1406年,明成祖下令营造新都北京,在经过多方对比之后,临清砖因为质量高、产量大而被选为御用贡砖。此后一船一船的贡砖沿着运河被送往北京,成为修建城墙、宫殿、陵墓等大型建筑的主要材料。可以说,是临清贡砖一块一块地构架起北京城的基本风貌。也正是在北京城建设和维修的巨大的需求下,一个专业化的贡砖生产基地诞生在了临清,并维持了长达500年的时间。 In 1406, Ming Chengzu ordered the construction of Xindu Beijing. After various comparisons, Linqing Brick was chosen as the royal tribute brick because of its high quality and large output. Since then, a ship of tribute brick along the canal was sent to Beijing, as the building walls, palaces, mausoleums and other large buildings of the main material. It can be said that Linqing tribute brick piece by piece from the basic style of Beijing City. It is also under the tremendous demand for the construction and maintenance of the Beijing city that a specialized brick production base was born in Linqing and maintained for 500 years.