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The tourism resource of Dehua is rich with deep connotation including three varieties of tourism: the ceramic culture, the religion culture and the ecological environment.
Dehua, famous for its excellent ceramic arts, has a long history of ceramics making and a rich cultural heritage. It is one of the places from which Chinese ceramic culture was originated and of the three famed ceramic capitals in ancient China. Over 230 locations of ancient kilns from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty all have high values for historical and scientific research. The ruin of Qudou Palace ancient kiln, the key cultural relics under the state's preservation, is the representative one at ancient Dehua. It is rare pottery cultural relic at home and important historical materials for the "Ceramic Road on the Sea" research. It is much of the characteristics of the Song and Yuan Dynasties age. Ancient kilns demonstrate systematically the history of Dehua porcelain making industry. The Ceramic Museum exhibits exquisite ceramic wares of different dynasties; the Ceramic Exhibition Center and the Ceramic Street specialize in ceramics with a collection of Dehua ceramic masterpieces of more than 1100 ceramic factories, displaying Dehua County as the biggest arts & crafts ceramic, environment protection ceramic produce base in our country. Moreover, the ceramic tourism including the traditional ceramic workshop, the ceramic bar, the tour of ceramic making and the ceramic making performance by fine ceramic artists attracts tourists all over the world by its special charms.