Shenhou town: Capital of China's Jun porcelain -Chinaculture.org

Clay bodies are showcased at a porcelain workshop in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province, Nov 1, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

Nestled between mountains in Central China's Henan province, Shenhou town is renowned for its Jun porcelains, one of the top five Chinese porcelains, dating back to the Song Dynasty (960–1279).

With a ceramic history of more than a thousand years, Shenhou is widely known as the "capital of Jun porcelain", and is recently listed as one of the top 127 towns with Chinese characteristics by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

The Jun porcelain is famed for its change of colors when heated in kilns. When the kiln process is finished, colorful glaze will be formed, and their patterns seldom repeat. The rare ceramic ware is now under government protection as a state-level intangible cultural heritage.

The Klin God Temple in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province is a symbolic building of the ancient place's Jun porcelain culture. [Photo/Xinhua]

A worker makes a clay body at a porcelain workshop in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province, Nov 1, 2016. With a ceramic history of over one thousand years, Shenhou is widely known as the "capital of Jun porcelain" in China. [Photo/Xinhua]

Jun porcelain wares being sold at the side of a street in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province, Nov 1, 2016. With a ceramic history of over one thousand years, Shenhou is widely known as the "capital of Jun porcelain" in China. [Photo/Xinhua]

Jun porcelain wares showcased at the side of a street in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province, Nov 1, 2016. With a ceramic history of more than one thousand years, Shenhou is widely known as the "capital of Jun porcelain" in China. [Photo/Xinhua]

A local porcelain market in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province, attracts crowds, on Nov 1, 2016. With a ceramic history of over one thousand years, Shenhou is widely known as the "capital of Jun porcelain" in China. [Photo/Xinhua]

A worker cleans a clay body at a porcelain workshop in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province, Nov 1, 2016. With a ceramic history of over one thousand years, Shenhou is widely known as the "capital of Jun porcelain" in China. [Photo/Xinhua]

A worker examines a kiln used to make Jun porcelain at a workshop in Shenhou town, Yuzhou city in Central China's Henan province, Nov 1, 2016. With a ceramic history of over one thousand years, Shenhou is widely known as the "capital of Jun porcelain" in China. [Photo/Xinhua]