International Experts Explore Celadon in Zhejiang

9月24日至26日，中国（上虞）·越窑青瓷国际学术研讨会在浙江上虞召开。来自北京大学、中国社科院、故宫博物院、中国国家博物馆、首都博物馆、上海博物馆，以及韩国、日本等地的50余位古陶瓷领域专家学者和各窑口代表性传承人齐聚浙江省绍兴市上虞区，就瓷器的起源、制瓷技艺的传播、越窑与“一带一路”建设、提升发展青瓷产业等议题进行广泛讨论。

专家们考察了凤凰山考古遗址公园禁山窑址、瓷源文化小镇国际艺术区和上虞博物馆。被评为“2014年度全国十大考古新发现”的禁山窑址，是目前已发现的早期成熟青瓷窑址中窑炉最多、遗迹最丰富的窯场，并出土了大量高质量的成熟瓷器。据了解，上虞境内古窑址数量将近400处，时代序列完整清晰，自东汉至北宋绵亘不绝。专家学者普遍认为，上虞是真正意义上成熟瓷器的发源地。在东汉中晚期，上虞曹娥江流域就有众多的窑场创烧出真正意义上的瓷器。这些窑场烧制技术已臻成熟，产品质量普遍较好。近年来，上虞区委、区政府出台了大量政策措施，较好地保护和传承发展了青瓷文化。

（徐继宏）

A delegation of more than 50 ceramics experts and scholars representing Peking University， Chinese Academy of Social Sciences， the Palace Museum， China National Museum， Capital Museum， Shanghai Museum and various other organizations in South Korea and Japan gathered in Shangyu to brainstorm about new development possibilities of the art of ceramics in the ‘Belt & Road context， at the 2017 China （Shangyu） Yue Celadon International Seminar on September 24-26， 2017.

The delegation surveyed the kiln remains at the Fenghuangshan Archaeological Park， the International ‘Artist-in-Residence program at the Celadon Culture Town， and the Shangyu Museum. The kiln site at Fenghuangshan was rated among the ‘top 10 archaeological findings in China in 2014， and is highly regarded by insiders for its unusually large number of kilns and high quality celadon products preserved from ancient times. Statistics show Shangyu hosts about 400 ancient kilns spanning a period from the East Han Dynasty （25-220AD） all the way down to the Northern Song （960-1127）. In as early as the middle and late period of the East Han Dynasty， artisans working in the Caoe River area were already producing high quality porcelain artifacts. It is a consensus reached by the international archaeologist circle that Shangyu is the ‘root of porcelain production in its mature state. Aware of the long term future benefits of the porcelain tradition of Shangyu， the local government has taken extensive actions to revitalize the glory of the ‘birthplace of celadon.

By Xu Jihongendprint