Let’s talk specifically about the role and origin of porcelain.

The appearance of porcelain should be at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, because the firing temperature could not reach 1300°C, it could only reach about 800-1000°C, so the fired products were half pottery and half magnetic. By the Song Dynasty, with the continuous improvement of kiln technology and the gradual increase in temperature, exquisite single-color glazed porcelain began to appear. The porcelain of this period was called high ancient porcelain. With the continuous improvement of porcelain craftsmen, there were There are also newly created types of vessels that imitate bronze vessels. In the Yuan Dynasty, porcelain was exported to a certain extent. For foreigners during that period, porcelain was extremely exquisite and very hard, so it was very popular. Porcelain is not only used as a utensil, but also used for decoration, worship and other purposes.