Chenlu (Chinese: 陳爐) is located in the mountainous area of Tongchuan (銅川) city, Shaanxi (陝西) province, China. Chenlu is famous for its kilns and ceramics, the Yaozhou Kiln (耀州窯) in Chenlu has its fires blazing for more than 1,400 years.
Chenlu, has been designated as an ‘ancient town’, big and small kilns dot everywhere, pots make its village walls, while ceramic pieces make the roads.
Tongchuan has long been the manufacturing center of pottery and ceramic, beside Chenlu, there are also some pottery towns scattered around this area.
Pottery in Chenlu is the last remaining pottery village of what was once the most important production area in northwest China. The earliest evidence of ceramic production in Chen Lu comes from the Northern Zhou (北周) dynasty (557-581).
Yaozhou Ware is a type of celadon or greenware in Chinese pottery, which was at its height during the Northern Song (北宋) dynasty (960-1127). It is especially famous for the rich effects achieved by decoration in shallow carving under a green celadon glaze.
The pottery here is so exquisite but selling at a reasonable price, so Choumeizai also buys one small pseudo classical ceramic pot.
