BEIJING, October 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Cheng Linyao is an heir to the intangible heritage of Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain. In 2020, an iris in Istanbul inspired her and Haken, her Turkish husband. They brought the flower across oceans to Jingdezhen and made Beautiful flowera ceramic masterpiece that won the Ceramic Creative Design Competition (Copyright) at the Fifth Arab Art Festival in 2022.
Haken, passionate about ceramics, has arrived China in 2013. He quickly recognized the potential of the ceramics market after General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative. He met Cheng Linyao at 115th session of the Canton Fair in 2014 and they fell in love. They then started a business exporting ceramics to countries along the Belt and Road.
With the development of transportation infrastructure, such as the CR Express, over the past decade, Jingdezhen ceramics ordered by Haken have been delivered faster and further. Over the years, Haken shared the beauty of Jingdezhen ceramics with his foreign friends. He always tells them, “Don’t just take my word for it!” Come see Jingdezhen for yourself and create your own porcelain works! Only then can you truly appreciate the craftsmanship and challenges involved in creating them.
Haken learned more about Jingdezhen’s rich ceramic culture and fine arts while creating Beautiful flowers. Cheng Linyao said this work reflects the living beauty of flowers and expresses his and Haken’s love and hope for the future generation.
She said Jingdezhen ceramics can connect people in countries along the Belt and Road better than any other product made in China. China because of their historical roots. Cheng Linyao is passionate about sharing the culture of her hometown with the world and continuing the legacy of Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain. She worked to establish the Blue and White Sycamore Cultivation Research Association to showcase and celebrate Jingdezhen ceramic art through the famous “Blue and White Sycamore Pattern Porcelain”. She hopes that the Association will also contribute to using ceramics to forge a lasting bond of friendship and culture between China and other countries along the Belt and Road.
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