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China Inland, Zhejiang

Longquan

Dayao celadon kiln valley

Old dump ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Eyes-only: celadon waster tips, Fengdongyan kiln excavation, village celadon workshops sell replicas.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Song to Ming celadon capital, 126 kiln sites over 5.2 sq km in one mountain valley, imperial orders fired at Fengdongyan

Centuries of celadon waster deposits archaeologically documented across the valley; surface shards reported by researchers, no legal collecting

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Mountain roads, slippery slopes in rain

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