Xixia porcelain highlights the life characteristics of nomadic people

During the Song, Liao, and Jin Dynasties, the porcelain production in the northern region was very prosperous. In the northwestern region, the Xixia Dynasty (S. 1038 to 1227), which was successively associated with the Song, Liao, and Jin, was also well developed. Previously, due to the lack of documentation and lack of information, people have almost no understanding of the appearance of Xixia ceramics production. After the 1980s, with the support of a series of kiln investigations and archaeological excavations, the mysterious Xixia porcelain was only known to the world.

The Xixia porcelain kiln sites excavated so far by archaeology mainly include Ciyokpu kiln, Huimin Lane kiln, and Ta'erwan kiln in Wuwei, Gansu in Ningxia. From the perspective of excavation and investigation materials, Xixia porcelain production is Under the influence of the Ding Kiln of the North, Cizhou Kiln, Yaozhou Kiln Porcelain, combined with the characteristics of its own nationality and region, the products of the Huimin Lane Kiln are mainly affected by the Yaozhou Kiln. However, the products produced by the magnetic kiln kiln and Ta'erwan kiln all have the product features of the Cizhou kiln type porcelain during the production process, glaze type and decoration techniques.

Xixia porcelain styling can be divided according to the use of living utensils, roomware, entertainment supplies, porcelain and building materials, etc., common bowls, plates, pots, bottles, cans, pots, lights, bill hooks, gongs, bells, bulldogs and so on. Some of these types of devices, such as flat pots, multi-series (two-, four-, or six-series) bottles, bill hooks, spinning wheels, and bullfrogs, are special types that adapt to the nomadic life of the party. Taking the flat pot as an example, the pot type can be divided into two types, the larger one is the unique three-circle pot flat pot of Xixia porcelain, the middle of both sides of the pot abdomen has a circular ring foot, the bottom is also a ring foot, and the ventral side Two ears or four ears are placed on the upper and lower sides, respectively, and they can be placed side-by-side or flat on both sides. There are ears on the ventral side for wearing the belt, and the kettle is tied on the horse's back. It is convenient to carry fashion water and wine. The other kind of flat pot is a little smaller, similar to the large flat pot, but it has no ring feet and its ears are placed on the ventral side. It is only used for carrying. In addition, the multi-kettle is also a characteristic shape in Xixia porcelain, such as the four- or six-tiered bottles unearthed in the Ta'erwan kiln, with four ears or six ears at the shoulders and ears, and the ear is ribbed, and other kiln fields in the north. Compared with the tethered bottle, its department is obviously wider, and the wearing belt is more solid and firm. It should be made to meet the needs of the party's monks who are nomadic. The porcelain account hooks, spinning wheels, etc. are the lack of metal minerals in Xixia, and the porcelain is more widely used in social life. Others, such as baldness, are related to the custom of baldness in party items. The emperor named Li Yuanzhang issued a “baldness order” before the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It stipulates that the people of other ethnic groups in the conquered region must shave their hair. The day is not from the order, Xu Zhong kill it."