Jingdezhen Porcelain all thanks to one man

Jingdezhen, the famous "Porcelain Capital of the World," ensures a long-standing ties with porcelain that have made this interesting little town character and the center of Chinese teapots. 

Although nobody can say with certainty when Jingdezhen began to make porcelain, it is obvious that as early as 1, 000 years aged. The city was already designing well celebrated porcelain items. Vessels transporting these fragile pieces stood out on a wonderful trip to deliver them to markets in Europe and Africa. 

Recent archaeological excavations in the South China Sea shows an astonishing number of sunken ships, which carried a huge number of Jingdezhen porcelain on their way to South Asia or Europe over 1000 years ago. 

The city of Jingdezhen was established at a time when dozens of other porcelain-making cities had existed. So a question remains: How did Jingdezhen stand out from the crowd and make a name for themselves? 

Experts and potters of Jingdezhen give different answers, but they all agree that the city would not have reached such a height in china without a husband: Zhao Kai, honored as' Father of Jingdezhen Porcelain. 

Before Zhao Kai, was a Jingdezhen porcelain impasse for many centuries. Potters who simply do not know how to make the kind of porcelain, which would earn the city its worldwide fame in later centuries. Chinese teaware finally moved up the ladder when the man moved to town. 

Zhao Kai was born in the 4th century. A man of integrity, he, as a governor, repelled the corruption that was rampant in his administration. Then he withdrew from public life and moved to the small town of Jingdezhen. Now he could do what he always wanted: survey porcelain. 

The retired governor was already an expert in porcelain making. During his previous post in Zhejiang, where Celadon porcelain had begun to flourish, he had studied the techniques of glass, molding, firing, and other aspects which fascinated him. 

Now the retired governor worked all day studying local porcelain, which was known by anyone, and he thought there was great potential for local products to create a name for the city. 

As a matter of fact, Jingdezhen has a very unusual clay. Its robust nature freed Potters' minds to craft some of the most complex shapes. Many others who had only clay that were too soft, so the shape will not last long before it was twisted. 

He was a success with this solid clay to create some unusual shapes and sizes that other potters could never be able to. He prematurely for the craft of molding, which allows the porcelain to be more thin and nice. He was able to do some of the finest Chinese tea cups that are still celebrated today. 

In addition, renewed Governor Zhao on the glazing process. His porcelain to achieve a luminous glow never present before. 

In addition to the shapes and glazes, he also worked on perfecting the firing. To this day the firing is one of the most frightening new techniques for beginner potters. The ovens at the time only burned wood and rendered it temperature control one of the key elements of the firing, extra difficult. So Zhao coached local potters for an easy way to determine the temperature in the ovens. 

These efforts were key to winning the Jingdezhen porcelain the fame it enjoys today. Now, Jingdezhen porcelain has a reputation for "mirror light, paper-thin, and the bell sounds when hit." " 

People Jingdezhen beloved Governor Zhao, because he would not keep his new techniques for themselves. Instead, he ate these techniques with all potters. 

Thanks to this new gain knowledge, Jingdezhen soon put his name on the map by making porcelain much better than anywhere else in China. 

After his death, the city raised a monument to his memory. Every year, people hold ceremonies to remember him as' father Jingdezhen porcelain. "