" China " in English has two meanings, China as a country and china as porcelain. Westerners have linked the country of China with porcelain since a long time ago, because the technique of manufacturing porcelain was originally invented in China . Porcelain was developed on the basis of pottery. If calculated from the appearance of the primitive porcelain in the Shang Dynasty, it has a history of about 3000 years.

The techniques of manufacturing porcelain have developed rapidly since the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). Famous kilns producing porcelain products with unique features and new pottery and porcelain varieties constantly came forth in subsequent dynasties. Celadon manufactured in the Yue Kiln of Zhejiang Province and white porcelain produced in the Xing Kiln of Hebei Province in the Tang Dynasty are very precious. White porcelain of the Ding Kiln in Hebei Province , Jun porcelain of the Jun Kiln in Henan Province , and celadon of the Longquan Kiln in Zhejiang Province in the Song Dynasty are all priceless treasure. After the Song Dynasty, celadon wares produced by the Longquan Kiln in Zhejiang began to be exported abroad.

After the Yuan Dynasty, the porcelain industry rose swiftly in Jingdezhen of Jiangxi Province, which became known as the Capital of Porcelain. The porcelain ware of Jingdezhen is light and artful in weight, refined and exquisite in design. Jingdezhen porcelain is the pearl in the treasure house of Chinese art and culture. In its long and glorious history, a brilliant art and craft has been handed down and masters have been brought up in a number of dynasties. In the long time development, the artists and craftsmen in Jingdezhen brought their full talent into play and created numerous masterpieces. Thanks to their hard working, Jingdezhen porcelain has been formed its own four special features, that is, “White like jade, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, sound like a chime.”

Chinese porcelain wares are not only daily handy necessities, but also daily handy necessities, but also precious arts and crafts. From the Han and Tang dynasties, Chinese porcelain wares and their manufacturing techniques gradually spread all over the world. Today, China continues to create new varieties of precious porcelain wares.

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