Jingdezhen ware.
Chinese pottery produced as early as the sixth century CE in or near Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, China
Jingdezhen Inscribed in 2026 UNESCO Additions
UNESCO added China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites to its World Heritage List during the 48th session in Busan, elevating China’s total to 61 sites. The inscription covers a multi-zone, pre-industrial production landscape—from clay mining and stone veins to kilns and river logistics—that illustrates the complete porcelain-making process and Jingdezhen’s historical global influence.
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About Jingdezhen ware
Jingdezhen porcelain is Chinese porcelain produced in or near Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province in southern China. Jingdezhen may have produced pottery as early as the sixth century CE, though it is named after the reign name of Emperor Zhenzong, in whose reign it became a major kiln site, around 1004. By the 14th century it had become the largest centre of production of Chinese porcelain, which it has remained, increasing its dominance in subsequent centuries. From the Ming period onwards, official kilns in Jingdezhen were controlled by the emperor, making imperial porcelain in large quantity for the court and the emperor to give as gifts.
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