Jingdezhen (景德镇, Pinyin: Jǐngdézhèn, or the Town of Jingde), is a prefecture-level city, previously a town, in Jiangxi Province, China, with a total population of 1,554,000 (2007).It is known as the \"Porcelain Capital\" because it has been producing quality pottery for 1700 years. The city has a well-documented history that stretches back over 2000 years. Jingdezhen is one of Chinese Historical and Cultural Cities, and was named one outstanding civilization & health city of Jiangxi Province, one tourist city of China by the end of 2007.
Geography
Jingdezhen is situated in the north-east of Jiangxi Province of China and neighbours Anhui; the city center area is located in the north-east of the Poyang Lake Plain. Its area is 5,256 km².[1] The highest point is 1,618 metres, with plains on the southern part with an average height of 200 metres.
There are some cities and counties between Jiangxi and Anhui Province around Jingdezhen. To its north, northwest and northeast are Dongzhi, Xiuning and Qimen County of Anhui Province. To its south are Wannian County and Yiyang County. To its west is Boyang County. Lastly, to its southeast are Wuyuan County and Dexing County-level City of Jiangxi Province.
Jingdezhen's natural resources include kaolin, coal, manganese, and lime, but it is the kaolin that has made the city famous in China and the world.For over a millennium, its unique kaolin has enabled Jingdezhen to make high-quality porcelain. (The word \"Kaolin\" came from \"Gaoling\" or \"Kaoling\
in Ehu Town, Fuliang County, Jingdezhen City.)
Jingdezhen has a subtropical monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons of a year. It is cool and comfortable in spring and autumn, very hot in summer with the extreme maximum temperature of above 40 degrees celsius, and very cold in winter with the extreme minimum temperature of below -5 degrees Celsius.
Economy
Jingdezhen is not only a major city, but is also a important industrial and commercial base in north-eastern Jiangxi. In 2008, Jingdezhen achieved a GDP of RMB32.2 billion yuan. The city’s per capita GDP ranks fifth among the eleven administrative regions of Jiangxi Province. The per capita disposable income of the urban residents is RMB13,583 yuan; per capita net rural income is RMB5253 yuan. Both of these rank fourth in Jiangxi. Local fiscal revenue was RMB18.5 billion, putting the city in tenth place, just above Yingtan City. Jingdezhen's GDP and local fiscal revenues are relatively low for Jiangxi Province, but the growth rate is fast. The growth rate of the per capita data is in the middle for the province. [10]
Industry The French SA 321 Super Frelon, which Changhe produces under license as the Z-8
There are some important industrial enterprises in Jingdezhen City, such as Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation; Jingdezhen Ceramics; Jingdezhen Refrigeration Compressor, etc.
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, water is far less important for transporting goods. Roads, the railway and airlines have grown to be more important forms of transport of goods and people.
Local transit
There was only one bus line in Jingdezhen before the 1980s, which was from Huang-ni-tou to Nan-men-tou with a total line distance of 7 kilometers. In that time , the city had no taxi service and the buses were channel-type bus, it could carry more than one hundred passengers at most at the same time. This kinds of buses were renewed when they were operated to the end of 1990s.
Currently,Jingdezhen public buses and taxis are the two main means of transportation within the city. Nearly more than 20 public bus lines crisscross the city and its countryside. Taxis in Jingdezhen are plentiful; fares start at ¥5 for the first 2 kilometers.
Education
Jingdezhen city has three colleges or universities, and these have a total of 38,613 students and 1,306 teachers in 2007. It is also the home of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute (JCI), which was established in 1958. It is the only institute in China that provides advanced ceramics training and it is also well-known in Chinese and international academic circles in the field of ceramics. The other two institutions of higher education in the city are the Jiangxi Ceramics & Art Institute and Jingdezhen College.
In the city proper there are 47 high schools, called Middle Schools, with 37,200 students and 2,953 teachers. The No.1 Middle School of Jingdezhen was founded in 1940. It is famous for its success rate, relative to other schools in Jiangxi Province, in placing its students in Chinese colleges.
There are also 74 primary schools in the city with 40,000 students and 1,884 teachers.
Public health
Jingdezhen has more than 20 medical service institutions with a total 2182 beds. Doctors and nurses number 2,672. It has the largest hospital system in the north-east of Jiangxi Province. The No.1, No.2 and No.3 People's Hospital of Jingdezhen are the most important hospitals in the city; the No.4 People's Hospital is a psychiatric hospital.
Tourism and local custom
Huizhou architecture (Anhui Province) in Yaoli town, Fuliang county [edit] Travel Overview
Jingdezhen is a major tourism destination in northern Jiangxi Province. Most of the city's tourist attractions have a link to the ceramics for which it is famous.[2] The city also provides access to nearby popular tourist areas such as Lushan, Huangshan, and Wuyuan.
In 2007, Jingdezhen City earned RMB3.027 billion yuan in revenues from tourism. Tourism accounted for 11.2% of local GDP, up from its share in 2006. The number of visitors is also rising year by year as the city's transportation links to the rest of China improve.
At present, Jingdezhen has the most tourist hotels of any city in Jiangxi Province. In the city there is one quasi-five-star hotel, two four-star hotels, and many three-star and other common grade hotels.
Jingdezhen is located in Huangshan, Huai Yu Shan Mountains and the Poyang Lake Plain transition zone, both Chinese and foreign famous porcelain, and Foshan, Hankou, zhuxianzhen adding four famous towns, Jingdezhen China State Council announced the first 24 historical and cultural city A one and open city. By 2007, Jingdezhen has received excellent tourist city in China, the National Ecological Garden City, National Civilized Sanitary City, Jiangxi Province civilized Advanced City and so on.
Over the past Jingdezhen porcelain is world famous, but now has been not so famous Jingdezhen ceramics
提到江西，大家是不是马上就想到了景德镇的陶瓷？上海世博会江西馆就充分利用了这一闻名遐迩的“特产”，将外形设计成青花瓷容器。古朴的“青花瓷”图案，被活灵活现地融合在建筑居所中。
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上海世博会江西馆
The pavilion, resembling a huge blue and white porcelain container, depicts the peculiar charm of Jiangxi as home to a myriad of talents and natural resources。
江西馆的外形类似于一个巨大的青花瓷容器，描绘出了江西作为无数人才和丰富的自
然源之乡的特殊魅力。
文中的blue and white porcelain就是指“青花瓷”，blue and white形象描绘出了“青白相间”的典雅色彩。
我们最熟悉的有关“陶瓷”的说法莫过于china了，但它主要指“瓷”作为一种质地，而以“瓷”构成的器皿称为chinaware。
文中还提到了表示瓷器的另外一个词porcelain，porcelain兼具china和chinaware两个词的含义。也就是说，它既可以表示“瓷”这种物质材料，也可以表示“瓷质器皿”。
我们经常说“陶瓷”这个词，但实际上陶和瓷是不同的东西。“陶器”的英文是pottery或earthenware。但陶和瓷的总称在英文中也有对应的词汇，叫做ceramic；“陶瓷工艺”就叫做ceramics。
