Opening Hours: Open all day

Ticket Price: 10 RMB per person

Contact Address: Qingliangsi Village, Daying Town, Baofeng County

Best Visiting Season Pingdingshan is located on the climatic boundary between the warm temperate zone and the subtropical zone with distinct transitional characteristics. The annual average temperature of the whole city ranges from 15.12℃ to 15.2℃. It has a typical monsoon climate with four clear seasons, mild weather and abundant rainfall. Spring and autumn are the best seasons for a visit.

Complaint Hotline: 0375-4968235

Transportation Guide Take a coach from Pingdingshan to Baofeng County, then transfer to another coach bound for Daying Town to reach the site.

The Ru Official Kiln Site at Qingliangsi spreads within Qingliangsi Village and on the terraces south of the village in Daying Town, Baofeng County, Henan Province. It was a large-scale porcelain kiln operating from the Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty (960–1368 AD). Among the Five Great Imperial Kilns of the Song Dynasty, Ru Kiln ranked first.

The core area of the Ru Official Kiln lies in the north-central part of the village. The imperial porcelain fired here was mainly covered with sky-celadon glaze. The wares included daily utensils such as bowls and plates, as well as ornamental artworks like vases and wine zuns. The porcelain features dignified and elegant shapes with fine and compact clay bodies that are grey tinged with yellow, commonly known as "incense ash clay". The glaze is covered with fine natural crackles. With exquisite craftsmanship, these wares represented the highest level of celadon porcelain of that era.

Ru porcelain is famous for its glaze colour. Its most prominent feature is the pure, quiet sky-celadon tone, which embodies the Taoist philosophy of tranquility and inaction as well as the aesthetic taste of the upper class in the Song Dynasty.