NANJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- In the heart of China's pottery capital Yixing in the eastern province of Jiangsu, the ancient ritual of firing the 600-year-old Qianshu Dragon Kiln persists, a testament ...

Pottery in ancient Greece, as elsewhere, was fired in a specially-made ceramic kiln. Other firing structures, including food ovens, smelting furnaces, and lime kilns, would have been unsuitable for ...

NANJING — In the heart of China's pottery capital Yixing in the eastern province of Jiangsu, the ancient ritual of firing the 600-year-old Qianshu Dragon Kiln persists, a testament to enduring ...

A dragon dance performance at a square next to the Qianshu Dragon Kiln ahead of a ritual to open the 600-year-old facility in Yixing, Jiangsu province. [PHOTO/XINHUA] NANJING — In the heart of China's ...