China Day 5 - Jingdezhen 8/19/12
Up early this morning for a bike ride on the stationary bike and then tai chi on the sun deck. Pretty humid as the Jiangxi province is very forested and home of the poyang lake, largest fresh water lake in China. Also home to freshwater pearls and Pearl S Buck. The lake is also a migratory area for the white crane, which makes its home here in the winter.
So we're on the bus to Jingdezhen, porcelain capital of china. Here they figured put how to combine the local soft clay with porcelain stone to create a stronger product.
Rice fields along the way.
Porcelain factory was interesting. Got to see the process, but again not a real factory. Funny how they have created these tourist factories. Each one ends in a gift shop. Would have liked to bring home a piece, but at $200+ it wasn't worth the risk of carrying it around for two more weeks! Maybe I can find some treasures in old Hong Kong. Our tour ended with a fun traffic jam returning to the city. Our bus driver faced down a police car going the wrong way and made the police back up for a good two blocks before we could get around. Traffic is crazy!
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