Those Famous Blue Chinese Bowls Come From This Town

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5 жыл бұрын

These bowls, called linglong (玲珑) porcelain, used to be everywhere in the West. And they all come from this one town in China.
We visited one of the last factories that still makes this style of blue and white porcelain, and deciphered the symbols that cover the bowl.
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Written and Voiceover by: Clarissa Wei
Produced and Shot by: Nathaniel Brown and Clarissa Wei
Edited by: Nicholas Ko
Animated by: Ray Ngan
Special Thanks: Dolly Li, Nicholas Ko, Hanley Chu
Mastered by: Victor Peña
Music: Audio Network
#porcelain #artisan #artsandcrafts

Пікірлер: 99

@tr7287 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, $0.30 per bowl? Even at wholesale that seems awfully low for the kind of labor and skills involved to make one.

@leoncraftmc 5 жыл бұрын

Bitch he makes 12,000 bowls per day. 12,000*$0.30=$3600/day

@ngocbui4288 5 жыл бұрын

SupLeon you’re so rude :((

@PandaSings 5 жыл бұрын

@@leoncraftmc 😂😂😂😂😂

@lungailiu7063 4 жыл бұрын

@@leoncraftmc you dont have to be rude for that.. go and say that word to your mother who worked hard to pay off for the stuff that you wanted..

@LuLuSprings 4 жыл бұрын

SupLeon that's not alot of money for 12,000 pieces of anything put together by hand....=(

@deactivateduser9816 5 жыл бұрын

My hometown is just a 3 hour drive from his town. I had a friend who went to the town to learn how to make porcelain

@xiolinorchdork 5 жыл бұрын

3:05 that sad resigned laugh 🙁

@earlystrings1 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a bunch of these bowls years ago in Seattle’s I district and will now treasure them more.

@thiefrules 5 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, seen these bowls so much but I didn't even know the backstory behind em

@ahhhlvin 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, my grandma always uses this bowl but never knew the story behind it! Hope it doesn't get lost in history!

@rebeccafoo 5 жыл бұрын

It will and hope he lives to 100 years old to run this factory.

@stvdmc2011 3 жыл бұрын

Nah your grandma is mostly not these hand made one mostly the mechanized one

@StuninRub 3 ай бұрын

@@stvdmc2011This is already heavily mechanized.

@kirstycollins4850 4 ай бұрын

I have loved these bowls so much since I was growing up. I hope the factory keeps going!

@arisakookies.-. 5 жыл бұрын

My Asian household has so much of these plates 😂😅

@suzaynnschick158 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this program. I love these bowls and Liu Zongkuan is right: they aren't making them like they used to. Recent bowls look like they are stencilled or sprayed with the designs instead of being stamped. The blues are more intense, but there is less variation and the pieces look less dynamic. I'm not rich and I eat from these every day. When they stop making them entirely, I won't be able to afford "antique" LingLong porcelain. I've always loved the bats and the little cabbage leaves on the outside of the base.

@hiltonlucastrancoso4760 3 жыл бұрын

I have these bowls and rose family to. Amazing peaces of ART.

@sabrinamitchell8958 5 жыл бұрын

I remember these from when I was little. It’s so sad that they might not have it anymore in the future.

@Jamal1abar 5 жыл бұрын

Never let ur own traditions fade regardless of where ever you are born !

@danh-yennguyen8396 5 жыл бұрын

I guess I should starting buying a bunch of these before theyre gone 😭

@phanatpaseuth7284 5 жыл бұрын

I have 2 of them

@rebeccafoo 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's what I am thinking too. I have many of the big soup bowls only. Will buy rice bowl too next day.

@acosta829 3 жыл бұрын

dont listen to the video. buy the lonquan celadon.

@maggiejetson7904 3 жыл бұрын

They will be around for hundreds of years before they are gone. Every family in Hong Kong and China has like 20 of them.

@ki5ngau 2 жыл бұрын

Stash them away for 50 years, then your grand kids can sell them for $10K as antiques.

@JYoder 3 жыл бұрын

Cool!!! Don’t lose this tradition of bowl making.

@ROSAhaley 3 жыл бұрын

While the Geometric shape does say "工", (from other research) it actually more likely is the I-ching hexagram which dissects horizontal lines into different configurations of Ying-yang. It makes more sense because you wouldn't really pair an imperial dragon with a word that means working class.

@luanazhang9136 5 жыл бұрын

Woooowww this is amazing! We've got these at home but it never occurred to me to research about them. All I remember was my mum saying we had to be very careful when using so we didn't break them. That they were precious. The old ones, not the new ones. The new ones are all "fake" she'd say 😂

@labixiaoxing347 3 жыл бұрын

I hope to be able to learn this! I love this type of practical art!

@veezhang4678 2 жыл бұрын

I hope china would exert more effort in preserving their traditional crafts including the original technique of porcelain making.

@yeseniasanchez6381 5 жыл бұрын

This is so interesting and amazing. I wish can learn the traditional way to make them.

@wonhome2711 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I have this pattern of dishes and now know the background. Thanks. Please film the origins with the pattern that has 4 chinese characters in a circle that comes in 4 different colors, gaudy, but very Chinese

@ulatkupu 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe it was made by skillful hand made stamp! I bought it in Australian chinese oriental market for $5 a bowl few years ago and still using it today

@pastrypanda2446 5 жыл бұрын

SOMONE SEND ME A LINK TO BUY THEM IVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR REAL BOWLS LIKE THESE ONES BUT MOST I SEE ARE FAKES IF ANYONE FINDS A LINK PLZ SEND IT TO ME

@fernandasa2158 3 жыл бұрын

Could let memknow if u found then? Looking to buy this from this factory

@planetparadox9798 3 жыл бұрын

Ultimately these are still factory made using automated techniques. If you really want to learn about the history of Chinese blue and white porcelain look up the town of Jingdezhen. It is where porcelain was first used and where people still make handmade pots today.

@suzaynnschick158 3 жыл бұрын

I just go to Chinese housewares stores in the big cities on the west coast of the US (Seattle, San Francisco). Never seen them for a fair price online.

@TheDechen 3 жыл бұрын

I found some on EBay... not cheap... but free shipping from China. Used, not new. (Sadly, no Chinatown closer than 800 miles. So... eBay.)

@foodie1986 3 жыл бұрын

my family had a bunch of these bowls when i was little. we still might have a few but hard to find them where i live now.

@89krx 5 жыл бұрын

I want these now

@liang306 5 жыл бұрын

I always want to buy those bowls

@rockys7726 3 жыл бұрын

I have a set of these bowls passed down from grandma that are totally translucent. Obviously they're for display only. Now I know the history behind it.

@Goldthread 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds amazing, that they're translucent.

@rockys7726 3 жыл бұрын

@@Goldthread the bowls are paper thin and they're like 20% smaller than normal bowls so not for real use.

@Julusyehenara 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my, i just use this plate and bowl to eat today! Now i know the history!!

@kristjanmartin9883 3 жыл бұрын

In my family China was center piece of all large family dinners together, it was a big deal once. The pride of my grandmother and mother until it all got stolen by my ex employer D.M.

@nasigoreng1029 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite bowl ever

@gtyajss5790 5 жыл бұрын

I have the plate, small bowl for sauces, and a regular sized bowl

@motherofsolomon6619 5 жыл бұрын

So sad 😢. Such beauty and skill. Gone.

@user-km3nf4jn1b 5 жыл бұрын

I want one

@warriorprincessphl 5 жыл бұрын

I have these bowls from my parents 😳

@shmonney7667 3 жыл бұрын

Where can we buy their products?

@aaron8665 5 жыл бұрын

加油！

@lynnalkhatib6836 5 жыл бұрын

How can they be purchased? Is ordering them online a possibility?

@modkhi 3 жыл бұрын

If you have a Chinatown or even a Chinese grocery store anywhere close by (they're often very small, aren't advertised online, so you might need to ask some Chinese people near you if you have any 😅) -- most Chinese stores that sell food will also sell bowls, plates, and porcelain soup spoons. Can't be certain they're handmade and not machined though, which is unfortunate.

@andrealuisecandido1154 Жыл бұрын

i also buyed This we like ThaT very much

@puckpuck88 3 жыл бұрын

Grew up with these...

@kody7149 5 жыл бұрын

I have one in my kitchen.

@kayl5143 3 жыл бұрын

Sad to see this art making gone

@chunshine 3 жыл бұрын

do you know if he has a website where we can buy these bowls directly?

@vincentcartalaba774 8 ай бұрын

I have 1plate like this

@kaiserkapin1797 5 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy these?

@tr7287 5 жыл бұрын

Kaiser Kapin usually any Asian market or stores in your local Chinatown.

@kaiserkapin1797 5 жыл бұрын

@@tr7287 I went to 99 ranch market and they had an identical bowl but the rice grains were painted on, not translucent.

@vincentcartalaba774 8 ай бұрын

How much the only 1 plate like that this time year 2023?

@diamond.hgp. 2 ай бұрын

❤

@cfdolomiteresources7648 3 жыл бұрын

how to buy?im frm Malaysia

@xianghouzinjianghu5001 5 жыл бұрын

Never forget the horrors of the Great Leap Forward

@TheRacingShawn 3 жыл бұрын

I have that bowl！It’s probably older than me🤣

@RnW9384 5 жыл бұрын

I used to live in Europe. Common they use these as decoration.

@TeraAFK 3 жыл бұрын

Would've been nice to see how its made using modern machinery, the stamp is like a giant water balloon

@graceandmarvellouswonders6249 4 ай бұрын

Thank you that was extraordinary ✌🏾🥢

@hakanozbay9118 3 жыл бұрын

THY BOWL IS EXQUISITE G

@wisetravel6014 2 жыл бұрын

2:53 Is not half of year,He says 8 years,here is wrong.

@evsio0n 5 жыл бұрын

景德镇人，哭了

@Dimensimistis 6 ай бұрын

I bought it for 1 dollar and selling it for 100 dollars in my country 💸💸

@solortus 3 жыл бұрын

These high quality items only costs 30 cents. Capitalism is so great that it makes high quality items affordable to the lower class

@Raphael3032 3 жыл бұрын

Reprivatize. Bye

@recklessmob3300 5 жыл бұрын

They eat dogs in those plates

@jasondeng3820 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah we do as well as cats snake and other delicous things

@recklessmob3300 5 жыл бұрын

Jason Deng mmm that sounds delicious 😂

@user-cl4cw9gc1u 3 жыл бұрын

江西人只用这个吃粉

@user-mk4qk7rb1u 3 жыл бұрын

yes we eat human

@yoiashi Жыл бұрын

Is beautiful and all, but isn't cobalt a very poisonous material? I highly doubt if that things food grade safe

@TeraAFK 3 жыл бұрын

Would've been nice to see how its made using modern machinery, the stamp is like a giant water balloon