– 1 7 1 2 ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁recover ▁the ▁lost ▁" s ac r ific ial ▁red " ▁gla ze ▁of ▁the ▁X u ande ▁reign ▁( 1 4 2 6 – 3 5 ) ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁famous ▁gla ze ▁used ▁for ▁cer emon ial ▁( rit ual ) ▁war es ▁made ▁at ▁J ing de z hen , ▁of ▁which ▁very ▁few ▁examples ▁surv ive ▁from ▁his ▁short ▁reign . ▁ ▁As ▁recorded ▁in ▁the ▁Collect ed ▁Stat utes ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁D ynast y , ▁from ▁ 1 3 6 9 , ▁the ▁second ▁year ▁of ▁Hong w u ▁Emperor ' s ▁reign ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y , ▁mon och rome ▁por cel ains ▁replaced ▁other ▁materials ▁for ▁the ▁rit ual ▁vessels ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁official ▁rit uals ▁of ▁sacrific es ▁the ▁em peror ▁was ▁required ▁by ▁tradition ▁to ▁perform , ▁hence ▁the ▁name ▁" s ac r ific ial ▁red ". ▁ ▁Chinese ▁names ▁for ▁it ▁are ▁x i ā n h ó ng ▁( <0xE9> <0xB2> <0x9C> 红 , ▁" f resh ▁red ") ▁and ▁b ǎ osh í h ó ng ▁( 宝 石 红 , ▁" ruby ▁red "). ▁ ▁The ▁stat ute ▁also ▁states ▁that ▁each ▁colour ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁a ▁specific ▁direction ▁and ▁rit ual : ▁" To ▁each ▁direction ▁is ▁associated ▁a ▁por cel ain : ▁red ▁for ▁the ▁alt ar ▁of ▁the ▁Sun , ▁blue ▁for