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	Ceramics Today - Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Fair
		The 2006 Jingdezhen international ceramic art camps and "Master Charisma" international exhibition of contemporary ceramic works were the highlights of the Art China Jingdezhen International Ceramics Fair.
		Jingdezhen, formerly known as the "Porcelain Capital " of China, is one of China's most famous cultural and historic cities.
		The event was jointly organized and sponsored by the 2006 Jingdezhen China International Ceramics Fair Organizing Committee, the China Ceramic Art Village Park and the Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute.
	www.ceramicstoday.com /articles/jingdezhen.htm (217 words)

	Jingdezhen photos 1991 and 1992 - 2. History
		Jingdezhen is with some right sometimes called the Porcelain Capital of the World.
		A dramatic change of the importance of the whole of southern China - and Jingdezhen - came by the moving of the Imperial court to the southern city of Nanjing in 1127.
		The city of Jingdezhen is built on porcelain shards, and of porcelain shards.
	www.gotheborg.com /porcelain/jdz2.shtml (249 words)

	Jindezhen Fine Ceramics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The reason why Jingdezhen enjoys such a high reputation is because its porcelain is characterized by the terms of "as thite as jade, as thins as paper, as bright as mirror and as resonant as chime".
		Jingdezhen traditional porcelain including blue and white, rice pattern, famille rose, color glazded ware and porcelain sculpture has elegant shape and rich decoration, which fully refelct the profound meaning of Chinese people.
		Jingdezhen porcelain is treasured as the bright pearl of human art palace.
	www.jingdezhenfineceramic.com (310 words)

	Glossary: Jingdezhen (Ching-te-Chen)
		Originally Jingdezhen was called "Changnan Town" (South of Chang), as it was mainly situated on the south side of the River Chang.
		The whole region of Jingdezhen is on the transition belt between the plateau of Lake Poyang and Mountain Huangshan and Mountain Huaiyu.
		In 1369, Hong Wu (1368-1398) who was the founder of the Ming dynasty, ordered the the various kilns already located there to be rebuilt and to be made into the Imperial manufactory of the Ming dynasty, which brought the colored and painted porcelains of the great Ming dynasty to its present fame.
	www.gotheborg.com /glossary/data/jingdezhen.shtml (560 words)

	China Travel Service - China Travel Guide
		Northeast of Nanchang - 200km as the crow flies - between Poyang Hu and the Anhui border, JINGDEZHEN was producing ceramics at least two thousand years ago, and, despite half-hearted attempts to introduce new industries, ceramics remain the city's chief source of income.
		Jingdezhen lies in a river valley rich not only in clay suitable for firing but also in the feldspar needed to turn it into porcelain.
		Surrounded by paddy fields and tea terraces, Jingdezhen is a thoroughly scruffy city whose streets labour under the effects of severe pollution caused by the numerous porcelain factories dotted throughout the centre.
	www.landingchina.com /city_guide/Jiangxi/Jingdezhen.htm (700 words)

	jingdezhen
		A superintendent of the kilns was personally appointed by the emperor to oversee the operation of the imperial kilns.
		However, in spite of the cost of living, Jingdezhen is a sanctuary for numberless poor families.; employment is found there for young people and the infirm.
		Jingdezhen is situated next to Changjiang river which through a network of rivers and waterways is linked to Beijing.
	www.koh-antique.com /interest/jingdezhen.html (655 words)

	Jingdezhen Travel Guides,Jingdezhen Hotels,Jingdezhen Map,Jingdezhen pictures-China City Tours Guide
		Jingdezhen is a major producer of Chinese ceramics and one of the state-listed cultural and historical city, it situated on the eastern bank of the Yangtse River.
		Jingdezhen was known as the "porcelain city" since the Song dynasty, with a history of 1700 years porcelain-making.
		With neighboring areas Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, and Anhui provinces, Jingdezhen situated in the tropical hilly area; topography descending from the northeast to southwest, most area in northeast and northwest dominated by mountains, and southeast and southwest by hills with mere latitude of 200m.
	www.achinatravel.com /china-travel/china-jiangxi-jingdezhen.asp (325 words)

	Jingdezhen Kilns
		During the Qing period in China, the majority of porcelain was produced in or around the town of Jingdezhen in the Jiangxi province.
		In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the town of Jingdezhen was almost completely destroyed during the riots which prevailed as a result of China being invaded by, and falling under the foreign rule of, the Manchu tribesmen.
		After the factories were rebuilt the new products in Jingdezhen, as a result of new technology and new ideas, included famille verte wares, new styles of underglaze blue porcelain and wares combining both blue and red underglaze designs.
	www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk /MultimediaStudentProjects/00-01/9702846d/mmcourse/project/html/jingdezhen_kilns.htm (783 words)

	Ceramics Art & Perception
		Attempting to trim Jingdezhen porcelain before it is dry is folly because the tools gouge out chunks of clay.
		All Jingdezhen wares are once-fired at 1300–1330°C in propane gas kilns – the old coal-fired kilns are being phased out.
		The unsung craftsmen throwers are hidden away in factories and one stumbles upon them to watch in awe at their tremendous skill and humbleness.
	www.ceramicart.com.au /articles/CT18_jingdezhen.htm (821 words)

	Jingdezhen
		Jingdezhen was ideally placed as both of the major trading centres of Canton and Nanking could easily reach the kilns there, it was in the province of Jinagxi with large lakes all interconnected by canals.
		The pre-eminence of Jingdezhen was also due to the mountains to the east behind the town.
		The kilns at Jingdezhen did scale down except the Imperial ones but the Taiping Rebellion of 1854-1865 caused the total destruction of the all the kilns at Jingdezhen and the eradication of the towns population.
	home.btconnect.com /Catherine-Hunt/jingdezhen.htm (1002 words)

	Jingdezhen
		Jingdezhen city is in the county of Fuliang in northeast Jiangxi Province, located on a tributary of the Changhe River, south of the Yangtze.
		Jingdezhen is located between the Huangshan mountain range and the plain of Poyang Lake (the largest fresh water lake in China), and has a population of over 1,520,000.
		Jingdezhen is the birthplace of the Chinese porcelain industry and has been famous for manufacturing porcelain since the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
	www.gurrad.com /china/jingdezhen.htm (838 words)

	Jingdezhen
		Jingdezhen, formerly spelt Ching Teh Chen and known as the "Ceramics Metropolis" of China, is a synonym for Chinese porcelain.
		The ceramic industry experienced further development at Jingdezhen during the Ming and Qing dynasties or from the 14th to the 19th century, when skills became perfected and the general quality more refined; government kilns were set up to cater exclusively to the need of the imperial house.
		Jingdezhen, the ancient ceramics metropolis, has been regenerated with new vigor since the founding of New China.
	www.china-window.com /china_culture/arts_crafts/jingdezhen.shtml (300 words)

	China Travel Service-Destination jingdezhen tour jingdezhen guide jingdezhen travel jingdezhen hotel jingdezhen Air ...
		Jingdezhen has a long history and a magnificent culture.
		It is designated one of the first 24 famous Chinese cities of historical and cultural interests and a first-range city opening to the foreigners by China's State Council.
		Jingdezhen city lies in the Northeast of Jiangxi Province.
	www.chinats.com /jingdezhen/jingdezhen2183.htm (451 words)

	Travel China - Jingdezhen (Jingde Town) travel
		Jingdezhen is known as the "Porcelain Capital" and is located in northeastern Jiangxi.
		The imperial porcelain was so exquisite that it was described as being "as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, with a sound as clear as a bell".
		The most famous types of porcelain from Jingdezhen are the blue and white porcelain, which has been produced since the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368AD) and the rice-patterned porcelain that was introduced in the Song dynasty.
	www.shanghaifinance.com /attractions/jiangxi/jingdezhen/jingdezhen.php (278 words)

	Ceramics Today - Classical Porcelain of Jingdezhen
		Jingdezhen classical porcelain is unlike any other clay.
		The general rule is to throw thick walled pieces and, when thoroughly dry, trim both the inside and outside to desired thickness.
		During the events of the Jingdezhen 1000 Years Celebration of Porcelain taking place in 2004 and 2005, visitors will be rewarded by a guided tour to the factory studios to learn the secrets of classical porcelain techniques, including the virtuosity of the master throwers.
	www.ceramicstoday.com /articles/classical_porcelain.htm (783 words)

	Our Exhibitions: JINGDEZHEN
		Jingdezhen: 1000 Years Celebration of Porcelain is a festival planned for May – October 2004 in Jingdezhen, China.
		To honor the traditions and celebrate the continuing creation of the world-renowned porcelain for which Jingdezhen is internationally famous, the festival will feature international workshops and public sculpture projects, a ceramics conference May 25-31, commemorative wood firings, cultural performances of dance and music, an international ceramic film festival, and exhibitions and museum official openings.
		The Jingdezhen: 1000 Years Celebration of Porcelain organization will award three residencies in San Bao, China to students selected by the jurors based on the quality of their work entered for the exhibition.
	www.nceca.net /exhibitions/jingdezhen.html (397 words)

	Porcelain Stories
		Equally important, scientists have confirmed the soundness of the theory that prior to the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), the bodies of Jingdezhen qingbai wares were made of stone.
		These geological riches, with which the Jingdezhen area is so well endowed, were instrumental in the success of the porcelain industry, which relied primarily on local materials to produce superb porcelain.
		Used exclusively at Jingdezhen since the late sixteenth century, this type of kiln is referred to as egg-shaped (zhen-yao) because its form resembles an egg (or water jar) lying on its side.
	www.seattleartmuseum.org /Exhibit/Archive/porcelainstories/process/process.htm (3447 words)

	Jingdezhen International Ceramics Expo 2005
		The resident artists of Sanbao were invited to the opening ceremonies, banquets and major media events of the Expo.
		Under the support and direction of the Jingdezhen Municipal People's Government, Sanbao organized a Masters-in-Clay workshop, with contributions from the international artists of Sanbao and the porcelain masters of Jingdezhen.
		This exhibition was part of the official opening of the new China National Museum of Ceramics in Jingdezhen.
	www.chinaclayart.com /expo05.htm (138 words)

	Treasures of the Ming Dynasty are Unearthed in Jingdezhen
		Treasures of the Ming Dynasty are Unearthed in Jingdezhen
		Jingdezhen is located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province in east China and has, historically, been called the 'Capital of Porcelain'.
		Most of the objects in the Sackler show were culled from several archaeological excavations in Jingdezhen conducted from 2002 to 2004 by a joint team of researchers from the School of Archaeology and Museology at Peking University, the Cultural Relics Archaeological Research Institute of Jiangxi Province and the Jingdezhen Porcelain Archaeological Research Institute.
	www.studio-international.co.uk /reports/ming.asp (722 words)

	Porcelain in Jingdezhen, China
		Emperor Zhenzong decreed that Changnanzhen, as the city was know then, should produce all of the porcelain used by the imperial court during the Jingde Period (1004-1007).
		A pilgrimage to Jingdezhen, the birth place of high fire ceramics, is definitely worth the effort.
		Short-term residencies for international students and artists are available at the Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute and the Sculpture Factory.
	iweb.tntech.edu /cventura/Jingdezhen.htm (694 words)

	Ancient Jingdezhen chinaware bonanza
		Chinaware un-earthed in China's porcelain capital of Jingdezhen went on public display last Thursday for the first time in Nanchang, the capital of East China's Jiangxi Province.
		The items include a 10-centimetre high chalice with a diameter of 16 centimetres, which was made during the reign of Emperor Yongle (1402-24), which bears an inscription indicating the time of manufacture, said Li.
		Jingdezhen has a porcelain-making history of more than 1,700 years and is still one of China's biggest producers and exporters of porcelain products.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2004-01/09/content_297160.htm (188 words)

	Jingdezhen Porcelain: By Hu Wenfeng
		Jingdezhen is a small city in China, but wellknown to Chinese people, since it is the production centre of ceramics.
		Jingdezhen is part ofJiangxi Province and close to the famous Huangshan mountains.
		In several areas, many shops provide a large spectrum of styles and forms, of which any visitor will be able to find something to his or her liking.
	www.freewebs.com /wenwen/mycity.htm (295 words)

	The Vase Project: Jingdezhen, China \| Zhao Yu, Barbara Diduk
		Located in Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen has been a ceramic center for over 1700 years and today, over half of the city's 1.5 million inhabitants are occupied with some aspect of the ceramic industry.
		Collaborating with Zhao Yu, a young artist from the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, we spent months combing city alleys, factory neighborhoods, and the Ceramic Institute enlisting blue and white painters to participate in the "Vase Project".
		The project is still underway-half of the vases are completed, and the rest will be finished in the summer of 2006.
	www.dickinson.edu /~diduk/china/index.html (111 words)

	Higby named an honorary citizen of Jingdezhen, China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Internationally renowned ceramic artist and Alfred University professor Wayne Higby was named an honorary citizen of Jingdezhen, China, for his efforts in co-founding an institute of ceramic art in the city where porcelain has been made for more than a thousand years.
		Jingdezhen mayor Xu Aimin presented Higby with the distinction during a ceremony in the historic city – the first time a foreign national has been named an honorary citizen of the city that is famous for producing some of the world’s finest pottery.
		The mayor also presented Higby with a Ming Dynasty farmhouse and land, which is being turned into a museum honoring Chinese hand-made objects such as wooden buckets and bamboo chairs.
	www.alfred.edu /nyscc/view.cfm?temp=2335 (344 words)

	The Epoch Times \| 'Jingdezhen' Porcelain Exhibit Comes to North Carolina
		For over 2,000 years, Jingdezhen, China has been known as the Porcelain Capital of the world.
		Jingdezhen ceramics were produced as far back as the Han dynasty (206-220 B.C.).
		About The Photos: One of the most famous types of porcelain from Jingdezhen is the blue and white porcelain, which has been produced since the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368 A.D.).
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-8-21/45162.html (271 words)

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