#🏺 Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln Folklore Expo Area Play Guide (2026 latest version) As the only national 5A-level scenic spot with the theme of ceramic culture in the country, this is the "living museum" of the thousand-year-old porcelain capital. You can see the whole process of intangible cultural heritage porcelain production, listen to the world's first porcelain music performance, and play with mud to make porcelain. It is very worth spending 3-4 hours in-depth experience. --- 📌 basic information (remember in advance) - ** Address **: No. 1 Guyao Road, Cidu Avenue, Changjiang District, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province (in the urban area, about 20 minutes' drive from the high-speed rail station/airport/expressway) - ** Opening hours **: 08:00-17:30 all year round (** 16:30 stop admission **, don't go too late) - ** Tickets **: - Buy adult tickets on site for 95 yuan, ** Buy 85 yuan on the antenna 1 in advance (Ctrip/Meituan/Changyou Jingdezhen Mini Program/Douyin) **, save 10 yuan Students/seniors aged 60-69 are 50 yuan; children under 1.2 meters, seniors over 70 years old, and active duty soldiers are free of charge - ** Recommended play time **: 3-4 hours, recommended to enter the park before 9:30 am to avoid the flow of tour groups --- How 🚗 going? 1. ** High-speed rail + bus (the most cost-effective) **: Take bus No. 901 directly after arriving at Jingdezhen North Station, about 40 minutes, and the fare is 2 yuan 2. ** Urban bus **: Take No. 2/No. 5/No. 9 and get off at the "Ceramic History Expo Area" stop 3. ** Taxi **: About 15 minutes from the city, the cost is 10-20 yuan 4. ** Self-driving **: Navigation search for "Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln Folklore Expo Area (Main Entrance) ", don't just search for "Ancient Kiln", it is easy to guide wrong, and the car parking fee is 5 yuan/time --- 🗺️ recommended tour route (no turning back) The scenic spot is a V-shaped layout, and it is the smoothest to go in this order: ###① 09:30 Entry → Tongbin Square (5 minutes) - First look at the bronze statue of the prodigy Bin in the center of the square, understand the legend of the Ming Dynasty kiln workers "risking their lives to burn the big dragon tank", enter the Qing Garden from the path on the left side of the square, and avoid the main road tour group. ###② 09:50 Qingyuan + Porcelain Stele Gallery (45 minutes) - ** Qing Garden **: Looking at the ancient buildings of the Gan school in the Qing Dynasty, compared with the Ming Lu behind, you can feel the differences in the architectural styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties; - ** Porcelain Stele Gallery **: Stroll through the ceramic calligraphy inscriptions of the past dynasties, there are few people and it is very quiet. ###③ 10:20 Porcelain sound pavilion · Porcelain music performance (20 minutes, must see!) - This is the world's first porcelain music performance **, all musical instruments (porcelain, porcelain chimes, porcelain erhu, etc.) are made of Jingdezhen porcelain, the sound is crisp like "jade collision", will play "Blue and White Porcelain" "Spring River Moonlight Night" "Jasmine" these classic tracks. - ⏰ performances: 6 on weekdays: 9:30/10:20/11:10/14:00/14:50/15:40, 16:30 on weekends; it is recommended to arrive 10 minutes in advance, grab the first row The middle position, the water reflection + music sound is specially produced, and it will be changed to the next indoor venue on rainy days. ###④ 10:40 Ancient Kiln Exhibition Area of the Past Dynasties (50 minutes, the core in the core) Wandering in order is equivalent to going through a thousand years of kiln fire history: - ** Song Dynasty Dragon Kiln **: A long-strip kiln built on the mountain, like a dragon, is the main kiln type for burning celadon/shadow celadon in Jingdezhen in the Song Dynasty; - ** Yuan Dynasty steamed bread kiln **: Shaped like steamed bread (also called horseshoe kiln), it can burn to a high temperature of 1300 degrees. Yuan Qinghua was fired in this kiln; - ** Ming Dynasty gourd kiln **: Jingdezhen has a unique kiln type, combining the advantages of dragon kiln and steamed bread kiln, which is specially recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu"; - ** Qing Dynasty Town Kiln **: ** A must-see! National key cultural relics, Guinness certified "the world's largest firewood-fired porcelain kiln" **, is the most complete preserved ancient firewood kiln, you can intuitively see the structure of loose firewood-fired porcelain, good luck can encounter re-burning activities, and you can also experience the blessing of "everyone adds firewood, and every family is prosperous" (summer Douyin tickets sometimes give free experience places). 11:30 Handmade Porcelain Workshop (30 minutes, the most interactive) - More than 200 non-genetic inheritors demonstrated the whole process of drawing billets, billets, painting billets, and glazing, watching a ball of mud turn into a bowl/bottle/plate in the hands of craftsmen, especially healing; - If you want to experience it, you can pay DIY: 30-80 yuan for drawing/painting, 150-300 yuan for advanced pottery experience, and the work can be mailed to your home after burning (10-15 days). Before ⚠️ experience, be sure to ask if the price includes firing fees and postage. Wear dark clothes to avoid mud and difficult to wash. 12:00 Minglu + Ceramic Folk Area (30 minutes) - Visit the Ming Dynasty Huizhou Folk House Complex (Mingyuan is a provincial cultural protection unit), see the ceramic folk custom display, the Fenghuo Xianshi Temple (worshiping the kiln god), and the Tianhou Palace, and learn about the porcelain folk customs of Old Jingdezhen. ###0006 12:30 Tang Ying Memorial Hall + Zhimei Xuan (30 minutes) - Tang Ying was a legendary pottery official in the Qing Dynasty, in charge of the imperial kiln for 21 years. Here you can learn about his life and see the display of fine ancient ceramics. 13:00 Shop the merchandise area before the exit - You can affix the commemorative seal of the scenic spot. If you want to drink coffee, go to the "ancient kiln coffee" to rest. It is recommended to be cautious when buying merchandise. The price in the scenic spot is too high. If you want to buy affordable porcelain, you can go to the Tao Xichuan/Sculpture Porcelain Factory later. --- How 🍜 eat? - ** Scenic Area **: "Kiln Kiln Lingxian" is a porcelain culture-themed restaurant, 50-80 yuan per capita, the environment is unique but the price is slightly higher, you must say "less spicy" in advance if you can't eat spicy food (Jingdezhen dishes are spicy); - ** Recommended out of the park **: 10 minutes by taxi to "go home for dinner (Porcelain Avenue Store) ", the local Internet celebrity store, bean chong stewed fish head, chili fried meat is the sign, per capita 60 yuan, cost-effective. --- ##📸 Points & Wear Suggestions - Must shoot: Qing Dynasty town kiln mouth, handmade workshop craftsmen make porcelain moments, porcelain music performance water pavilion, Qing Garden/Ming Lu white wall tiles, bamboo forest path; - Wear: Wear light-colored clothes/Hanfu, especially with ancient buildings and white porcelain. --- ##⚠️ pit avoidance reminder 1. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the ancient kiln area, do not touch the kiln body and the porcelain on display, and do not climb and depict on ancient buildings; 2. The manual tour is 150 yuan/time (2 hours Chinese), which can be shared with 5-6 other tourists, which is more cost-effective; 3. Stop entering the park at 16:30, don't go at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and you won't be able to catch up with the last porcelain performance if you can't finish shopping; 4. There will be occasional typhoons/rainstorms in summer, and the scenic spot will dynamically adjust the opening hours. You can see the official Weibo/official account notice of the scenic spot before going. --- ##🎯 the surrounding linkage day trip recommendation If you have enough time, you can arrange a day like this: - Morning: Ancient Kiln Folklore Expo Area (3.5 hours) - Afternoon: 10-minute taxi ride to the China Ceramics Museum (free, advance reservation required to see the general history of ceramics from the Neolithic Age to modern times) - Evening to evening: take a 10-minute taxi to ** Taoxichuan merchandise neighborhood ** (free, night market until 22:00, visit the creative ceramic market, eat snacks, and shoot industrial night scenes) - If you want to play in depth, you can buy a joint ticket to the ancient kiln + Taoyangli Royal Kiln Scenic Area to see the remains of broken porcelain pieces at the archaeological site of the Royal Kiln Factory.