Zhejiang of fabulous the Southern Song Dynasty is in a city to have two brother, set one kiln each in Long Quan together, kiln of elder brother place calls elder brother pit, of the little brother call younger brother pit. Kiln name sees the Xuan Denian at the beginning of Yu Mingchao the earliest between " chart of Xuan Deding Yi " one book, library place hides inside " bavin, you, official, elder brother, your, calm " . 45 annual engrave Jia Jing " 7 repair kind of draft add to stalk of grain " say " elder brother kiln and Long Quan kiln all county of provenance city Long Quan; The Southern Song Dynasty from time to tome Zhang Sheng one, give birth to 2 brothers each advocate one kiln, the person that give birth to a contented is elder brother kiln, with renown reason also, the person that the chapter gives birth to 2 contented is Long Quan, with place name also.

 Its color is all blue, shade is differ; Its are sufficient all iron color, yi Nong is weak differ. Old Wen Zi is sufficient, today scarce Yan, alone earth arteries and veins is fine, glair quality is real person the most expensive; Elder brother kiln breaks grain more, number says 100 extremely broken " ; " annals of government office managing an administrative division " carry again: "From its its give birth to elder brother one, advocate kiln, all irrigate Bai Duanwen, date 100 extremely broken, yi Guan is become absolutely world " , cao Zhao " square is ancient should talk " , "Color of kiln of old elder brother is blue, shade is differ, iron of Yi Youzi mouth is sufficient " .

Clear Dai Lapu " Jingdezhen contented is recorded " roll 6 " in pressing down archaize kiln to take an examination of about " the account of elder brother kiln, elder brother kiln, song Dai is burned, kiln of cropland of Ben Longquan Liu, chapter of person managing an administrative division surnames brotherly cent to build, elder brother is born each one, fasten its place contented at that time, say elder brother kiln. Earthy arteries and veins is fine violet, qualitative quite thin, lubricious green shade is differ. Have violet iron sufficient, be like,the much concealed that break grain is cracked roe. Glair alone cream-colored, pink is green two kinds, juice is pure person expensive, contemporary " four takes an examination of " the cloud: Kiln of ancient elder brother implement, qualitative concealed grain is like chelonian child, ancient official kiln, qualitative concealed grain is like crab claw; Millstone grain criterion size piece is broken.

Ancient elder brother implement look is good person kind official, also date 100 extremely broken, today but ear of differentiate concealed grain, cloud juice glair investigate be inferior to government-owned kiln. Clear generation " south kiln takes notes " " elder brother kiln " account namely renown chapter kiln, after giving Hangzhou grand sight, the chapter surnames brother, person managing an administrative division also, contented of course of study, steal do Yuxiunei temple, reason glair scenery seems government-owned kiln. Grain piece thick hard, concealed with Chinese ink lacquer, become look of a glair alone, yi Houfei, number of color of blueness having white, pale blue, weak tooth is planted. The person that have deep cream-colored again is younger brother kiln, can't bear precious.

 There is the kiln austral the brook, business hill kiln to as if between lacy, all shows this character, also good. Today the person that make elder brother pit, add Shen with daughter mountain glair child Shi Mo, have between considerable, iron bone tries rough stuff matchs its black. From this, iron of elder brother kiln is sufficient, jade-like stone embellish breaks glaze more grain, style feature is close kiln of kind of official of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Elder brother kiln implement with grain piece move say, it is black Huang Xiang to hand in more among them, common calls gold-rimmed iron the line. Still have a fokelore about gold-rimmed iron line: According to legend, county of Song Dailong spring, have a very famous actor or artist that make china, surname root of chapter name village, he is fabulous the Zhang Sheng of badge an administrative unit in Xizang one, Zhang Sheng of root of the father of 2, Zhang Cun be good at making celadon and famed far and near, unripe one, give birth to 2 brother two from small learn along with father art, old chapter is unripe one honest and kind, agree to learn, bear hardships, so deep that its father passes really, 2 also have Zhang Sheng stunt is in personally. After chapter village root dies, brother breaks up, each open kiln plant. Old chapter gives birth to a pharmaceutical factory that open to be elder brother kiln namely, second chapter gives birth to 2 factories opening pit to be younger brother kiln namely. Brother two burn build celadon, each are successful. But old ability prepares high, burn piece " violet mouth iron is sufficient " celadon, it is a full the world, its reputation is passed to the emperor, dragon colour exultation, admire decides designation to want Zhang Sheng to be burned for its build celadon.

Second heart is little, the heart lays idea of be jealous of, take the advantage of its elder brother carelessly, in throwing clay into the chapter to give birth to the glair crock of one, the old used mix into the glair of clay is applied go up in base, firing hind a kiln, he was stupefied, the glaze all craze of the surface of the china of full kiln, crackle has have greatly small, have long have short, have thick have fine, have Qu Youzhi, and appearance each different, some resembles roe, some thinks Liu Xie, some resembles crab claw. He is about to cry without the tear, after recalling a painful experience, his requicken spirit, his bubble a cup of tea, besmear strong tea on china, crackle becomes dark brown line immediately, go up besmear of prepared Chinese ink again, crackle turns black into line instantly, such, casual in formed " gold-rimmed iron line " .

Kiln of elder brother of be handed down from ancient times implement main feature: Firstly, glair of elder brother kiln belongs to mat glaze, be just as " ghee " the burnish like, tonal rich and colorful, have blueness of cream-colored, pink, grandma Bai Zhu is lubricious. Secondly, " gold-rimmed iron line " grain appearance, glaze of elder brother kiln has meshy piece, or drop again be just as glacial crackle, or into close small piece (" common says 100 extremely broken " or " chelonian child grain " ) , with " gold-rimmed iron line " for the model, namely the black crackle of thicker Liu is interweaving crackle of close red, yellow. Thirdly, " get together foam assemble bead " the bleb in the glair like, elder brother kiln implement glair layer is very normally thick, thick is as equal as fetal ply even, bleb is contained inside glair, if bead concealed shows, be just as " get together foam assemble bead " the beautiful charm like, this is to discern kiln of elder brother of true and false implement a traditional method. Its 4, " violet mouth iron is sufficient " wind is sent, elder brother kiln implement base substrate is violet black or palm yellow mostly, because concealed grain shows fetal scene and small part of glair of brim of mouth of ministry of household utensils mouth is shown cinnamon, in background full minor details at the same time the office that hang glair appears look of iron oxide black, from this, on purpose of OK and wraparound point has " violet mouth iron is sufficient " say, this also is kiln of elder brother of discriminative true and false implement one of traditional methods. Enamel of elder brother kiln is dinkum and grumous, can't bear jade-like stone clear, there is bubble more inside glair, if bead concealed shows, friend says " get together foam assemble bead " . I

nside light of glair lubricious treasure accumulate, if moist is crisp. Grain piece varied, with grain and say have grain of eel grain, Hei Lawen, shallow Huang Wen, roe; Crackle of the grain of form having program that says with grain form, wintersweet grain, finely grain, size standard grain, ice, total name is 100 extremely broken. Of be handed down from ancient times of implements of elder brother kiln with various bottle, furnace, wash, dish, bowl, canister is common. But location of kiln of elder brother kiln still did not affirm, become China one of unsettled case on history of pottery and porcelain. China of elder brother kiln with implement the grain of the watch piece and famous, the embryo is qualitative fine thin, color shows the scene such as violet black, deep ash, color of loess, glair color is given priority to with blueness, shade is differ, also have iron of Dan Zi, cream-colored, violet mouth sufficient etc, glair is your chaotic glair, tonal quietly elegant, open size grain piece, resemble crack or child grain, so-called " 100 extremely broken " .

Classify with grain color, strain line of grain of blood of Hei Lanwen, eel, gold-rimmed iron, shallow Huang Wen waits, with grain piece appearance names standard of decorative pattern having a plum, finely grain, net form grain, size grain. Goods of be handed down from ancient times of elder brother kiln is all succinct of primitive simplicity, make excellent, grain appearance is peculiar, style nature joy of life, the blemish on craft is created distinctly through what kiln is versed in and become the beauty of interest of a kind of natural weather. Implements basically has stove of ear of bottle of ear of be linked together, fish, 5 sufficient wash and various dish, the bowl, modelling and government-owned kiln are very similar.