Jingdezhen Porcelain in Song Dynasty (1)

The peak time of porcelain was Song Dynasty, which can be analyzed by the given name of “Jingde” that was the title of Song emperor’s reign.

Next, we will have the analysis of this phenomenon from different aspects. First of all, Song Dynasty ended the wars between Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms so the society and the country had started getting into the stable environment.

Then it also reduced the taxed on people which leads to a production development and social progress. Lastly, the change of people’s ideology was drastic, the change of that was the change of life style.

Hence, the new demanding for porcelain industry was required, for instance, the luxury need for royalty; the display function for ornamental collection, the usage for folk restaurant and tea house, facial power box for women etc. Too many diverse porcelain products emerged in Song Dynasty. In the next video, we will admire Song porcelain particularly.

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