A worker lights the fire of an ancient dragon-patterned kiln to preheat and dry the greenware at Dingshu Town of Yixing City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 30, 2010. The ancient kiln, with a full length of about 48.6 meters, was built in Ming Dynasty. It burns some 7,000 porcelain embryo monthly at present, with firewood consumption of about 6 tons.[Xinhua] |