Get to know Jingdezhen
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- Administrative area
- Prefecture-level city · 地级市
- Part of
- Jiangxi
- Chinese name
- 景德镇市
- Local areas
- 4 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 5,256.00 km²
- Population · 2018
- 1,669,057
- Administrative seat
- Changjiang District
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Transportation
Jingdezhen is the most important transportation hub in the northeast region of Jiangxi province. Historically, Jingdezhen's main communication route was via the Chang River. It could ship its porcelain down the Chang to Poyang Lake and connected there with the Yangtze River in Hukou County, Jiangxi Province. From there the porcelain could get to the coast for export. Today, the city is connected to the rest of China via road, rail, and air.
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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Jingdezhen 景德镇
Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln and Folk Cultures Museum 景德镇古窑民俗博览区
Yaoli 瑶里
Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum 景德镇中国陶瓷博物馆
Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln National Archaeological Remains Park 景德镇御窑厂国家考古遗址公园
Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue 陶溪川文创街区
Sanbao Village 三宝村
Samryu Temple Old Street 三闾庙古街
Hongyan Fairyland 洪岩仙境
Ancient Kiln and Folk Customs Exposition Area 古窑民俗博览区
Yaoli Ancient Town 瑶里古镇
Gaoling Kaolin Mining Site 高岭遗址
Fuliang Ancient County Yamen 浮梁古县衙
Imperial Kiln Museum and Imperial Kiln Factory Site 御窑博物馆与御窑厂遗址
Taoxichuan Ceramic Art District 陶溪川
Changjiang District 昌江区
Zhushan District 珠山区
Fuliang County 浮梁县
Leping 乐平市
Places to explore around Jingdezhen
Buildings beside the Chang River (昌江) in Zhushan District, Jingdezhen (景德镇珠山区), photographed in February 2012. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2012-02-19.Jingdezhen景德镇
Jingdezhen’s history is written in the places where porcelain was made, selected and shipped. At the Imperial Kiln site, excavated fragments reveal the exacting production of court wares. Taoxichuan preserves a later industrial…
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Jingdezhen Ceramic Exposition · 景德镇古窑民俗博览区Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln and Folk Cultures Museum景德镇古窑民俗博览区
Jingdezhen’s Ancient Kiln and Folk Cultures Museum grew around the preserved Qing-period Zhen kiln. A nearby temple honours Tong Bin, a kiln worker remembered in local ceramic traditions.
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Yaoli village and the Yao River among wooded hills, Jiangxi. Photographed on 1 January 2018.Yaoli瑶里
Yaoli’s old streets follow the Yao River through a valley northeast of Jingdezhen. Merchant houses and ancestral buildings recall a settlement connected with porcelain materials and tea. Cheng Ancestral Hall gives a communal…
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum景德镇中国陶瓷博物馆
Jingdezhen’s China Ceramics Museum follows the city’s craft through a broad range of wares rather than one imperial period. Early qingbai porcelain shows the pale blue-white glaze associated with the Song-era kilns, while works…
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Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln National Archaeological Remains Park (景德镇御窑厂国家考古遗址公园), Jingdezhen. Photograph: "Jingdezhen Yuyaochang Yizhi 2017.12.30 15-29-07".Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln National Archaeological Remains Park景德镇御窑厂国家考古遗址公园
The Imperial Kiln archaeological park occupies the production ground where ceramics were made for the Ming and Qing courts. Excavated kiln remains and large quantities of rejected porcelain fragments reveal processes that a…
Read the place guide →AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue陶溪川文创街区
Former Yuzhou Porcelain Factory in Jingdezhen turned into a creative district, with an industrial heritage museum and an 81 m tunnel kiln.
Read the place guide →AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Sanbao Village三宝村
Sanbao is a stream-lined valley where Jingdezhen’s ceramic-material history meets an active community of artists and studios. The hills once supplied porcelain stone, and the valley retains a close relationship between water…
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Samryu Temple Old Street · 三闾庙古街Samryu Temple Old Street三闾庙古街
Sanlümiao’s old street and landing preserve the transport side of Jingdezhen’s porcelain story. Stone paving leads towards a riverside wharf built in levels to accommodate changing water. The landing helped connect the ceramic…
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Hongyan Fairyland洪岩仙境
Hongyan Xianjing (洪岩仙境) is a limestone cave and its surrounding hill landscape in the north-east of Leping, a county-level city under Jingdezhen in Jiangxi.
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Zhen Kiln in Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln and Folk Customs Exposition Area · 景德镇古窑民俗博览区镇窑. Source-recorded photograph date: 2014-06-14 16:16:48.Ancient Kiln and Folk Customs Exposition Area古窑民俗博览区
The Ancient Kiln and Folk Customs Exposition Area (古窑民俗博览区) in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, is an open-air site where historic Jingdezhen kilns and porcelain workshops have been rebuilt, fired again and staffed by working craftspeople.
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Yaoli Ancient Town · 瑶里古镇Yaoli Ancient Town瑶里古镇
Yaoli (瑶里古镇) is an old town in the hills of Fuliang County, at the north-eastern edge of Jingdezhen's territory in Jiangxi, strung along the Yao River and built largely in Huizhou style.
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Gaoling Kaolin Mining Site · 高岭遗址Gaoling Kaolin Mining Site高岭遗址
Gaoling (高岭遗址) is the historic porcelain-clay mining district around Gaoling village in Fuliang County, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, the source of the raw material for Jingdezhen porcelain and the place from which the mineral name kaolin is taken.
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The 仪门 of a Chinese county yamen: a timber gate hall with a grey tiled roof and a black plaque lettered 儀門 in gold above three bays of dark wooden doors, painted couplets on the posts, white side walls, potted plants on the stone step and a slab path crossing a dry grass court to the gate.Fuliang Ancient County Yamen浮梁古县衙
The Fuliang old county yamen (浮梁古县衙) is a surviving Qing-dynasty county government compound at the old county seat of Fuliang, a short distance north of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, standing beside an early Northern Song pagoda.
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Imperial Kiln Museum and Imperial Kiln Factory Site · 御窑博物馆与御窑厂遗址Imperial Kiln Museum and Imperial Kiln Factory Site御窑博物馆与御窑厂遗址
The Imperial Kiln Museum and the Imperial Kiln Factory site (御窑博物馆与御窑厂遗址) sit together in the centre of Jingdezhen's old city in Jiangxi, where the porcelain works that supplied the Ming and Qing courts has been excavated and is interpreted on the spot.
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The former Yuzhou Porcelain Factory building, now part of the Taoxichuan creative district in Jingdezhen · 景德镇陶溪川陶瓷文化创意园（原宇宙瓷厂），珠山区 Source-recorded photograph date: 2017-12-30 13:07:50.Taoxichuan Ceramic Art District陶溪川
Taoxichuan (陶溪川) is a converted porcelain-factory quarter in Zhushan District, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, where the buildings of a twentieth-century state ceramics works have been kept and reused for museums, studios and workshops.
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Jingdezhen local specialties
景德镇市特色美食 · 10 specialties to discover
Jingdezhen alkaline rice cakes 碱水粑AI illustration · AI 示意图
The cake has a resilient, smooth bite and a characteristic alkaline aroma. Its firm texture holds up well against strong savory seasonings.
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Cold Rice Noodles 冷粉
Cold Rice Noodles (冷粉) are thick rice noodles dressed cold with seasonings, a snack of Jingdezhen (景德镇) in north-eastern Jiangxi.
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Jiaoziba Steamed Dumplings 饺子粑
Jiaoziba Steamed Dumplings (饺子粑) are thin-skinned, filled snacks steamed in a steamer basket in Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi, brought to the city by migrants from Duchang (都昌).
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Porcelain-Clay Baked Chicken 瓷泥煨鸡AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Porcelain-Clay Baked Chicken (瓷泥煨鸡) is a traditional Jingdezhen (景德镇) dish of stuffed chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, sealed in wine-laced porcelain clay and roasted in the hot cinders of a porcelain kiln.
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Fried Dough Stick Wrapped in Sticky Rice 油条包麻糍AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Fried Dough Stick Wrapped in Sticky Rice (油条包麻糍) is a Jingdezhen (景德镇) snack that joins two everyday foods: youtiao (油条), the long fried dough stick, and maci (麻糍), a glutinous-rice cake.
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Chilli Rice Cakes 辣椒粑AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Chilli Rice Cakes (辣椒粑) are a dried snack from Jingdezhen (景德镇), the city in northeastern Jiangxi known as the Porcelain Capital (瓷都), made from chilli and glutinous rice.
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Cured Pork with Loach 腊肉泥鳅AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Cured Pork with Loach (腊肉泥鳅) is listed among the local specialties of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. 腊 describes curing.
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Kuzhu Acorn Tofu 苦槠豆腐Reference photo of a similar dish · 同类菜品参考照片
Kuzhu Acorn Tofu (苦槠豆腐) is made from kuzhu tree fruits and is a traditional food of Yaoli (瑶里), in Fuliang (浮梁), Jingdezhen (景德镇). Its ingredients begin as small round fruits with hard, dark-brown shells.
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All dish names · 全部菜名 (10)
- Jingdezhen alkaline rice cakes · 碱水粑
- Cold Rice Noodles · 冷粉
- Jiaoziba Steamed Dumplings · 饺子粑
- Porcelain-Clay Baked Chicken · 瓷泥煨鸡
- Fried Dough Stick Wrapped in Sticky Rice · 油条包麻糍
- Chilli Rice Cakes · 辣椒粑
- Cured Pork with Loach · 腊肉泥鳅
- Kuzhu Acorn Tofu · 苦槠豆腐
- Leping Crisp Cookies · 乐平桃酥
- Jingdezhen Egg and Pork Patty Soup · 瓷都鸡蛋肉饼汤
More dishes from across Jiangxi are in the Jiangxi food guide.
Counties & districts in Jingdezhen
4 areas belong directly to Jingdezhen.
4 areas
Changjiang District 昌江区
Changjiang is a district of the city of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China.
Explore the area →DistrictZhushan District 珠山区
Zhushan District is a district of the city of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China.
Explore the area →CountyFuliang County 浮梁县
Fuliang is a county in the northeast of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui province to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jingdezhen.
Explore the area →County-level cityLeping 乐平市
Leping (simplified Chinese: 乐平; traditional Chinese: 樂平; pinyin: Lèpíng) is a county-level city in the northeast of Jiangxi province, China.
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Getting there
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Jingdezhen and Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln and Folk Cultures Museum are about 2 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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