When it comes to ceramics, people all over the world will think of China, an ancient oriental country. Among the ceramics in China, Jingdezhen, which has been a porcelain capital for thousands of years, is the most famous. When it comes to ceramics, people will think of Jingdezhen, and even there is a special university in Jingdezhen, whose name is Jingdezhen Ceramic University. Although this school is not a university that specializes in teaching porcelain firing, the word ceramic still appears in the name of the school, which shows that Jingdezhen is inseparable from ceramics.
Jingdezhen, located in the northeast of Jiangxi province, is a prefecture-level city. It is one of the 24 famous historical and cultural cities announced by the state, and it is also a national first-class opening-up area with a world-renowned reputation. During the Republic of China, it was once known as the four famous towns in China together with Hankou in Hubei, Zhu Xian in Henan and Foshan in Guangdong. But in fact, the place name of Jingdezhen was not called Jingdezhen at the beginning. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to the eastern part of Chu, and the Han Dynasty belonged to Poyang County of Yuzhang County. It was also called Xinping Town in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and renamed several times in the Tang Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, in the first year of Jingdezhen in Song Zhenzong, Song Zhenzong gave the town its own year number as a place name because the blue-and-white porcelain produced by this town was excellent in texture. Since then, after thousands of years, the name Jingdezhen has been in use ever since. The reason why Jingdezhen enjoys a thousand-year-old reputation is that it can be named by an emperor himself. On the other hand, the porcelain produced in Jingdezhen can be recognized by the emperor, and it is also inseparable from the local terrain and climate conditions suitable for firing porcelain. Chaozhou hand-pulled Zhu clay pot has a long history, profound accumulation and varied evolution. After the Song Dynasty, Chaozhou became the center of pottery production, and Chaozhou hand-pulled Zhu clay pot was a wonderful work of Chaozhou ceramics. From the middle of Qing Dynasty, Chaozhou Zhu clay pot was unique, widely produced and applied, and it has been passed down from generation to generation until now. The vermicelli used to make vermicelli pots is commonly known as "red mud", which is a kind of vermicelli mud and belongs to natural mineral materials. The original soil is characterized by its extremely high iron oxide content, which is khaki and turns red after firing. Strong plasticity and viscosity, easy to shape. The clay pot made of it is extremely solid in texture, smooth in surface but able to maintain low water absorption and permeability, delicate and flexible without sand, high in smoothness and smooth in hand. The pot body is small, generally slim and light, and the pot body is arrogant, tender and thin. Most of the shapes of utensils are thin, small, thin-eared, beautiful and clever, and the holding posture must be light and soft, like a lotus finger flick. ?