In order to build a cultural highland in East Asia and build a new platform for ceramic cultural exchange, the 2021 China Japan South Korea ceramic culture, art and tourism week will officially kick off in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province on December 14, 2021, with the care and guidance of the Ministry of culture and tourism and the international exchange and Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of culture and tourism, Jiangxi Provincial Department of culture and tourism and Jingdezhen Municipal People’s government. Jingdezhen is the only candidate city in Jiangxi Province to be selected as the “cultural capital of East Asia” in 2023. The “China Japan South Korea ceramic culture, art and tourism week” is an important measure for Jingdezhen to make every effort to establish the “cultural capital of East Asia”. The art event will last for nearly a week to December 17. At that time, leaders of the Ministry and province, officials of Japan and South Korea in China and representatives of many international artists will attend the meeting, Well known host Xu Gehui served as the host of the opening ceremony.
Focusing on the capital of porcelain -- building a bridge of communication between civilizations in East Asia and writing a brilliant chapter of ceramic art
Today, as the three major economies in Asia, China, Japan and South Korea are close neighbors across the sea, close geographically, close in people and culture, and are close neighbors separated by a strip of water. Looking back at history, ceramic art has developed and expanded through exchanges and mutual learning for thousands of years. In the early years, China’s porcelain making culture with unique artistic and aesthetic value was introduced into South Korea and Japan successively, and then integrated into the local characteristics, resulting in a bright chapter of today’s ceramics in the three countries.
The selection of “cultural capital of East Asia” was launched in 2013. It is the first international cultural city naming activity in Asia jointly initiated by China, Japan and South Korea. It is one of the international brands with the highest gold content in China’s cultural field. This time, the “China Japan South Korea ceramic culture, art and tourism week” will fully show the resource endowment and positive efforts of Jingdezhen to create the “cultural capital of East Asia”, build a ceramic cultural exchange platform, inject vitality into the people to people and cultural exchanges in East Asia, thus improving the charm and international popularity of the city, and pushing the development of Jingdezhen cultural and tourism industry and urban construction to a new height.
Exploring new life together -- highlighting the charm of openness and inclusiveness and deepening the development strategy of mutual learning and mutual learning
Jingdezhen, known as the “porcelain capital of the world”, has attracted countless ceramic lovers. Everyone is immersed in the unique charm of this Millennium porcelain capital. As the birthplace of ceramic culture, Jingdezhen retains the richest and most complete porcelain industry system and cultural relics. There are not only the profound precipitation of 2000 years of porcelain making history, 1000 years of official kiln history and 600 years of imperial kiln history, but also the precious wealth of many historical sites such as the ruins of Imperial kiln factory and ancient porcelain kiln of Leping South kiln, which are “one hundred years of archaeological discoveries”.
Poem cloud 2 blue and white porcelain
The five-day week will feature a feast for the eyes special art exhibition, live performance of traditional porcelain making skills, many development forums to explore the way to break the situation of traditional crafts, unique cultural performances of China, Japan and South Korea, as well as 2021 “today’s China” Art Week - “inheritance road” China Qing Dynasty ceramic decoration art exhibition on the online platform. It is worth mentioning that the special art exhibition activities not only include the centralized display of paintings, calligraphy, ceramics and other works of art, but also the on-site performance and creation of artists from China, Japan and South Korea. At that time, we will make concerted efforts to create a cultural feast that makes people forget to return.
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Enjoy the feast -- deeply planting the root of Chinese culture for thousands of years and planning the prosperity and progress of the times
Culture is a long river, dating back to ancient times. From the originality of diversified art to the brilliant reappearance of porcelain culture, the first China Japan South Korea ceramic culture, art and tourism week will live up to expectations, spare no effort to bring the broad and profound Chinese civilization to the world, carry forward the profound porcelain culture, and add a heavy color to the long-standing history of Jingdezhen ceramic culture.
Artist Zhao Lantao
The construction of Jingdezhen national ceramic culture inheritance and innovation pilot zone is in full swing. The blueprint for reviving ceramic art has been drawn, and the significance of inheriting ceramic culture is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is of great significance for Jingdezhen to create the “capital of East Asian culture”, inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese ceramic culture and give up its own. Let the world refocus on the New Millennium porcelain capital in an art event. This December is destined to be of great significance to Jingdezhen. Let’s wait and see!