Dehua

A Brief Introduction of Dehua County
Dehua County lies in the middle of Fujian Province. It is about 200 kilometers away from Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, about 180 kilometers from the harbor city of Xiamen and about 110 kilometers away from Quanzhou, a city famous for historical culture in China. The county is known as the Ceramic Capital of China.

Dehua enjoys the praise of "Treasure in Fujian" with its numerous mountains, sufficient water, abundant minerals and exquisite ceramics.

There are over 280 peaks of more than 1000 meters above the sea level situated at Dehua. Daiyun Mountain, named as "Ridge in Fujian", is a national natural reserve. There are 284 families, 928 genuses and 2066 species of higher plants involving 115 species of rare plants, plants in imminent danger or special plants, 47 species of orchid plants, 38 families and 136 species of macrofungi; there are 34 orders, 99 families and 420 species of terrestrial vertebrates involving 40 species of animals under the state's first or second-class protection; there are 30 orders, 260 families and 1645 species of insects; there are the largest Huangshan pines area of 100,000 mu which is one of the protective zones that have the highest biodiversity value per unit. "the Taoism Land of God" Stone Ox Mountain is the national geology park and forest park. It is praised in 2006 as one of the top ten worthy places in Fujian Province for foreigners to visit. Daixian Falls, which is 184.3 meters high, have the largest single-stage fall in East China. The falls was appraised as one of the top eighteen landscapes in Quanzhou City in 2004. "Penglai on Land" Nine Immortals Mountain is a famous tourist attraction at provincial level and important place for Buddhists' religious activities. The extraordinary and magnificent scenes there impress tourists deeply. Dehua is rich in forest resources and has good ecological environment. The current forest land covers 2.5 million mu, and the forest coverage reaches 85%. The store of forest with above 10 million cubic meters makes up 51% of the total in Quanzhou City. Various kinds of trees and vegetations make a refreshing natural "Oxygen Bar".

The whole county's waterpower resource is sufficient and the power industry is booming. Dehua currently owns about 130 hydroelectric power stations with a total installed capacity of over 230,000 kilowatts. The installed capacity of small hydropower takes the lead in the whole nation, therefore Dehua is appraised as "A Land of Small Hydropower in China".

Dehua is endowed with abundant mineral resources. There are more than 40 mineral products mainly including kaolin, coal, limestone, peat, pyrophyllite, gold, cuprum, tungsten and manganese, etc. Especially the potential reserves of kaolin, iron ore and limestone are up to 100 millions tons and over 30 tons of gold takes the lead in the province.

Dehua has a long history of ceramics making and a rich cultural heritage. It is also one of the places from which Chinese ceramic culture was originated. Dehua was listed with Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province and Liling in Hunan Province as the three ceramic capitals in Chinese history. At present, in China, Dehua is the biggest arts & crafts ceramic produce and export base, also, it is one of the ten main ceramic production areas. With the annual value of over RMB5000 million of ceramic productions, the ceramic industry is becoming the important mainstay in the county's economy. Dehua is commended one after another to be "A Land of Ceramics", "A Land of Folk (Ceramic) Arts", "the Ceramic Capital" by some government offices in China.

The Tourism in Dehua
The tourism resource of Dehua is rich with deep connotation including three varieties of tourism: the ceramic culture, the religion culture and the ecological environment.

Dehua, famous for its excellent ceramic arts, has a long history of ceramics making and a rich cultural heritage. It is one of the places from which Chinese ceramic culture was originated and of the three famed ceramic capitals in ancient China. Over 230 locations of ancient kilns from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty all have high values for historical and scientific research. The ruin of Qudou Palace ancient kiln, the key cultural relics under the state's preservation, is the representative one at ancient Dehua. It is rare pottery cultural relic at home and important historical materials for the "Ceramic Road on the Sea" research. It is much of the characteristics of the Song and Yuan Dynasties age. Ancient kilns demonstrate systematically the history of Dehua porcelain making industry. The Ceramic Museum exhibits exquisite ceramic wares of different dynasties; the Ceramic Exhibition Center and the Ceramic Street specialize in ceramics with a collection of Dehua ceramic masterpieces of more than 1100 ceramic factories, displaying Dehua County as the biggest arts & crafts ceramic, environment protection ceramic produce base in our country. Moreover, the ceramic tourism including the traditional ceramic workshop, the ceramic bar, the tour of ceramic making and the ceramic making performance by fine ceramic artists attracts tourists all over the world by its special charms.

Dehua Porcelain
West of Putian is Dehua County, where Dehua porcelain is produced. Known as one of the major porcelain capitals of China, Dehua's porcelain dates back to the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420). During the Song Dynasty (960-1279) this industry reached its greatest prosperity, exporting products in large quantities.

Solid and smooth, Dehua porcelain is resistant to both heat and cold. One type of "Jianbai" porcelain in particular has a sparkle and lustre even more stunning than white jade. Its ivory-white colour and superb workmanship make it a favourite of art lovers.

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