Huaning Pottery

Huaning Pottery

Huaning Pottery is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Huaning earthenware carries deep ethnic traditional significance. Crafted from the area’s distinctive premium white clay, the resulting pottery is finely textured, beautifully shaped, and brightly colored, representing a successful fusion of modern and ancient civilization. Its glaze colors include yellow like pure gold, green like jade, white like mutton fat, blue like gemstones, purple like sword energy, and green like pine soot.

　　The product range has expanded from single-use household pottery to five major series comprising architectural pottery, garden pottery, craft pottery, household pottery, and Dongba culture pottery — totaling over 700 varieties — with an annual production exceeding 6 million pieces. From the United States to Japan, from Thailand to Singapore, diverse nations, ethnicities, and cultures have fallen for the radiant glow of Huaning earthenware, which shines with the light of Chinese civilization.

　　Development

　　Huaning earthenware has a long history of craftsmanship. A milestone was reached during the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, in 1369 AD, when a man named Che Peng from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, came to Huaning to start pottery production — a tradition that has continued to this day. The artisans of Huaning have inherited traditional techniques while dedicating themselves to the advancement of ceramic artistry, breathing new life into this ancient craft. Over these 600-plus years, the pottery has won numerous awards. The Dongba culture pottery received third prize at the China Kunming International Tourism Festival Travel Goods Exhibition and the Travel Goods Development and Design Competition. In 1997, craft pottery won the gold award at the first International Einstein New Inventions, New Technologies Products Expo and International Honors Awards. In 2000, the "Ningzhou" brand colored pottery was named a Yunnan Provincial Famous Product. The products have been certified to meet the national GB9179-88 standard and were honored as one of China’s first consumer-trusted products.

　　The production area of Huaning Pottery covers five administrative regions in Yunnan Province: Ningzhou Subdistrict Office, Qinglong Town, Panxi Town, Huaxi Town, and Tonghongdian Township of Huaning County.