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Changsha Tongguan Kiln Site

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Hunan

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+86 731 8840 3998

Changsha Tongguan Kiln Site

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丁字镇彩陶源村, Wangcheng, Changsha, Hunan, China

Changsha Tongguan Kiln site (also Changsha Kiln site or Tongguan Kiln site; simplified Chinese: 长沙铜官窑遗址; traditional Chinese: 長沙銅官窯遺址; pinyin: Chángshā Tóngguānyáo Yízhǐ) is located in Tongguan subdistrict, Changsha, Hunan, China. As one of the major kiln sites in Tongguan to be protected at the national level, it is located at Wazhaping (瓦渣坪) of Caitaoyuan village. The place was a historical kiln site of potteries in the Tang (618–907 AD) and Five Dynasties periods (907–960 AD),

The site covers about 68 hectares and found in 1956, it was the source place of underglaze by the Palace Museum's identification in 1957. The place was published one of the Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level by the State Council in January 1988, and was classified as one of the 100 Great Sites Protection Plan from 2006.

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Changsha Tongguan Kiln Site Wikipedia


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