Jingdezhen, located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, is a famous historical and cultural city in China. Jingdezhen is also located in the center of the "Five Mountains and Two Lakes" scenic spot, which is one of the ace tourist attractions in China.

Jingdezhen is famous for its porcelain with a history of 1700 years. As white as jade, as thin as paper, as bright as a mirror and as loud as a chime, this is the true portrayal of Jingdezhen porcelain. Because of its good quality, Jingdezhen was the production base of palace porcelain in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. By the Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen had become the center of China porcelain industry.

Porcelain history

Jingdezhen is called "the capital of porcelain". Porcelain is beautiful in shape, various in variety, rich in decoration and unique in style. Known as "white as jade, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, and loud as a chime". Its blue-and-white porcelain, exquisite porcelain, pastel porcelain and glazed porcelain are collectively called the four famous traditional porcelain in Jingdezhen.

Jingdezhen porcelain in history is not only famous for its sound at home, but also widely known overseas. According to relevant historical records, people in ancient Southeast Asia, Arabia, Africa and Europe liked China porcelain very much, especially Jingdezhen porcelain. From the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1405), Zheng He made seven voyages to the West, carrying a large number of porcelain, and Jingdezhen porcelain occupied an important position.

Later, Mikami Tsugio, a famous Japanese ceramic archaeologist, led scholars to inspect a large number of ancient ceramic fragments exported from China to Southeast Asia and Asian and African countries in Africa, and wrote the book "The Road of Ceramics", calling the Maritime Silk Road the Road of Ceramics and the Road of International Trade of Ancient Jingdezhen Ceramics.

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