Clarke porcelain

Author: Pei Guanghui
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Porcelain is a great creation of the Chinese nation. The West was also "astounded by heaven and earth, moved by ghosts and gods" by this creation—when this object reached the Westerners, it was believed to be a natural jade carved into a utensil. They never thought that apart from God being able to mold Adam and Eve from clay, anyone else could fire clay into a material never seen before in the world! But the facts before them told them that this was not the work of the Creator but indeed the crystallization of human wisdom. However, after the powerful ships and cannons forced open the doors of the so-called "original country of the Four Great Inventions," "Chinese porcelain" remained the "fifth great invention" that the Chinese nation could proudly surpass the West!