Ancient Kiln Museum
Jingdezhen, Jingdezhen
Watch porcelain being made exactly as it was under the Song dynasty, in a working imperial kiln.
The Ancient Kiln Museum is a living workshop: artisans throw, paint, and fire porcelain using techniques and dragon kilns unchanged since the Song dynasty, and you can watch every stage from clay to glaze.
The master painters - some of whom spend a decade learning a single brushstroke - are mesmerizing. It is the closest you will get to time travel in the ceramic world.
Best for: Song-dynasty craft, alive and working today.
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