History of Chinese Porcelain Development - Jingdezhen
Water is the mother of tea
Whether it is tea planting or tea brewing, water plays an irreplaceable role. Lu Yu, wrote in his "The Classic of Tea" that "tea as a drink originated from the Shennong" and has a history of more than 5,000 years. China has already become the country with the largest tea production and consumption in the world. Coupled with the rapid rise of the post-80s and post-90s who pursue a higher quality of life, tea culture has gradually formed a social way of being close to circle culture.
Utensil is the father of tea
In the past two years, ceramics have stood out among many tea ware and have been sought after by countless players. The reason is that on the one hand, it finally presents the charm after firing. On the other hand, it is the pictorial charm, achieved through manual drawing.
In the early years, people paid more attention to large ceramic pieces (porcelain plates, porcelain vases, porcelain jars, etc.), among which the firing temperature of ceramics was an important part of distinguishing "pottery" or "porcelain". Invention made unprecedented development of the ceramic industry—the Song Dynasty appraised the "Five Famous Kilns" as Ding, Ru, Guan, Ge, and Jun Kilns. Among them, Longquan Celadon, Jianyang Zhan, and Jingdezhen Ceramics can be said to be famous in ancient and modern times, shocking both inside and outside ( According to available literature). Jingdezhen porcelain will also be the main direction of our future content output.
Since the Yuan Dynasty, Jingdezhen's blue and white porcelain and glazed red porcelain can be said to be the best fired, and it has also laid a good foundation for the development of Jingdezhen porcelain in later generations.
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Jingdezhen porcelain in the Ming Dynasty was in a glorious period. This prosperous period not only improved the skills of blue and white and underglaze red, but also innovated the painting techniques of color glaze and overglaze color.
Under the continuous exploration of craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty and the blending of Chinese and Western cultures, more and more masterpieces handed down from generation to generation (such as famille rose, bucket color, and enamel color) began to appear in the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, and left a huge precious wealth for future generations. Subsequently, many masters born in the period of the Republic of China also added a lot of color to the development of ceramics.
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Not all Jingdezhen porcelain that you see now comes from the land of China. It not only comes from the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures, but also the understanding of all-encompassing beauty in the heart of learning from others, and it is also the accumulation and inheritance of the 5,000-year history of the land of China.
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