black pottery--only handan city can make it
When it comes to ceramics the people always tend to think of porcelain,and then associate with Jingdezhen.Actually ceramics is the boardname of pottery and porcelain.Handan Longshan black pottery is the first class pottery.The black pottery has a history of over 4000 years which first appeared in B.C.2310 to B.C.1810.The black pottery,unearthed at Longshan Town of Zhangqiu,Shandong in 1928,has opened up an excellent page of China’s “Longshan culture”,which is “Black Pottery Culture”.
Black pottery
Our black pottery uses natural and original ecological silt formed about 1,200,000 years ago in the traditional pass of Yellow River.Black pottery products are made though many processes including mud making,molding,manual carving,natural drying in the shade and burning in strong reducing flame.The process of making black pottery is complex and burning process is difficult, so the yield is low.The black pottery products are as black as pitch,as bright as mirror,sound as rock.The shape is simple,graceful and beautiful.
After argumentation of experts and scholars,formula of black pottery materials is considered scientific.The raw materials contain SiO2,Al2O3,Fe2O3,MgO,CaO,K2O and other natural substances.They are healthy and environment-friendly high-grade materials and can decompose and absorb harmful gases in the atmosphere such as HCHO,CO,SO2,etc.If the black pottery products are put indoors,they are good for health.Scholars of environmental protection once named them as “green air conditioners”
two dragons vase
