CultureA Legendary Book and the Green Echoes of China’s Porcelain Capital

Published in Fenyi, Jiangxi, in 1637, Song Yingxing’s Tiangong Kaiwu documented in three volumes and 18 chapters how Chinese people used craftsmanship to live and work in harmony with nature. Centuries later, Jingdezhen’s generations-old porcelain industry remains a living testament to that ecological wisdom.