Cinnabar in China and Its development in function

In China,usage of Cinnabar was found to be applying to polychrome pottery as early as back to 7000 years age unearthed at the site of Dadiwan Ruins at Qin'an County. Since then,many archaeological evidence proved that effective use of cinnabar in varied function. Here list out nine kind of functions of cinnabar:using cinnabar stick as color of ink for writing,red pigment for painting,coating object.