Jingdezhen, The Porcelain Capital

Jingdezhen (or the Town of Jingde) is a prefecture-level city, previously a town, in northeastern Jiangxi province, China, with a total population of 1,554,000 (2007), bordering Anhui to the north. It is known as the “Porcelain Capital“ because it has been producing quality pottery for 1700 years. Jingdezhen was named one of top 24 national historical and cultural cities of the People’s Republic of China on February 28, 1982.[5] In 2004, Jingdezhen celebrated the millennium of its becoming the porcelain ca