Introduction

Jingdezhen is the world-famous capital city of porcelain; I was born and raised there. My “fate” with Jingdezhen porcelain dates back to my postgraduate years and experience in teaching Ceramic Art at the Fine Arts Department of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. I have a special deep feeling for Jingdezhen and its exquisite porcelain. Since 1978, Jingdezhen, like many other places in China, has been undergoing rapid and profound change. Every time I return to Jingdezhen, I feel that the hometown of my childhood memory is fading bit by bit, replaced by a new city, not familiar to me. I wonder how Jingdezhen will develop in the future, and what new look its ceramic art, with more than 1,000 years of history, will bring to this city.