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Posts from 2012-10-12

64m Dragon Kiln

Our group went to Yaoli and visited a Ming dynasty village, it was like stepping back in time. On the way we stopped at a 64m long dragon kiln. Going inside the kiln at about half way and looking up and down was amazing. It's so big and takes an enormous amount of work to fill. We were told they fire 4 times a year and were going to pack the kiln tomorrow. All the timber was reading beside the holes at the side. It takes only about 3 days to fire.

 

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