A Preliminary Research On Dome Kilns Of Tang And Song Dynasty

This thesis is from the perspective of dome kilns internal structure, revealing the evolution process of dome kilns in Tang and Song Dynasty, and doing a preliminary analysis on the regional distribution of kilns. The paper is divided into four parts.The first part briefly introduces the general situation of archaeological discovery on kilns, and reviews the previous research.The second part mainly deduces the age of dome kilns.The third part expounds the evolution process of dome kilns in brief.,which can divide into five stages. In the period of early 7th century - early 8th century, only a few dome kilns were excavated,whose structure were primitive,not very reasonable. In the period of mid-8th century-early 10th century,the number of kilns began to increase,with different fire chambers in depth ,which began to widen. In the period of early 10th century - late 10th century, kiln parts were improved more or less, maintaining the basic shape on the previous stage. In the period of early 11th century - early 12th century, kiln amounts increased fiercely. Kiln parts and the fuel changed a lot. Specialized ventilation ducts appeared, which enlongated were fairly. Chambers deepened generally, with grate appearing.The shape of kiln floors were transverse basically, whose proportion deceased.The fuel turned into coal. The distribution center in south shifted to Sichuan and Chongqing from Guangdong. The amount increased to 50-60 from a dozen. In the period of mid-11th century - late 13th century, the scale of kilns became large, ventilation ducts were tall and deep,kiln floors were almostly transverse, coal was dominant fuel. All regions in the period relative to the previous stage , kilns showed convergence in shape.In the fourth part, firstly we analyze the overall distribution, which central part was northern area, focusing on Hebei, Henan, Shanxi Provinces In the southern, Sichuan, Chongqing and Guangdong Provinces as the main distribution areas, other areas scattered. Then we divide into 8 regions. Among these regions,Shandong and Guangdong exsited local color. And the construction technology of Sichuan and Chongqing might have two sources, which was bounded by Song Dynasty. Between the northern and the southern, there occured technology exchange, and the same exsited within northern area.The last part is a summary.,which sums up the paper.