Jingdezhen Travel Guide
The Town of Jingdezhen
Jingdezhen is the world renowned Porcelain Capital, listed with Foshan in Guangdong Province, Hankou in Hubei Province and Zhuxianzhen inHenan Province as the four porcelain towns in Chinese history. It is on China’s State Council primary list of cultural/historical cities. Jingdezhen was called Xinping and Changnan in the old times. It is now famous due to the porcelain made there. Historical records show that the making of porcelain in Jingdezhen dates back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC- 220 AD), which gives it porcelain making history of over 2000 years.
Ancient China porcelain makers seem to have had a unanimous preference for the color green from their palette. The porcelain made during different dynasties mainly varied in the intensity or tone or ambience of this color. Multicolored items have not been found yet. Porcelain kilns were set up during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1279). They imitated the color, tone and the humid-feeling quality of the original whitish-green porcelain and produced whitish-green porcelain of elegant quality and voluptuous veneer, achieving the climax of green porcelain craftsmanship. more about Jingdezhen »
- Chinese Name: 景德镇
- Chinese Pinyin: jǐng dé zhèn
- English Name: Jingdezhen
- Location: Central China
- Latitude: 29° 30' N
- Longitude: 117° 22' E
- Area: 5,256 sq. km. (2,029 sq. mi.)
- Time Zone: (UTC+8)
- Area Code: 0798
- Population: 1.6 milliom
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Shopping in Jingdezhen
Shopping in Jingdezhen is a unique visit. While in the ancient town, you must see Old Street, which combines shopping and ancient architecture. Then, make porcelain the theme of your shopping adventure, as there are many types of porcelain here: blue and white porcelain, eggshell porcelain, and rose porcelain, among others. Don’t worry about ...more info about Jingdezhen Shopping »
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