Yingkou Wood-Fired Ceramics: The Ancient Kiln Art Forged by Earth and Fire

AsiaNet 201741 YINGKOU, China, Aug. 28, 2026 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/-- In Yingkou, Zhixuan Kiln is hailed as the "premier Zhen Kiln in Northeast China" - a traditional wood-fired kiln of the Jingdezhen lineage. Zhixuan Kiln served as an official kiln for a millennium and as an imperial kiln for more than four centuries. As early as the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, it had already become a major production site for exquisite blue-and-white porcelain. Inheriting the traditional craftsmanship of the Zhen Kiln, artisan Xing Ying has devoted himself to studying and refining the art of wood-fired cerami…READ FULL ARTICLE