Lin said that the earliest pottery kiln used in China was a simple box structure to enclose the fuel and pottery piece. A form of mass production was achieved later through the development of a system of inter-connected kilns place on a hillside. Starting from the lowest kiln, the various stages of firing were completed as each piece moved up the hill.
再看今天台灣的陶藝，除了規模大小不等的許多陶瓷工廠之外，尚有許多陶藝專家，開班授徒，教導各個階層中愛好此道的人，學習製作藝術陶瓷，陶林陶藝中心的主人林葆家老先生，已經研究陶瓷四十多年了，他每天與泥土、釉藥、發色劑、窯爐等為伍。