英文摘要:“Tile Kiln” is the original kind of kiln early introduced in Taiwan; our ancestors used the fired bricks and tiles to build house, which are numerous and popular, therefore, most shown in the building of historic sites. The purpose of exploring the manufacturing procedure of bricks and tiles used for historic sties not only is for the pre-work of continuing the value of historic sites, but also for the origin of repair and manufacturing of bricks and tiles. The main contents of this study include the manufacturing technology of “Tile Kiln”, discussion of the firing procedures from ancient times to the present, and understanding of the relationship between finished product in the kiln and various links through observation and test of firing kiln, in order to establish the basic knowledge for differentiate the brick materials. As for the way of investigation that the interview of craftsmen and traditional skill record are principal and supported by scientific observation and test, comparing with the interviewees’ experiences, trying to transfer the correct oral information to objectively operational procedures in order to become the study basis of building materials in terms of bricks and tiles. Chapter 1 Introduction: Expound the motive, purpose of study, literature, scope and method etc. Chapter 2 Outline of Taiwan Traditional Tile Kiln: Describe the development history of Taiwan traditional tile kiln, the current situation of tile industry, the firing principles of tile kiln, the development of kiln body and the way of building. Chapter 3 Manufacturing and Procedure of Tradition Tile Kiln: Describe such important procedures as the manufacturing of semi-finished bricks and tiles, putting in kiln and firing kiln and related notes hereof, as well as expound the same and different situations of various places according to the way of production and procedures. Chapter 4 Observation and Test of Firing Tile Kiln: With respect to observation—analyze the observed firing kiln during the study period and compare the raising temperature and the yield rate of finished products; induce reasonable raising-temperature curve and observe the relationship between raising temperature and fuel consumption, as well as the influence of traditional temperature control on the temperature of kiln; with respect test—take the finished products of every part in the kiln to observe, test and record their shrinkage, water absorption, compression resistance and color. Infer the enlarged value of rough semi-finished products for every location in the kiln by shrinkage range, and from the shrinkage range, the porosity and strength, understand the temperature distribution in the kiln; analyze the color distribution for every location in the kiln; explore the relationship between manufacturing procedures and damaged finished products. Chapter 5 Conclusions and Suggestions: Describe the technology of producing the tile kiln, the characteristics of product, and suggest the follow-up direction of study direction.