Jian'ou City, Nan'an City, Fujian Province, is the city with the skills of building kilns and lamps.
Building kilns and lamps is a kind of firing technology in Chinese traditional ceramic culture, which originated in the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. The characteristic of Jianyao Jianzhan is that red pottery or black pottery is used as raw materials, and the process of hand making and hand firing is adopted. The fired ceramic objects are warm in color, solid in texture, and have high artistic value and collection value.
The firing technique of Jianyao and Jianzhan is inherited from Jian'ou City, Nan'an City, Fujian Province, where there is a long history of ceramic culture and rich ceramic resources. The firing technique of Jian'ou kiln and lamp is included in the national intangible cultural heritage list, and is an important part of Chinese traditional ceramic culture. The inheritors of Jian'ou kiln and lamp burning technology have passed on this traditional ceramic culture and art in the process of continuous innovation and development, making important contributions to the cultural prosperity of the Chinese nation.
