燎烧砂器纪实

A Record of Pottery Firing

磁州窑是我国古代北方最大的一个民窑体系,窑址在今河北邯郸磁县的观台镇与彭城镇一带。燎烧砂陶--是磁州窑系的另外一条冶陶脉络,现仍存于邯郸市峰峰矿区一带的义井烧是现今还在保留的一种古老的陶炊具烧制方法,汉代以后称冶陶,明代以后叫燎烧。燎烧砂货的氏族汉子除了耕种以外,沿袭着冶烧砂货的生计,农忙时节在田间地头耕种,闲暇时到砂货窑做工,一年里可做三季,至冬季歇窑。在千年古镇西塆文昌阁周围,仍保留着一些用砂器垒砌的旧民居,它镌刻着磁州地区冶陶的历史一脉。

Cizhou kiln system, one of the largest commercial kiln networks in the North of ancient China, was situated in the area stretching from Guantai to Pengcheng of Ci County in Handan City of Hebei Province. Sand pottery is another sequence of Cizhou ware. The firing schedule of Yijing pottery known as pottery ＂smelting＂ in Han Dynasty and pottery ＂firing＂ since Ming Dynasty is still preserved in Fengfeng Mining District of Handan City for making traditional ceramic cookers. TribeSmen engaged in pottery made sand pottery objects for their livelihood apart from farming. They helped with farming during a busy season and worked with clay at a pottery workshop at their leisure. A commercial pottery workshop was capable of operating for three seasons and stopped temporarily in winter for a break. Around Wenchang Pavilion in the millennial town of Xiwan are still some old civilian houses built with sand pottery bricks, which stand as a record of pottery making history in Cizhou.