Changes and reconstruction

This chapter compares new folk kiln with traditional folk kiln, to find the internal connection relating to the two in a diachronic and synchronic framework. It investigated various changes happening in the Fanjiajing’s kilns, clay houses, and decoration shops due to technological innovation, summarize the characteristics of the Fanjiajing ceramic handicraft workshops in the rapid development of modern industry in recent years, and the changes in Fanjiajing’s handicraft porcelain workshops due to the introduction of new technologies such as gas kilns and the mechanization of raw material preparation. Those changes lead to a series of changes in the social structure, people’s behavior patterns, as well as the cultural concepts of the community. In the traditional folk kiln industry, guild monopolies and professional control were normally used to move the operation of the entire porcelain industry; in the new folk kilns, the market economy has assumed this role.