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Jingdezhen
city lies in the Northeast of Jiangxi Province. To its Northwest is
Dongzhi County of Anhui Province, to its south Wannian County, to its
West Boyang County, and to its Southeast Wuyuan County. It is located
in the transitional area between the Huangshan – Haiyushang mountain
range and the Plain of Poyang Lake at longitudes 116°57'-117°42' east
and latitudes 28°44'-29°56' south in the monsoon subtropical climate.
It enjoys enough sunshine, sufficient rainfall, and a mild and moist
climate, with clearly demarcated four seasons. It has beautiful scenery
featured by a network of many rivers and streams and a chain of
mountain peaks one rising higher than another. The city is 320 meters
above sea level with an average temperature of 170C, an annual rainfall
of 1763.5 millimeters, and average annual sunshine of 2009.8 hours.
Jingdezhen
is well known as "the Porcelain City" in the world. It boasts of a
2,000 year history of pottery and porcelain manufacture. Pottery
started as early as the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). And its
porcelain industry began from Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.). A
township was established here in the Dong Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D.),
first named "Chang Nan", and renamed "Jingdezhen" in the Northern Song
Dynasty (960-1120). From Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) , it has been the
center of porcelain manufacture in China.
The porcelain products in
Jingdezhen are well sculpted and of good quality, they also have a
special style. The four typical specialties of Jindezhen porcelain, "as
white as jade, as lustrous as mirror, as thin as paper and as resonant
as a chime" There are many historic sites about porcelain in the city
including Expo of Ancient Porcelain, Hu Tian Ancient Porcelain Kiln,
Long Zhu Ge.
Links
http://www.chinatefl.com/jiangxi/teach/jx_nu.html
http://www.jdz.gov.cn/eng/
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