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How Did Zen Kilns and the Mongol Empire Create the World’s Rarest Porcelain 700 Years Ago?

Why Was One Porcelain Worth More Than Two Tons of Gold? How Did Zen Kilns and the Mongol Empire Create the World’s Rarest Porcelain 700 Years Ago? Why is Yuan blue-and-white porcelain among the rarest treasures on Earth? 700 Years in One Porcelain. This documentary reveals a world shaped by Buddhist chanters, global trade routes, Persian cobalt, and imperial workshops. From Mongol conquests to West Asian design influence, from Northern China kiln-technique integration in Jingdezhen to Zen chants echoing over the furnaces — a hidden network turned ceramic art into a global phenomenon. Highlights in this episode: The kiln families of Jingdezhen and their guarded techniques How Persian trade brought cobalt blue to China Why Mongol rule accelerated cross-cultural aesthetics How a Zen Buddhist mantra accompanied porcelain firing A final ancient-style poem linking history, empire, and moonlit nostalgia 📌 Featured Poem (Ancient Style) Iron riders march west, banners wide, From Changnan’s kilns to Persian tide. Stories of home hold meaning unseen, Past and present share the same moon’s sheen. 🕊️ Zen Verse & Mantra Thoughts rise and fall—hold to nothing. Flow with the present—release everything. Wisdom sharp as a blade, mind firm as a ridge. All phenomena arise from Mind, boundless and complete. 🎥 Subscribe for more: History × East–West Exchange × Artisans & Buddhism × Global Aesthetics Timestamps: 00:00 🔹 The opening of the story：The Auction Spotlight (2005, Christie’s London), Mongol Conquest & Trade Foundation (1256–1270s) 01:55 🔹 The 1929 Liulichang (the Antique Street) Mystery in Beijing; Authentication & the David-Weill Vases; International Confirmation of Yuan Blue&White Porcelain (1952) 04:49 🔹 How “The Young Keeper of the Hearth” Became a Family Advantage；— The Youngest Son’s Advantage; The Tolui Lineage & Power Structure (1227–1232) 06:44 🔹 Brothers of an Empire: Hulagu and Kublai; Hulagu’s Early Promise (1217 & After) 07:33 🔹Jingdezhen & Zen: The Spirit Within the Kiln 10:29 🔹 The Woman Who Raised Two Great Khans and a West-Asian Ruler 12:03 🔹 Westward Campaign: “Tengri Is With Me!” 14:05 🔹 Did Brotherly Rivalry Halt the Final Western Expedition? 15:28 🔹 Why Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain Is So Precious? 16:52 🔹 Dynasties Rise and Fall, Yet Porcelain Bears Witness; Cultural Exchange & Export Flourishing; 19:27 🔹 A Dual-Structured Mongol Empire, Pax Mongolica, 21:36 🔹 A Customized Miracle: ODM from 700 Years Ago 23:25 🔹 The Fall of a West-Asian Conqueror, Legacy of Conquest & Craft 24:49 🔹 Origins & Awakening: Humanity’s Quest Beyond Itself 25:42 🔹 Epilogue — Poetry from Porcelain and Zen