Jingdezhen
Jingdezhen
is known as the "Porcelain Capital"
and is located in northeastern Jiangxi.
During the Jingde Period (1004-1007) of
the Southern Song dynasty, emperor Jingde
decreed all the pieces made for court
to be marked 'made in the Jingde period?and
subsequently the city changed its name
from Xinpin to Jingdezhen.For centuries,
the city has been considered to be China's
most important center for porcelain production.
Ceramics were produced here as far back
as the Han dynasty (206-220BC). 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".