Major Porcelain Capitals in China

Foshan's Shiwan, a well-known ancient town with a history of thousands of years, is a place where the birth of heroes brings glory to and folk environment is of sincerity and honesty. With an ancient history, the ceramics is carried on generation over generation. Not only did the masters at all levels inherit and develop the ancient techniques but they incorporated the brand new artistic elements in it, creating the masterpieces for the world.

"Shiwan Gongzai" is of a long history, its pieces cover characters, birds/animals, flowers, mountain, and dishware. The character ceramic features vivid image and spirit, jazzily, facetious, implicative, and smart; the animal ceramic is designed to echo breeziness and loveliness; the flower ceramic is indeed vivid, which is hard to distinguish it among the real flowers, the mountain bonsai is delicate, remarkably true to life, and one integrated mass; the dishware ceramic not only archaizes the ancient one but also creates new. With the blend of calligraphy, drawing, seal cutting, and ceramic art, the profound Chinese culture essence is adequately showed off. Shiwan Gongzai's colour-changing glaze is amazing, this is why Shiwan is honored the Ceramic Capital of south China.

Jiangxi Jindezhen, the known town specialized in porcelain for centuries in the world, have been producing the porcelain masterpieces featuring high taste, unique style, and delicate techniques for thousand years. It was crowned the "Porcelain Capital of China".

As a pillar industry of the city, porcelain culture is of profundity, its lasting kiln fire created a brilliant culture. Sculpture, molding, blue drawing, colorful porcelain are the major four series of Jindezhen. Its strong innervations, delicate creation, vivid profile, and profound meaning reflect a kind of unique art style of Jindezhen porcelain.

Jiangsu Yixing located in the bank of Taihu Lake, is renowned for its "Oriental Pearl". Simple and unsophisticated purple clay, dignified Juntao, elegant blue porcelain, and unique Meitao are universally recognized in the world.  For arts and crafts, the purple clay teapot is the most famous, its practicality and art are both included. Its various types, unique shape, delicate techniques, and individuality bring it into the tea ceremony palace, becoming a pearl of ceramic art for years. Masterpieces created by a legion of liberators, masters, and scholars are popularly welcomed and collected by the general public.

Fujian Dehua, one of the ancient Chinese porcelain capitals in China, has a long history of porcelain production and culture. As a carrier of porcelain culture, Dehua kiln was formed in Tang Dynasty and well developed in Song, yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty. Blue, blue & white, shadow blue, and black glaze porcelain as well as "Chinese White" porcelain were well known in the world a long time ago. Blue flower and colorful porcelain were brought at the height of brilliance and splendor in the Ming and Qing Dynasty. Since the China opened the door to outside of the world, Dehua porcelain was given a boost in efforts to revive this ancient art, now it has became a production and export base of western porcelain in China.

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