Ci Qi Kou (Porcelain Village)
this ancient village sits along the banks of the
Jia Ling River, which isn't too far from its confluence with the
Yangtze River, occupying some 291 acres some ten miles from
Chongqing on its western side. The city of Chongqing has gone
through many changes during the past centuries, but Ci Qi Kou
hasn't, almost as if it were stuck in a vacuum of time, and it
reflects what Chongqing looked like centuries ago. The state
council has agreed with this and made the village a protected
cultural site. This village would be established over 1700 years
ago, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties would become famous for
producing porcelain, and so far, there have been over twenty
kilns uncovered here.
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