广东梅州是海上丝绸之路的重要起点——以唐代梅县水车窑为中心的论述

Meizhou Is the Important Starting Point of Marine Silk Road——Argumentation Centered on Shuiche Kilns from Meixian in Tang Dynasty

唐代梅县水车窑,最早于20世纪70-80年代的梅县畲江、水车、南口等地的墓葬和窑址中被发现,后来在泰国、菲律宾和印尼等国陆上或水下的考古发掘中又不断被发现,而且从泰国克拉地峡出土和印尼黑石号沉船出水的研究表明,在9-10世纪时,梅县水车窑就与我国古代的湖南长沙窑、浙江越窑、河北邢窑等名窑,同时出现在世界贸易的舞台上,产品远销到了印度洋贸易圈范围,并共同推动了中国古代陶瓷外销第一个高峰时期的到来。所以,有充分的理由和根据,证明梅州也是海上丝绸之路的重要起点。

Shuiche Kilns from Meixian in Tang Dynasty were first discovered in the tombs and kiln sites in Shejiang,Shuiche,Nankou,etc. in Meixian in 1970 s to 1980 s,and later were constantly discovered from the archaeological excavation either on the land or underwater in Thailand,the Philippines and Indonesia,etc. What＇s more,the research on the unearth of the Isthmus of Kra,Thailand and the salvage of the shipwrecks of Batu Hitam in Indonesia shows that in the 9th to 10 th centuries,Shuiche Kiln from Meixian had already appearedon the arena of international trade together with such famous kilns as Changsha kilns from Hunan,Yue kilns from Zhejiang and Xin Kilns from Hebei,etc. and the products were exported to the international trade circle in Indian Ocean and jointly promoted the first highest boom of the export of ancient Chinese ceramics. Therefore,there are sufficient reasons and evidences to prove that Meizhou is the important starting point of the Marine Silk Road.