China is the hometown of porcelain.The invention of china is a great contribution to world civilization.

History of development

• Primitive-celadon appeared in the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), then from the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC), the Warring States to the Eastern Han Dynasty, through the 1600 years’ change and development, porcelain firing technology had been improved gradually.

• Around the 16th century BC in Shang Dynasty, the early Chinese porcelain appeared. As it was still rough on the firing process, it can be only  called proto-porcelain.

• After long-term improvements, in 2 century the end of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), the mature celadon was created, in the history of our country's pottery it was an important milestone.

• To Jin and southern and northern dynasties (265-420 AD), original porcelain had been eliminated ,at the same time color porcelain appeared. The period also appeared black porcelain.

• To the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), porcelain kilns have been over half of Chinese, is the most prosperous period for porcelain. Then Jun kiln, Ge kiln,Ru kiln,Guan kiln and the Ding kiln and known as the five famous kilns. Song Dynasty is treated as the highest aesthetic era of porcelain.

• Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD) is Chinese porcelain production turning period, innovation and development in many ways. The blue and white porcelain became the mainstream of Jingdezhen porcelain production.

• Successfully firing the exquisite white glaze porcelain and the single-glaze porcelain with copper as the coloring agent, made the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) porcelain colorful. The porcelain technology continued to improve.

Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 AD) is the most prosperous period China porcelain production, the quantity and quality of porcelain production reached a peak. A new kind of porcelain had appeared, which called enamel.