in Houshan, made a tree gall pot cover to match it. In addition to offering sacrifices to Chun, the "Four Masters of Pot Making" (HanDong, Zhao Liang, Yuan,), "Three Masters of Pot Making" (Shi Dabin, Xu Youquan), Chen Hongshou (No.Newman) and Gu Jingzhou, the "Grand Master", are all masters of making teapot. It is precisely because of the existence of many pot-making experts that other pottery kilns are far behind Yixing kilns, and pottery has always been at the highest level.