Jingdezhen has a long history of producing ceramics. White porcelain is as white as jade, and it was fired in the Tang Dynasty, so it is called "fake jade".
In the Song Dynasty, it was given the royal honor, that is, Jingdezhen was awarded the title of Emperor Song Zhenzong, so Jingdezhen was famous all over the world.
Later, after Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it became the national porcelain making center, and porcelain kilns gathered all over the world.
In the Qing, Kang, Yong and Jiangxi dynasties, the development of Kyocera reached the peak of history.
More than 2,000 years of porcelain-making history, rich ceramic resources, gorgeous ceramic art, and profound ceramic culture and skill accumulation have established Jingdezhen's world-recognized status as a porcelain capital.
Jingdezhen in Han Dynasty fired "celadon" on the basis of primitive porcelain in Shang and Zhou Dynasties.
During the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the pottery production in Xinping Town has gradually transitioned to porcelain. Although the firing temperature at that time was not very high and the product quality was not inferior, the style and glaze color had reached a high level, and Xinping Town was famous for it.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, a veritable porcelain was fired here, and a leap from pottery to porcelain was completed.
In the Song Dynasty, there were many famous kilns in the north and south, especially the five famous kilns of Ru kiln, Guan kiln, Jun kiln, Ding kiln and Ge kiln. Jingdezhen porcelain production entered a brand-new period. Since the Song Dynasty, Jingdezhen has created a new variety, called celadon, with white in the blue and white, moist glaze and jade luster. Under the warm glaze color, the carved and printed patterns are clearly visible.
The Yuan Dynasty set up a floating beam porcelain bureau in Jingdezhen to supervise porcelain production.
The firing technology of pottery kiln in the north also spread here with the craftsmen in the south. Jingdezhen's ceramics are getting whiter and whiter, and the glaze on the porcelain blank gradually becomes the same color as goose egg skin. People call this kind of porcelain egg white porcelain.
The Privy Council, the highest military institution in the Yuan Dynasty, often customized this kind of white porcelain, so some people called it official porcelain.
Jingdezhen kiln in Yuan Dynasty rose rapidly on the basis of blue and white glaze production in Song Dynasty. By the mid-Yuan Dynasty, Jingdezhen's white porcelain firing technology had reached perfection.
One of the most remarkable achievements is the firing of mature blue and white, underglaze red and various monochromatic glaze varieties.
In particular, the discovery of kaolin and the wide use of binary formula of porcelain stone and kaolin have improved the physical properties of porcelain, made the firing temperature of porcelain reach 1300 degrees Celsius, and an epoch-making high-temperature hard porcelain appeared in the history of world ceramics.
As a result, an underglaze color technique for drawing patterns on plain white blank appeared-painting on porcelain blank with cobalt material, covering with transparent glaze and firing at high temperature. Fired porcelain is white and delicate, emitting beautiful and charming blue and white tones, and it will make a silvery sound when tapped lightly. This is the world-famous blue and white porcelain.
As soon as China blue-and-white porcelain appeared, it was immediately regarded as the most precious treasure and collection by all countries and Sudan.