Get to know Zhushan District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Jingdezhen
- Chinese name
- 珠山区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 111.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
The Imperial Kiln Factory (御窑厂), called the Imperial Porcelain Factory (御器厂) in the Ming and early Qing, was set up in 1369 and made porcelain for the court of both dynasties for more than 400 years. Taiping troops burned it in 1855; it was rebuilt in 1866 and stopped firing in the early Republic. Rescue digs from 1982 and a formal excavation in 2002–2004 exposed early Ming kilns and more than ten tonnes of early and mid-Ming sherds. The kiln site became a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2006, and in 2026 the handmade porcelain industry heritage of Jingdezhen (景德镇手工瓷业遗存), which includes the Imperial Kiln Factory, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
What to see
The kiln site at 187 Zhushan Middle Road is now the Imperial Kiln Factory National Archaeological Site Park, and the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum (景德镇御窑博物馆) inside it displays porcelain that is mostly restored from sherds dug up on the site.
West of the site, the Pengjianong historic quarter (彭家弄历史文化街区) keeps Ming and Qing buildings in lanes that once held porcelain workshops, river trade and homes; it was listed as a Jiangxi historic quarter in 2015 and includes the Hubei Guild Hall (湖北会馆). In Xiangji Upper Lane (祥集上弄), two Ming houses from the Chenghua reign, numbers 3 and 11, have been national key cultural relics protection units since 1988.
About 3 kilometres east along Zhushan Avenue (珠山大道), Taoxichuan (陶溪川) is a creative quarter built in the state-run Yuzhou porcelain factory (宇宙瓷厂) of 1958. Its 22 surviving factory buildings, from the raw-materials workshop to the firing hall and packing store, keep old kilns, chimneys and water towers; the firing hall is now the Jingdezhen Ceramic Industrial Heritage Museum, and makers from more than 50 countries gather in the quarter each year.
Highlights
- Imperial Kiln Factory site 御窑厂: Court porcelain works from 1369, part of the World Heritage site inscribed in 2026.
- Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum 景德镇御窑博物馆: Shows porcelain mostly restored from sherds excavated on the imperial kiln site.
- Pengjianong historic quarter 彭家弄历史文化街区: Ming and Qing lanes of workshops and homes beside the kiln site.
- Xiangjinong Ming houses 祥集弄民宅: Two Chenghua-era houses, national key units since 1988.
- Taoxichuan 陶溪川: Creative quarter in the 1958 Yuzhou porcelain factory, with 22 old factory buildings.
Sources for this guide
珠山区 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
御窑厂 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
打卡工业遗存丨在老瓷厂探寻制瓷工艺“密码”-新华网 · Xinhua News Agency
江西景德镇：老厂房变文创街区 吸引游客纷至沓来_央视网报_央视网(cctv.com) · CCTV (cctv.com)
彭家弄历史文化街区 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
祥集弄民宅 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-25.
Explore Zhushan District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Zhushan District
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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Getting there
Zhushan District covers the centre of Jingdezhen. Search for 珠山区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Imperial Kiln Museum and Imperial Kiln Factory Site and Taoxichuan Ceramic Art District are both listed here. 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.
Some facts checked against 珠山区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 御窑厂 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 彭家弄历史文化街区 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 祥集弄民宅 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Photo: Taoxichuan Ceramic Art District · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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