An Analysis of the Export Route of Longquan Celadon in the Song and Yuan Dynasties
Longquan celadon was an important export commodity throughout the prosperous period of the Maritime Silk Road.This paper takes Overseas Trading Department evolution in five ports of Ganpu,Hangzhou,Mingzhou,Wenzhou and Quanzhou in Song and Yuan Dynasties as the breakthrough point,analyzes in detail the land transportation route of Longquan celadon in the deep mountains of Da'ao to go northward to Mingzhou,Hangzhou and Ganpu,on the middle to Wenzhou and southward to Quanzhou,and the general sea transportation route.
Longquan celadonMaritime Silk Roadexport routeoverseas trading system evolution