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Nanchang >> Yaoli
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Attraction Typ: Ancient City |
| Location: more than 200 km from city |
| Recommend: 4 Star |
Yaoli
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Yaoli enjoys the reputation of “the origin of porcelain, the hometown of tea and the sea of the forest”. |
Yaoli (Chinese: 瑶里; pinyin: Yáo Lǐ) is a small town renowned as the cradle of Jingdezhen’s ceramics industry. More over, it also enjoys the reputation of “the origin of porcelain, the hometown of tea and the sea of the forest”. Located in the Fuliang County of Jiangxi Province, it is about 60 kilometers from Jingdezhen.
With good forest coverage, abundant animal resources, characteristic lanes, the town is well-known for its beautiful natural scenery. It is divided into 6 scenic areas, including the Wang Lake Scenic Area, Porcelain and Tea Ancient Town Scenic Area, and Meiling Leisure Resorts and so on.
Gaoling (Kaolin) Village located in Yaoli once provided enough raw materials for making porcelain in the ancient times. Today, Kaolin, a world famous kind of clay, is named according to its Chinese pronunciation.
In Yaoli, a large number of classical architectures and ancient shops as well as the roads and streets are well preserved. The ancient customs and the antique architectures will make you intoxicant. |
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