The thick brick walls of the old street light up the spring and autumn fruits of a thousand years

Enter Shenhou Mountain and view the Seven-Li Long Street. There were seventy-two kilns, and the smoke covered the sky. In the vast territory of China, the ancient town of Shenhou in Henan should always have its place - because Jun porcelain is produced there. It is said that a fortune is not as good as a piece of Jun porcelain. The clay is fired by craftsmen, and the color changes naturally from the kiln fire, presenting unpredictable gradients and incomparable landscape paintings. After thousands of years of wind and frost, it still shines brightly. Since the Tang Dynasty, Shenhou Jun porcelain has become famous. The word "垕" alone, when broken down into "Hou Tu", expresses the emperor's reverence and cherishment for the land. In the Song Dynasty, it was canonized as an official kiln. From then on, merchants were everywhere, making huge sums of money every day. Today, there are still generations of craftsmen who stay here to produce Jun porcelain, selecting materials, deciding on the embryos, firing them over and over again, and then waiting again and again for the kiln fire to change into thousands of colors. One color goes into the kiln, and thousands of colors come out of the kiln. Even after a thousand years, people can still appreciate the decadence and extravagance of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. The thick brick walls of the old street, Telling the ups and downs of Shenhou, The red lanterns hanging high on the door, Light up the spring and autumn fruits for thousands of years. There are many stories hidden in the kilns of Shenhou. We passed by a small shop with a deep courtyard. The two children who owned the shop were drinking water from very beautiful cups. The colors of the cups were like a sky full of stars, flowing between their tender little hands. We leaned in and walked in, following the direction the children pointed. The narrow walkway twisted and turned. The vases, animal utensils and kettles placed everywhere in the small courtyard, through the filter of the soft ultraviolet rays of the cloudy day, actually reflected beautiful purple, pink and peacock blue, like lotus flowers emerging from the water, decorating the eyes of us who were just passing by. The shop girl came out to greet us. Going deeper into the cave, she told us the story of her husband making Jun porcelain in vivid detail. Listen, listen, I finally understand why they are reluctant to sell the most beautiful Jun porcelain, because it may never be produced again. “Nine out of ten kilns fail” is not an exaggeration at all. For example, during the oxidizing flame stage, if the temperature accidentally rises too quickly, the glaze will immediately fall off. For example, you need to burn the fire frequently before the temperature reaches 1,000 degrees. If the coal in the furnace is not burned cleanly, smoke will appear and the Jun porcelain will immediately become "donkey liver and horse lung". There are also differences in vessel shapes, glazing techniques, changes in weather and wind direction, and the irregularity of high-temperature molten flow. Natural kiln changes present a kaleidoscope of glaze colors... All of this is a process of "opening a blind box". The ancients called this wonderful phenomenon "kiln change" - The art of fire. Green as spring water at the beginning of the day, red as the morning glow about to rise. It can be red like a rose or a crabapple, it can be blue like the deep sea or the blue sky, and it can also be like the mysterious lilac or the distant crystal moon. Not only are the color bands crisscrossing, the Jun porcelain is shaped like flowing clouds and as brilliant as the sunset, sometimes like a fairy mountain and a pavilion, and sometimes like a mirage. For example, the ice flake pattern looks like it was struck by a hammer, but leaves no mark when touched; For example, earthworm patterns resemble dragons and snakes, flowing clouds and water; For example, the sub-patterns are like stars, dotted in the vastness. Our world is very special. Without beauty, everything will die. However, those craftsmen who have never shown up but are nostalgic enough are like blindfolded scavengers. They remain calm but full of excitement, because the pursuit of beauty lasts forever.