Ancient Nanfeng Kiln

Basic Facts of the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln

Chinese Name: 南风古灶 Pronunciation: Nánfēng Gǔzào

Building Time: 1506

Best Visiting Season: All seasons

Suggested Visiting Hours: 2-3 Hours

Occupied Area: About 20,000 square meters

Address: No. 6, Gaomiao Road, Chancheng District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China

Building Function: Tourism and leisure area for tourism, sightseeing, production, art training, seminars, and shopping

Ticket Information

• Note:

1. Shiwan Ceramic Art Museum is for free.
2. Children under six years old or 1.2 meters (accompanied by adults) and seniors aged 65 and above enjoy free tickets.

Opening Hours

• Opening Hours: 8:30-17:30
   
• Note:

1. No admission is allowed after 16:30.
2. Shiwan Ceramic Art Museum is closed every Monday (except statutory holidays).

Brief Introduction of the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln

Ancient Nanfeng Kiln

The Ancient Nanfeng Kiln was built in 1506 with a history of more than 500 years. It is a National 4A Class Tourist Spot and is one of the major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level. The Ancient Nanfeng Kiln has been recorded in the Guinness World Records.
 

The Ancient Nanfeng Kiln looks like a giant dragon descending from the sky, so local people called it “Long Kiln” (Long means dragon in Chinese). Potters rely on dragon kilns to burn products to feed their families. They think that the kilns are as important as the “stoves” at home. In addition, the stove mouth of this long kiln is facing the south, and there is a cool breeze in summer, so it is called “Nanfeng Kiln”.
 

In December 1999 and May 2000, the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln Tourist Area held two large-scale international events, “Towards the New Century--Millennium Firing Event of the Contemporary Chinese Ceramicists” and “International Wood Firing Ceramics Seminar”. Many Chinese and foreign tourists come to visit, study and entertain. The Ancient Nanfeng Kiln Tourist Area was officially opened to receive tourists in 2000.

Highlighted Tourist Spots at the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln

Shiwan Ceramic Art Museum

 Shiwan Ceramic Art Museum

The Shiwan Ceramic Art Museum is the first industry museum in Guangdong Province with the theme of ceramic culture. The dynamic display area preserves the two wood-fired ancient long kilns (dragon kilns) of the historical and cultural sites, Ancient Nanfeng Kiln and Gao Kiln. The static exhibition area is dominated by ceramic historical and cultural exhibitions, divided into five exhibition halls. 
 

 Million Dream Wall

Million Dream Wall

The Million Dream Wall is the biggest artistic creativity of the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln. It is composed of all ambitious people using paintings, texts, fingerprints, and other methods you can think of to put their ideas on a ceramic plate, and then burn out and build it into a “Million Dream Wall”.
 

The wall aims to collect 1 million dreams and make 1 million colored sand pottery bricks. The brick surface will be created for free by students, citizens, artists, and enterprises in the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln.

Suggested Travel Route

The Ancient Nanfeng Kiln → Vulcan-Ancient Town Taoyuan Historical Painting → Tourist Service Center (Model Pavilion) → Shiwan Ancient Map → Ancient Architecture → Lin Family Hall → Gaomiao → Lovesick Terrace → Gao Kiln → Yunyong Pavilion

How to Get to the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln

 By Bus

Take bus 178A and get off at Nanfeng Guzao (the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln) Station.

Take bus 109, 120, 137, 140, 155, 169, 171, 185C, or G15 and get off at Nanfeng Guzao (Zhongxin Market) Station.

Take bus 101, 126, 134, 150, 226, or G9, get off at Taodu Station and then walk toward southwest for 150 meters along the Hepinglu(Heping Road), turn right, walk 10 meters into Gaomiaolu(Gaomiao Road), walk about 240 meters to the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln.
 

 By Taxi

Chinese: 请带我去南风古灶。English: Please take me to the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln.

If you go to the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln from Foshan Shadi Airport, it takes about 20 minutes (about 30 yuan).

If you go to the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln from the center of Foshan (the Crowne Plaza Foshan), it takes about 15 minutes (about 20 yuan).

If you go to the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln from Foshan Railway Station, it takes about 20 minutes (about 20 yuan).

If you go to the Ancient Nanfeng Kiln from Foshan West Railway Station, it takes about 30 minutes (about 45 yuan).

The Main Entrance

authorName23242: Ami Hao

Date: 01/03/2021

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