A Brief Introduction of Dehua County(3)

Dehua has a long history of ceramics making and a rich cultural heritage. It is also one of the places from which Chinese ceramic culture was originated. Dehua was listed with Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province and Liling in Hunan Province as the three ceramic capitals in Chinese history. At present, in China, Dehua is the biggest arts & crafts ceramic produce and export base, also, it is one of the ten main ceramic production areas. With the annual value of over RMB5000 million of ceramic productions, the ceramic industry is becoming the important mainstay in the county's economy. Dehua is commended one after another to be "A Land of Ceramics", "A Land of Folk (Ceramic) Arts", "the Ceramic Capital" by some government offices in China.