Gangjin Kiln Sites

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Gangjin Kiln Sites
Korean name
Hangul	강진고려청자요지
Hanja	康津高麗靑瓷 窯址
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.