Eight thousand years ago, Chaozhou ancestors made pottery; A large number of ceramics were produced in the Han and Jin Dynasties, and exquisite porcelain was produced in the Tang Dynasty. Bijiashan kiln area can be said to be an important carrier of Chaozhou culture. Chaozhou kiln reached its peak in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Chaozhou porcelain was exported very well in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the early years of the Republic of China. Chaozhou kiln produced pottery thousands of years earlier than Jingdezhen kiln.

[Keywords:] Chaozhou ceramics; China Porcelain Capital; Historical background; Cultural connotation

On April 12, 2004, China National Light Industry Federation and Ceramic Industry Association awarded Chaozhou the title of "China Porcelain Capital". This paper compares the production history, production and export scale and international influence of Chaozhou ceramics with Jingdezhen, and draws the conclusion that Chaozhou ceramics have profound historical background and cultural connotation.

First, the early cold of Lake Biwa: Chaozhou produced a large number of ceramics during the Han and Jin Dynasties.

In the introduction of "China Atlas of Jiangxi Province" published by Map Publishing House, "Jingdezhen City is located on the anhui-jiangxi railway Line in the northeast of this province, with a history of 1600 years. It is one of the four famous towns in ancient China. The Song Dynasty was famous for its Jingdezhen Kiln, and it was called the porcelain capital because of its developed porcelain industry. " There are two mistakes in this introduction. First, although Jingdezhen, together with Zhuxian Town, Jinhua Town defeated by Yue Fei and Foshan Town rich in ham, is one of the four famous towns in China, it has nothing to do with "ancient times" because it was called "Jingdezhen" in the late Qing Dynasty. Because in the concept of history, the late Qing Dynasty belongs to modern times rather than ancient times. Secondly, there was no so-called "Jingdezhen famous kiln" in the Song Dynasty. Jingdezhen is one of the titles of Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng (998- 102 1), with only four years, namely 1004- 1007. According to legend, at that time, Fuliang County, Raozhou, Jiangxi Province had begun to make porcelain, so it was named after the year number. Today, the once "big factory" in the urban area is the site of the official kiln built during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty (1426). Judging from the archaeological and porcelain remains, the history of large-scale porcelain making in Jingdezhen is only over 600 years, which is 400 years slower than the large-scale export of porcelain in Chaozhou during the Xining period in northern Song Shenzong (1068)! It is groundless to say that there was a famous Jingdezhen kiln in Song Dynasty.

Fuliang County was established in the Yuanhe period of Tang Xianzong (starting in 806), which was not only 200 years slower than the establishment of Chaozhou in the 11th year of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty (59 1), but also slower than the ancient name of Haiyang in Chaozhou in the first year of Zhou Chengwang (BC 1050) 1800 years! During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Fuliang County was famous for producing tea. Bai Juyi (772-846, Taiyuan native), a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote the sentence "I went to Fuliang to buy tea the day before yesterday" in his long poem Pipa Xing. There were also royal tea factories in Raozhou (including Fuliang) in Song Dynasty. However, large-scale firing of porcelain requires borrowing soil and cutting down trees as fuel, which seems to be prohibited by the regulations of the Royal Tea Garden. It can be seen that it is impossible to burn a large number of porcelain in the tea-producing area of Fuliang in Song Dynasty.