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Nanfeng Kiln 南风古灶Nánfēng Gǔzào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Foshan, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Foshan
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Nanfeng Kiln
A Ming-dynasty dragon kiln in Shiwan, built on a slope in 1506–1521 and fired continuously for about 500 years, a record recognised by Guinness World Records. The sloping brick kiln is 37.8 m long with 34 rows of stoking holes, and it forms the centre of a ceramics quarter with the Gaozao kiln, the Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics Museum, a street of ceramic-figure shops and workshops where visitors can try making pottery.
How to get to Nanfeng Kiln
In Shiwan, Chancheng District, about 4 km south-west of central Foshan; the Nanfeng Guzao bus stops are at the entrance.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 30 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Foshan Ancestral Temple 佛山祖庙 (under 10 km), Donghuali Historic Lane 东华里 (under 10 km), Lecong International Furniture Exhibition Centre 乐从国际家居汇展中心 (under 10 km), Louvre International Furniture Expo Centre 罗浮宫国际家具艺术博览中心 (under 10 km), Zinan Village 紫南村 (under 10 km), Chencun Flower World 陈村花卉世界 (under 10 km).
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