Ceramic is a great invention and creation of China, which is deeply integrated into our basic necessities of life and has made great contributions to material civilisation and cultural exchanges.
Chinese ceramic is the combination of science and technology, art, practicality and aesthetics. It has witnessed continuous development and innovation, inclusiveness and integration with spreading around the world for thousands of years. It is clean, durable and easy to be made with reasonable cost, bright glaze, exquisite patterns, vibrant decoration. It is not only practical, but also reflects a colorful artistic cultural, highlighting the characteristics and happy wish of Chinese civilization.
Jiangxi province is a suitable location for pottery. The world’s earliest pottery pieces were unearthed from Xianren Cave, Wannian county, the celadon technology of Hongzhou kiln in the Han and Jin Dynasties led the times. the leaf-patterned decoration opened a new page of folk kilns in the Song Dynasty and the imperial kiln reached a new peak in the history of porcelain during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has been formed a huge porcelain industry pattern and continuous prosperous overseas trade nationwide gradually as Jingdezhen was the centre since the Song Dynasty. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the representative porcelains such as white-and-blue porcelain, five-colored porcelain wares were exported to Asia, Africa, Europe and America, which promoted the formation and development of the early trade globalization, won the reputation of “white gold” of Chinese porcelain and the “world porcelain capital” of Jingdezhen, achieved the glory of “porcelain country”. Porcelain is also an important symbol of the longstanding and profound Chinese civilisation. It has had an important impact on the material life and cultural exchanges in the world since the 8th century, It is also full of vitality in the modern civilization of Chinese nation and the exchanges and mutual learning of human civilizations.