Tongguanyao Museum

Changsha Tongguan Kiln is a porcelain-making site from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, with a history of more than 1,200 years. The total construction area of ​​Changsha Tongguan Kiln Museum is 11,436.5 square meters, and the exhibition area is 6,272 square meters. The basic display is themed "Poetic Colored Porcelain" and is divided into 7 exhibition halls, including the prologue hall, Changsha Kiln Impression, Wazhaping Past, Earth and Fire Art, Education Interactive Area, Colorful Tang Style, and Changsha Kiln of the World, showing the development history of Changsha Tongguan Kiln ceramic culture in the Tang Dynasty 1,200 years ago. The museum has a "Black Stone" cultural relic exhibition hall to display the treasures of the thousand-year-old "Ancient Silk Road". The exhibition of this venue is centered on archaeological data, using advanced museum display methods, combining cultural relics, documents, sand table models, scene restoration, multimedia presentations, text and graphics, etc., to take you into the colorful Tang Dynasty society, experience the extraordinary skills of Changsha Tongguan Kiln, and explore the secrets that have been sealed for thousands of years.

Changsha Tongguan Kiln is the birthplace of the world's underglaze colorful ceramics, breaking the then-dominant porcelain decoration pattern of "green in the south and white in the north"; it incorporated Chinese traditional culture's poetry, songs, paintings, proverbs, product advertisements and unique molded decals into porcelain, pioneering the Chinese ceramic decorative art; its products are exported to 29 countries and regions overseas, forming a "Maritime Silk Road" from the Xiangjiang River via the Yangtze River to all parts of Asia and Northeast Africa. It is not only a historical witness to the friendly exchanges between the Chinese people and the people of the world, but also embodies the spirit of the Hunan people who are concerned about the world and dare to be the first. It is hailed as "a milestone in the outward expansion of Han culture" and "an epoch-making achievement in the history of world ceramic development."