Those Famous Blue Chinese Bowls Come From This Town

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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

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6 сен 2024

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@tr7287 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@ngocbui4288 5 лет назад

SupLeon you’re so rude :((

@PandaSings 5 лет назад

@@leoncraftmc 😂😂😂😂😂

@lungailiu7063 5 лет назад

@@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 года назад

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

@deactivateduser9816 5 лет назад

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

@ahhhlvin 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@stvdmc2011 3 года назад

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

@StuninRub 5 месяцев назад

@@stvdmc2011This is already heavily mechanized.

@earlystrings1 3 года назад

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

@kirstycollins4850 5 месяцев назад

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

@xiolinorchdork 5 лет назад

3:05 that sad resigned laugh 🙁

@thiefrules 5 лет назад

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

@suzaynnschick158 3 года назад

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.

@arisakookies.-. 5 лет назад

My Asian household has so much of these plates 😂😅

@hiltonlucastrancoso4760 3 года назад

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

@sabrinamitchell8958 5 лет назад

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

@Jamal1abar 5 лет назад

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

@danh-yennguyen8396 5 лет назад

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

@phanatpaseuth7284 5 лет назад

I have 2 of them

@rebeccafoo 5 лет назад

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 4 года назад

dont listen to the video. buy the lonquan celadon.

@maggiejetson7904 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@JYoder 3 года назад

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

@ROSAhaley 4 года назад

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.

@labixiaoxing347 3 года назад

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

@luanazhang9136 5 лет назад

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 😂

@yeseniasanchez6381 5 лет назад

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

@wonhome2711 3 года назад

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

@veezhang4678 2 года назад

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

@ulatkupu 3 года назад

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

@kristjanmartin9883 3 года назад

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.

@pastrypanda2446 5 лет назад

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 года назад

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

@planetparadox9798 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

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

@andrealuisecandido1154 Год назад

i also buyed This we like ThaT very much

@Julusyehenara 3 года назад

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

@rockys7726 3 года назад

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 года назад

That sounds amazing, that they're translucent.

@rockys7726 3 года назад

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

@foodie1986 3 года назад

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 лет назад

I want these now

@gtyajss5790 5 лет назад

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

@nasigoreng1029 3 года назад

My favorite bowl ever

@liang306 5 лет назад

I always want to buy those bowls

@vincentcartalaba774 10 месяцев назад

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

@warriorprincessphl 5 лет назад

I have these bowls from my parents 😳

@diamond.hgp. 3 месяца назад

❤

@motherofsolomon6619 5 лет назад

So sad 😢. Such beauty and skill. Gone.

@kaiserkapin1797 5 лет назад

Where can I buy these?

@tr7287 5 лет назад

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

@kaiserkapin1797 5 лет назад

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

@kody7149 5 лет назад

I have one in my kitchen.

@lynnalkhatib6836 5 лет назад

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

@modkhi 3 года назад

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.