TongBin

God of The Kiln【Tong Bin】 Folklore and history blend together in the figure of the legendary “God of The Kiln”. The basis for this figure, Tong Bin, was originally a highly skilled kiln technician. He was responsible for the firing of porcelain pieces during the reign of the Emperor Wanli, of the Ming Dynasty, in the ancient capital of Chinese ceramicware Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. One day he received an imperial order to fire an ornate Blue Dragon vessel of prodigious size and exquisite craftmanship. The massive vessel was subjected to the firing process for an unheard-of length of time, yet still it could not be finished. The court eunuch Pan Xiang, who supervised the construction, mer...View all