The First China (International) Enamel Culture Festival was opened in the hometown of enamel - Zhangzhou

This enamel culture festival is sponsored by China Ceramic Industry Association, China Daily, China National Philatelic Corporation, and Pingdingshan City People's Government. It is contracted by Henan Province Ceramic Glass Industry Management Association and Ganzhou Municipal People's Government. The purpose is to promote outstanding national culture, further prosper and develop the enamel culture industry, fully demonstrate the broad and profound artistic charm of the enamel culture, build the cultural brand of the “village of enamel” in Zhangzhou, and enhance the popularity and influence of Zhangzhou.

Leaders at all levels and experts from the ceramic industry, as well as hundreds of domestic and foreign guests and nearly 10,000 Luzhou citizens, enjoyed a grand event and witnessed this happy moment. ** Henan Provincial Party Standing Committee, Propaganda Minister and Vice Governor Kong Yufang said in his speech: The enamel culture is an important part of Henan's history and culture. The enamel porcelain has become a business card embodying Henan's cultural characteristics. Digging deeper into the cultural connotation of enamel and focusing on building a enamel culture brand has a very important role in promoting the better and faster development of the local cultural industry, promoting the transformation of the economic development mode, enhancing soft power and enhancing competitiveness.

The enamel culture festival will hold private collections appreciation activities during the period from September 23 to 26, enamel exquisite articles, 18 kinds of imitation replicas of eunuch porcelain, prizes for Chinese ceramic arts and crafts competitions, and Chinese historical names. The kiln contemporary masterpieces exhibition, the first Chinese historical name porcelain firing skill contest, the Chinese historical name inheritance and development summit forum and the international symposium on Chinese enamel firing techniques and other thematic activities. During the cultural festival, the 6th "Chinese Enamel Porcelain Cup" National Painting and Calligraphy Works Grand Prize Competition will be held to attract investment and economic cooperation.

The porcelain enamel was listed as the first of the five famous porcelains of the Song Dynasty (汝, 官, 钧, 哥, 定) and was the imperial porcelain of the court. One of the distinguishing features of the kiln celadon is that it does not embellish artifacts with cumbersome decorative patterns, but wins with a porcelain glaze. "Such as Yufei jade is better than jade", it has the reputation of "big wealth, not as good as enamel." Li Kui-chung, a famous Chinese painting artist, once sighed: “The innocent people in museums in the world can hardly claim perfection.” The only remaining Northern Song Dynasty official porcelain in the world today is less than 100 pieces, which are housed in the Beijing Palace Museum, the Shanghai Museum, and the Taipei Palace Museum. As a country of origin for enamel, enamel is hailed as “the first of the three treasures” in Zhangzhou and has become a local pride.

The enamel expert Zhu Wenli started from 1989 to early 2000. After more than ten years of hardships, he finally found a real ruins of the official kiln, the ruins of the Northern Song Dynasty kiln, and the early ruins of the Northern Song Dynasty Guan kiln. Zhu Wenli named it as the ruins of the Confucian Temple, the official kiln of Zhanggong Lane, and the site of the Dao Donggou West Kiln. Zhanggong Lane kiln site has been approved by the state as "National key cultural relics protection unit." This finding was repeatedly confirmed by experts at home and abroad and finally established the historical conclusion of Luzhou as the origin of porcelain enamel, a treasure of Chinese civilization. Zhu Wenli's "Yutiantianqing" glaze official porcelain was used as a national ceremony and was given to former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, former South Korean President Kim Young-san and former Israeli President Weizman. Deng Yaping, the Olympic table tennis champion, also presented the enamel “Bagua Ding” to the International Olympic Committee’s Samaranch collection. Zhu Wenli and Meng Yusong’s enameled porcelain were selected by the National Palace Museum for their 13 collections.

In 2008, the enamel firing technique was listed as a non-material cultural heritage protection project in Henan Province. In 2010, it was listed as a state-level non-material cultural heritage protection project by the State Council and was selected as a national gift to enter the Shanghai World Expo.