China has a famous city named after the emperor's title, namely Jingdezhen, the world-famous porcelain capital. It is also the only city in China named after the title of emperor.
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Jingdezhen has been making ceramics for over 700 years. China is called the country of ceramics, and Jingdezhen is called the capital of ceramics. Jingdezhen, formerly known as Xinping Town, is named Changnan Town because it is located in the south of the beautiful Yangtze River. At that time, it belonged to Fuliang County, Raozhou. This place has been a place for making porcelain since ancient times. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, some people fired ceramics here. By the Tang Dynasty, a kind of celadon and white porcelain as smooth as jade had been made. At that time, foreigners could not make porcelain, so it was amazing to see such exquisite porcelain in China. Especially for the blue and white porcelain produced in Jingdezhen in the Ming Dynasty, foreigners love it very much and regard it as a rare treasure. One year, the Prussian emperor chose a queen. In order to show off his wealth and please the queen, he exchanged 600 cavalry with the monarch of a neighboring country in Jingdezhen, China. The Persian philosopher Etos even said mysteriously that the celadon tableware in Jingdezhen, China can make poisonous food non-toxic. This is a great invention of China. Porcelain is the symbol of Li Hengjian, Sina and Weibo civilizations in ancient China, and Jingdezhen is the representative of this porcelain capital.
For Jingdezhen, the Song Dynasty is a dynasty with special significance. Before the Song Dynasty, Jingdezhen had several names: Xinping Town, Changnan Town and Carambola Town. In the Song Dynasty, there were many famous kilns in the north and south, especially Ruyao, Guanyao, Geyao, Junyao and Dingyao. At that time, Jingdezhen porcelain production also entered a new era, both in output and production technology exceeded the previous generation. Especially in the Song Dynasty, celadon, known as jade bone of Ice Muscle, was successfully fired and was deeply loved by Song Zhenzong. During the reign of Song Jingde, Zhao Heng, the true Sect, ordered Changnan Town to burn imperial porcelain and named Jingdezhen as its place name. Changnan Town was renamed Jingdezhen. Since then, it has been called Jingdezhen, and its name has continued to this day with a history of nearly a thousand years. Jingdezhen pottery department made this very clear.