Gangjin Kiln Sites | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 강진고려청자요지 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gangjin Goryeo cheongja yoji |
McCune–Reischauer | Kangjin Koryŏ ch'ŏngja yoji |
Gangjingun Kiln Sites is a tentative World Heritage site listed by the South Korean government at UNESCO. It is a complex of 188 kilns which produced Goryeo ware. The kiln sites are located in Gangjin-gun, South Jeolla Province, South Korea near the sea. Mountains in the north provided the necessary raw materials such as firewood, kaolinite, and silicon dioxide for the master potters while a well established system of distribution transported pottery throughout Korea and facilitated export to China and Japan.