City Guide:

Jingdezhen is located in the south of the Yangtze River and in the northwest of Jiangxi province . It is known as a "Powerful Town on the South of the Yangtze River", and was listed with Foshan in Guangdong Province , Hankou in Hubei Province , and Zhuxianzhen in Henan Province as the four famous towns in Chinese history. The city covers an area of 5,256 square kilometers and is inhabited by a population of 1,520,000. Jingdezhen is famous for its porcelain. The city has beautiful scenery featured by a network of many rivers and streams and a chain of mountain peaks one rising higher than another.

As the world-famed ceramic capital, Jingdezhen City has a long history of ceramics making and a rich cultural heritage. According to historical records, "Xinping (as the city was known as then) began to make pottery in Han Dynasty". In the first year in Jingde Reign of Song Dynasty ( 1004A .D), the royal court decreed the city made porcelain wares for imperial use with the wording "Made during the Jingde Reign" printed on the bottom of every piece. The city then got its name "Jingdezhen". From Yuan Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors sent their officials to Jingdezhen to supervise the manufacture of royal porcelain. They set up the Porcelain Office and built the royal kiln, which produced many wonderful ceramic articles. The porcelain made in Jingdezhen enjoys the praise of "as white as jade, as thin as paper, as sound as a bell, as bright as a mirror".

In Jingdezhen, there are many landscapes and sights, such as the clusters of Ming and Qing Buildings , the Old Street and the Jingdezhen Ceramic History Museum and so on.