The Value and Development of Jingdezhen Porcelain Panel Art in China: “A Case Study of the Laoyatan Community”

Abstract

Jingdezhen's porcelain panel art has a long history and is famous worldwide. Nowadays, the Laoyatan community provides creativity for porcelain panel art in Jingdezhen. Since then, the legend of Laoyatan has been left in the history of Chinese ceramics. In recent years, with the development of globalization and market economy, as well as the country's emphasis on protecting intangible cultural heritage, the Laoyatan community has faced new development opportunities and challenges. This topic, "The value and development of Laoyatan porcelain panel art", mainly uses document analysis and field investigation methods to study the porcelain panel craftsman, the development process, the current situation, porcelain panel production craftsmanship and inheritance of Laotian community porcelain panel art. Porcelain panel art has a long history through the Tang, Ming, Qing, and contemporary folk crafts; handcrafts have been passed down from generation to generation and constantly innovated to produce large and flat white porcelain panels. The interdependence of the formation of porcelain panels and porcelain panel paintings formed the art of Laoyatan porcelain panels. It has developed the characteristics of Laoyatan and created a porcelain panel cultural landscape. According to the history and humanities of porcelain art, the humanitarian value has analyzed the culture, spiritual value, human resources and tourism economy produced by Laoyatan porcelain arts. The current development faces value and inheritance dilemmas, and through case analysis, it could relate to the development model of porcelain panel art suitable for Laoyatan, aiming to promote the sustainable development of porcelain panel art culture.