火缸许是因为水火不相容,且生活里既不能少水也不能缺火,于是村里每家每户有水缸之外,还有火缸,而且是唯一放在屋里面的缸,一个专门用来挡火蓄灰的地方。它的外形实在不像一只缸,它不是圆形的,而是长条状的。有的用一整片的石板横着放,把灶洞与堆放柴火的地方隔离开来;有的则用砖头砌成,外面再抹上一层石灰,既结实 Because of the incompatibility between fire and water, and living neither water nor fire, so every household in the village have a water tank, there are fire cylinders, and is the only cylinder in the house, a Dedicated to stop the fire ash storage place. Its shape is really not like a cylinder, it is not circular, but long strip. Some use a whole piece of stone slab to put it horizontally, separating the stove hole from the place where the firewood is stacked; while others are made of bricks, and then a layer of lime is applied on the outside,