Hangzhou ceramic culture tour

Hangzhou is in Zhejiang Province, China. It is one of the most important tourist cities in China, famous for its natural beauty and historical and cultural heritage. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Zhejiang province as well. It's worthwhile to know that it's extremely humid in summertime, which is from early June to early September. The city was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty from 1127 until the Mongol invasion of 1276. This historic city is a showcase for traditional medicine, religion and art as well as a shining example of China’s rapid economic development. Combining idyllic natural beauty, a grand heritage through the ages and an air of affluence, Hangzhou is one of the country’s most livable and pleasant cities to linger in.

Located in what had been the Southern Song ancient kiln district south of West Lake, China’s first ceramics museum built on an actual ancient kiln site was established in 1991. The Southern Song Imperial Kiln was founded by the Song empire after it moved its capital to Lin’an (modern Hangzhou). The lustrous, elegant celadon porcelain it produced was among the finest in ancient China. The museum displays excavated porcelain objects of the Southern Song Imperial Kiln and its ruins.