Jingdezhen is located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, in the transition zone between Huangshan, Huaiyu mountain and Poyang Lake Plain. It borders Anhui Province in the northwest, Wannian County in the south, Poyang County in the west, Qimen County in Anhui Province in the northeast and Wuyuan County in the southeast, with a total area of 5256 square kilometers.
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Jingdezhen is the porcelain capital of the world and the cradle of China's helicopter industry. One of the first 24 famous historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council and the national class a open area. During the period of the Republic of China, it was known as the four famous towns in China together with Foshan in Guangdong, Hankou in Hubei and Zhuxian in Henan.
Jingdezhen, known as the "capital of porcelain", has a long history of porcelain making. According to historical records, "Xinping pottery smelting began in the Han Dynasty", it can be seen that ceramics were produced as early as the Han Dynasty. From the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors sent personnel to Jingdezhen to supervise the production of palace porcelain, set up porcelain bureaus and royal kilns, and the ceramic industry was very prosperous.
Jingdezhen porcelain is most famous for its white porcelain. It is known as "white as jade, bright as a mirror, thin as paper and sound as a chime". It has a complete variety and has reached more than 3000 product names. Excellent porcelain, light shape and diverse decoration.
In terms of decoration, there are blue and white, underglaze red, ancient color, pastel, bucket color, new color, underglaze colorful, blue and white exquisite, etc., especially blue and white and pastel products, and color glaze is a famous product. There are many kinds of glaze colors, including green, blue, red, yellow, black and so on. Only the red glaze system, including Jun red, langyao red, Ji red and rose purple, are fired with "reducing flame". The products are well-known in the world and are one of the outstanding representatives of ancient ceramic art in the world.