Sichuan Yingjing Clayware Research

Yingjing, a county known as the headstream of clayware. Yingjing clayware is a part of Chinese ceramic with long history, whose traditional production technology was officially written into The Second Batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2008 by the State Council. The invention and boom of Yingjing clayware had close relation with local sociocultural environment as well as its rich product resource, which is relative to its geographical environment as well.“A work could be good after it is corresponding to the time, geographical convenient, made by classic material and technology.” That’s the standard of a good work came from currently known earliest handcraft technical literature Artificer’s Record. The ancients thought that only combined with former elements perfectly could the process of creation create a classic work. Yingjing clayware abides by those principle and has its unique material and production technology of creation, appearing to have a particular characteristics, a sharp silver light shining ovet the body of finished implement. When the embryo is made, the clay should be mixed with certain proportion of coal cinder. The most special are the temperature of the kiln and the glazed method. Those are the process characteristics and process value as well.The production technology is easier and cheaper, used to be domestic container in daily life. It is a kind of common daily necessities, it is the result of human wisdom, artware, as well. During its long history of development, Yingjing clayware has shaped its particular aesthetic features against the background of its particular society and nature environment. The beauty of form to clayware is mainly manifested in two aspects of shape and decoration pattern. Shape decides the basic form of desander and, decoration pattern improves the formal sense of beauty. Yingjing clayware, uninhibited modelling of primitive simplicity, not heavy adornment, relative to the pursuit of present natural property of raw material.The traditional production technology of Yingjing clayware is inherited rely mainly on family inheritance and mentoring heritage, which are the natural integrated heritage forms and, as education inheritance will be the most propagative and influential way in the future, we are looking into the two types of inheritance way to study the present inheritance situation and the future of Yingjing clayware. As a kind of art and handcrafts goes though several generation of art inheritance without break off, Yingjing clayware has been stricken by the modern large-scale mechanization production mode as well, and its development is also facing the emergence of new materials, new lifestyle and other, various threats and challenges. With the increase of the depth and breadth of outside influence,it become a question must be thought that how will Yingjing clayware go on inheritance and development in the constantly changing environment.