HenanPixels | Reviving tradition: the flourishing Jun porcelain industry in central China-Xinhua

HenanPixels | Reviving tradition: the flourishing Jun porcelain industry in central China

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-07-06 20:32:16

YUZHOU, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Jun porcelain is one of the five famous porcelains in ancient China, which is well known for its unique glaze and amazing change of color during the process of firing in kilns.

Jun porcelain making technique, which originated from Shenhou Town of Yuzhou City, has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

In recent years, Yuzhou City has actively promoted the development of Jun porcelain industry, and explored a new model of Jun porcelain culture protection, inheritance and innovative development.

At present, there are more than 200 Jun porcelain enterprises in Yuzhou City, with an annual output of more than 2.2 million pieces of Jun porcelain.

This combo photo shows Jun porcelain products in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
This combo photo shows a staff member making Jun porcelain products at a workshop in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A staff member makes a piece of Jun porcelain at a workshop in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
A staff member makes a Jun porcelain at a workshop in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Su Xiaoya/Xinhua)
A staff member makes a piece of Jun porcelain at a workshop in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A staff member opens the kiln at a workshop in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A staff member checks unfinished Jun porcelain pieces at a workshop in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Su Xiaoya/Xinhua)
A staff member checks a piece of porcelain at a kiln in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A staff member arranges Jun porcelain products at a Jun porcelain company in Shenhou Town, Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
People sit in a Jun porcelain shop in Shenhou Town, Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 3, 2024. (Photo by Su Xiaoya/Xinhua)
This photo shows Jun porcelain products outside a Jun porcelain shop in Shenhou Town, Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)
A staff member watches a Jun porcelain product at an exhibition hall in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Su Xiaoya/Xinhua)
This combo photo shows Jun porcelain products in Yuzhou City, central China's Henan Province, July 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Li An)■

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Producer: Wang Jianhua, Lin Wei

Coordinators: Wang Qingqin, Meng Tao, Li An, Lyu You

Photographer: Li An, Li Jianan, Su Xiaoya, Wang Yongtao 

Editors: Lyu You, Wang Yiliang, Xin Mengchen, Meng Chenguang, Geng Xinning, Duan Zhuoli, Xie Xiudong

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