Mungyeong Mangdaengisagiyo Kiln

This kiln, opened in 1863 (the fourteenth year of King Cheoljong), is a distinctively Korean chambered climbing kiln known as a mangdaengi kiln (its chamber walls built up with coils of clay called mangdaengi), and it was producing white porcelain (sagi) until just a few years ago. The site is the finest kiln facility in the country, fully equipped not only with the kiln itself but also with a workshop, a foot-powered pestle mill, an underground flue, a kkwaeng (a facility for refining clay), and living quarters. The kiln is 17.35 m long. Externally it consists of the firebox (bongtong), the firing chamber next to it (the first chamber), and six further chambers that grow slightly larger in turn; from the first chamber to the last, the kiln rises in stages along a 12-degree incline. Between the connecting sections of each chamber are salchang holes, a ventilation device, numbering 7 in the first chamber, 10 in the second, 12 in the third, 10 in the fourth, 11 in the fifth, and 10 in the last chamber. Inside, entering through a chamber's door leads to a narrow firing floor and a hearth. The family of Kim Yeong-sik, owner of the Mungyeong mangdaengi sagiyo, has carried on this family trade for eight generations, the oldest such lineage in the country, and his uncle, Kim Jeong-ok (of Yeongnam-yo), is a holder of the national intangible heritage title of Sagijang, master potter.

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Where it is

Region

Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산