The Dragon Kiln in Song Dynasty

　　The Dragon Kiln is one of the traditional ceramic kilns in China, which is built in a tilted way along the slope of the mountain, with a shape like a dragon, so it got such a name. The Dragon Kiln has a simple structure, and is divided into three parts, kiln head, kiln bed and kiln end. The kiln head has a separate fire chamber, and the rest of the firing chambers are set inside the channel of the kiln bed. The firewood feeding opening is located at the arch foot on both sides of the kiln wall, symmetrically arranged. Generally, it takes couch grass and tree branches as fuels, with advantages of low cost, large burning capacity and taking full advantage of waste heat. It is built by making use of the natural hillside with great flame pumping power, which can also form the restoring atmosphere of firing celadon porcelain and shadow celadon porcelain. The Dragon Kiln has made ​​an outstanding contribution to the prosperity of Jingdezhen’s ceramic business in Song Dynasty. A number of archaeological sites of Dragon Kilns in Song Dynasty have been found in many areas of Jingdezhen, such as Hutian, Yaoli, Liyang, etc.