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Jingdezhen

Jingdezhen is a prefecture-level city in eastern Jiangxi province with a total population of 1,669,057 (2018), bordering Anhui to the north. It is known as the "Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics for at least 1,000 years, and for much of that period Jingdezhen porcelain was the most important and finest quality in China. The city has a well-documented history that stretches back over 2,000 years.

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• ▸Familles jaune, noire, rose, and verte
• ▸Cai Guo-Qiang
• ▸Hinduism and Sikhism

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