During the China Jingdezhen International Porcelain Fair 2024, "Changnan Culture Lecture Hall" opened its first lecture in Jingdezhen ancient Kiln Impression. The lecture invited Mr. Lu Chenglong, research librarian of Beijing Palace Museum, chief expert of the Department of Artifacts, director of Ceramic Research Institute and Vice president of Chinese Ancient Ceramics Society, to share the Beauty of Chinese Ancient Ceramics with the audience from all over the country. A total of more than 300 ceramic lovers from all over the country participated in the lecture.
As an important carrier of Chinese traditional culture, ceramics have carried the cultural confidence of the Chinese people for thousands of years. The Chinese time-honored brand "Changnan", as a brand with a thousand years of history, shoulders the heavy responsibility of inherits the gold signboard of "Changnan Porcelain · Famous in the world" in the Tang Dynasty, and has the mission of spreading Chinese traditional culture deeper and farther to the world, so that more people can understand the profound connotation of Chinese culture.
Ceramic is the art of "earth and fire", the ancient Chinese ceramics are extensive and profound, elegant and popular. Lu Chenglong said that porcelain is a major invention in China, no less than the four great inventions in ancient China, and it is an outstanding contribution made by the Chinese nation to human civilization. In foreign countries, there has been a boom in the collection of ancient Chinese ceramics, up to the king, down to the people, are proud of owning Chinese ceramics, Chinese ceramics have become a sign of their wealth and status.
Then, he takes the long history as the axis, from the three dimensions of modeling, glaze color and decoration, take us to appreciate the eternal artistic charm of ancient Chinese ceramic art, comparing ceramics to beauty "the shape of ceramics is like the skeleton of people, glaze color is like the clothes of people, decoration is like the pattern on the clothes."
Teacher Lu finally shared that the beauty of ancient Chinese ceramics has a long history, and the beauty brought to people is eternal. With the development of social economy and the continuous improvement of people's demand for culture, Chinese ceramics will be more popular. His simple explanation was warmly echoed by hundreds of ceramic lovers at the scene, and applause erupted.
This lecture is an important measure of Changnan Culture to carry forward the mission of traditional Chinese culture. Changnan Culture Lecture Hall will be held regularly in the future, inviting museum experts, cultural scholars, non-genetic heirs, masters of arts and crafts, ceramic artists to continue to bring you a cultural feast.