What is the origin of ceramics? How did ceramics come about

Vessels fired with clay are called pottery, and utensils fired with porcelain clay are called porcelain. Ceramics is a general term for pottery and porcelain. All utensils made of clay with two different properties of clay and china clay as raw materials, through batching, molding, drying, roasting and other processes, can be called ceramics.

The firing of pottery and porcelain is commonly known as the ceramic industry.

As early as 10,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, our ancestors invented and widely used pottery. The pottery excavated at the site of the Xianren Cave in Jiangxi Province has been scientifically determined to be a relic of about 8,800 years ago, and it is the earliest pottery found in China. Porcelain was invented in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and has a history of more than 4,000 years.

1. Ceramics is a general term for pottery and porcelain, and people invented pottery as early as the Neolithic Age about 8,000 years ago. More than 9,000 years ago, the Chinese ancestors were engaged in fishing, hunting, and agricultural production activities, but also began to carry out the most primitive construction activities.

2. And with the invention and use of fire, in the long-term labor practice of transforming nature, along with countless times of time and successful experience, the manufacture and use of pottery, which has become one of the artistic creations of ancient Chinese culture, has begun to be manufactured, and the "Neolithic Age" in the history of human development has been unveiled.

3. The development history of ceramics is an important part of the history of Chinese civilization, and China, as one of the four ancient civilizations, has made outstanding contributions to the progress and development of human society. Among them, the invention and development of ceramics is of unique significance, and each dynasty and generation in Chinese history has different artistic styles and different technical characteristics. The word "China" in English has both Chinese and ceramic meanings, clearly indicating that China is the "hometown of ceramics".

Neolithic:

The invention of pottery is an important symbol of the Neolithic period in primitive society. Pottery fragments from the early Neolithic period dating back about 10,000 years have been found in China. Pottery fragments found at the Nanzhuangtou site in Xushui County, Hebei Province, have been identified as relics from 10,800 to 9,700 years.

In addition, pottery fragments dating back 1000 7000 years have also been found in Wannian County, Jiangxi, Guilin, Guangxi, Qingtang, Yingde County, Guangdong and other places.

The production of pottery technology can be traced back to the era of 4500 to 2500 BC, it can be said that an important part of the development history of the Han nationality is the history of the development of ceramics, the achievements of the Han working people in science and technology and the pursuit and shaping of beauty, in many aspects are reflected through the production of ceramics, and the formation of very typical technical and artistic characteristics of each era.

More than 1,000 years before Europe mastered porcelain-making techniques, China was able to produce quite fine porcelain. From the perspective of the development history of ceramics in China, the term "ceramics" is generally divided into two categories, pottery and porcelain.

The development of traditional Chinese ceramics has experienced a long historical period, with a wide variety of special processes, so the classification of traditional Chinese ceramics needs to consider the traditional traditional classification methods in addition to the technical hard indicators, combined with the changes in ancient and modern scientific and technological understanding, in order to more effectively draw classification conclusions.

Ceramics, the Chinese invented pottery as early as about 8000 2000 BC (Neolithic Age). Vessels fired with clay are called pottery, and utensils fired with porcelain clay are called porcelain. Ceramics is a general term for pottery, stoneware, and porcelain.

The ancients called ceramics Ou. All utensils made of clay with two different properties of clay and china clay as raw materials, through batching, molding, drying, roasting and other processes, can be called ceramics.

In China, the production of pottery technology can be traced back to the era of 4500 to 2500 BC, it can be said that an important part of the development history of the Han nationality is the history of the development of ceramics, the achievements of the Han working people in science and technology and the pursuit and shaping of beauty, in many respects are reflected through the production of ceramics, and the formation of very typical technical and artistic characteristics of each era.

Ceramics: It is a material and various products made by crushing and mixing, molding and calcining clay as the main raw material and various natural minerals. People call a kind of clay made of clay and fired at high temperature next to a special kiln family as ceramics, and ceramics are the general name for pottery and porcelain.

The traditional concept of ceramics refers to all artificial industrial products that use inorganic non-metallic minerals such as clay as raw materials. The main production areas of ceramics are Jingdezhen, Gao'an, Fengcheng, Pingxiang, Foshan, Chaozhou, Dehua, Xiangdu, Liling, Zibo and other places.

It includes a variety of products made from clay or mixtures containing clay through mixing, forming, and calcination. It ranges from the coarsest earthenware to the finest fine pottery and porcelain. The main raw material for it is silicate minerals taken from nature (such as clay, quartz, etc.), so it belongs to the category of "silicate industry" with glass, cement, enamel, refractory and other industries.