Ru Ci was first burned in the mid-Tang Dynasty and became famous in the Northern Song Dynasty. It occupies an important position in the history of China ceramics. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the Song and Jin Dynasties were constantly in war, and the prosperity lasted only for more than twenty years, so it was precious. Ru Ci is rare, and there are only 67 pieces left in the world, including 17 pieces in Beijing Palace Museum, 23 pieces in Taipei Palace Museum, 8 pieces in Shanghai Museum, 7 pieces in the Sir David Foundation of Britain, and about 10 pieces in famous museums and private collections such as Victoria Abbott Museum, Toyo ceramics museum in Osaka, Japan, Clifford, St. Louis in the United States.
Fired celadon center
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the center of firing celadon in the north was in Ruzhou (then Zhili, now Ruzhou). At that time (A.D.1102 ~1127), Ruzhou had jurisdiction over Jiaxian County, Longxing County (now Baofeng County), Lushan County, Ruyang County (Yiyang) and Ruyang County. There are many ancient kiln sites burning celadon in the four directions of Ruzhou, forming a prosperous scene of "hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers on both sides of Ruhe River are full of fire everywhere". North and South porcelain areas; The north area extends from Zhanggong Lane and Confucian Temple in Ruzhou City on the north bank of Ruhe River, Donggou and Chenjiazhuang in Dayu Township to Huangyao in Linru Town. Second, it extends from Yanhedian on the south bank of the North Ruhe River to luoquan, Taomugou, Liang Qing Temple and Liangwa in the southeast direction, and reaches Duandian and Fiona Fang, covering more than 300 square kilometers and thousands of kiln sites. At its peak, there were more than 300 kilns all over Neixiang, Yiyang, Xin 'an and the north of the Yellow River. This is a prosperous period in the history of Ru kiln production. Celadon with decorative patterns was fired in the northeast of Ruzhou, and its glaze color was extremely moist and green, which was an early product. Fired in the south, mostly decorated with prints or carvings, looming under the transparent wormwood glaze, but the production time may be later than the Southern Song Dynasty; Most of the new kiln furniture unearthed in urban areas are Ru kilns, and most of them are azure Ru Ci. Ru Ci also produces Tianmu porcelain, white porcelain, flower porcelain and tea glaze porcelain.