Jingdezhen Attractions

Jingdezhen is situated in the northeast of the province of Jiangxi, about 150km/93mi northeast of the provincial capital, Nanchang. Jingdezhen can be reached from there by rail and air, and regular flights also connect the town with many other Chinese cities.

Before the 11th C the small village of Xinping on the site of the present town was already known for the high quality of its porcelain production. Emperor Jingde (1004-07) declared the village to be the center of production for imperial porcelain and ordered all pieces produced thereafter to bear the words ''Manufactured in the Jingde period''. In the course of time the town's original name was replaced by that of the emperor.