As the world-famed ceramic capital in China, Jingdezhen City has a long more than 1000 years history of ceramics making and a rich cultural heritage. In accordance with the historical records, “Xinping (as the city was known as then) began to make pottery in Han Dynasty(BC202-AD220)”. It is evident that pottery was first made in Jingdezhen in Han Dynasty. In the first year in Jingde Reign of Song Dynasty (AD1004), the royal court decreed the city made porcelain wares for imperial use with the wording “Made during the Jingde Reign” printed on the bottom of every piece. Hence the city got its name “Jingdezhen”.

The worker in ancient Jingdezhen find one special porcelain clay in Kolin Village 45 kilometers eastern to Jingdezhen and it is very suitable to make delicate porcelain.So they name it as Kolin Clay.Now Kolin became general language denote porcelain clay in the world.At 1869,Mr.Ferdinand von Richthofen, famous german geologist,introdue Kolin detailedly in his masterpiece "CHINA" to the west.