XING Peng 1, TAN Liman 2, XIANG Chao 1
(1.Archives Center, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi, China; 2.Propaganda Department, Jiangxi Ceramic & Art Institute, Jingdezhen 333001, Jiangxi, China)
Abstract: The leap forward of Liling ceramic industry occurred as a part of the self-motivated national industrial movement in premodern China under the pressure of transformation. Strategically, the ceramic manufacturers changed their development track, relocated their enterprises and rationalized their structure. Tactically, they adopted the policies of school-enterprise integration and sales contesting. All these measures brought the premodern ceramic industry in Liling to its peak. Its development modes followed the trend of history, contributed to the rise of the gentry in Hunan, helped shape the regional culture of Xiangjiang drainage area, met the need for overcoming the crisis facing Chinese premodern ceramic industries, answered the call from the Liling potters for industrial transformation, and satisfied the merchants’ demands for equal rights to profits. Liling ceramic industrial development is a representative case of ideal cooperation between enterprises and schools.
Key words: Liling ceramic industry; ceramic education; ceramic industrial development