The Fire Lives On ¦ A Story from Jingdezhen Ep.3.

You either never come to Jingdezhen or you'd keep coming back. Its charm can't be fully discovered in a single visit. After countless experiments with new formulas and firing at over 1600 degrees, this cup became remarkably impact resistant. Innovation has always been part of Jingdezhen Porcelain's story. This is a collaboration between Jingdezhen Ceramics and toy company PopMart. Blending a thousand-year-old ceramic tradition with designer toys. We've been through repeated firing, testing, and final results. Many craftsmen in Jingdezhen have a very classic craft. They only do one thing in their entire life. What we do is to integrate these classic crafts into the new IP, and then innovate to create a new sound. Technology can control temperature with precision, but it can never fully control the dialogue between fire and clay. For centuries, Jingdezhen's kilns have continued to evolve, yet traditional wood-fired kilns still endure because what burns inside them is more than just fire. And now, a truly historic moment for rekindling. As these kiln fires keep burning for over a thousand years, Jingdezhen is constantly being rediscovered. About 600 meters below the surface of the Skagerrak Strait off southern Norway, large quantities of Chinese porcelain have rested for more than two centuries inside an 18th-century merchant vessel. Known to researchers as the Porcelain Shipwreck, the wreck contains Chinese porcelain. The style of the blue and white porcelain pieces is close to Qianlong period specimens in Jingdezhen's ancient ceramics database. With every new discovery, Jingdezhen's story gains richer layers, and we're finding new ways to tell it. Currently, my students and I are developing a proposal for an exhibition in Hong Kong. Titled From Kiln to World's Table, it invites visitors to explore the story of Jingdezhen porcelain and its journey along the Maritime Silk Road. This is where you can interact with the museum. For the blind, they can hear with their ears. For example, if you put a bowl there, the water will make a sound when you drop it. I think what makes Jingdezhen truly special is that its traditions are handed down from one generation to the next. I took the baton from my parents, who had inherited it from their own parents and teachers. Now that it's my turn, I'm passing that baton on to my students. If you want to learn Chinese history, the first thing you need to do is to go to the capital to see the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The second thing you need to do is to come to Jingdezhen and see where the Chinese name comes from. This is my story, my hometown.