Ming And Qing Jingdezhen Porcelain Belief In Spirits And Regional Society

Jingdezhen is one of Chinese most famous porcelain city around the world.During Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty,with the government built the official porcelain factory there, witnessed the most prosperity peroid in its history.The development of the porcelain industry attracted poor peasants from different regions near Jingdezhen crowder there to make their life.They came from different regions and did different type of work in porclain industry. Gradually,they developed lots of gods which protect different aspects of the porcelain industy.In this paper,I try to use original documents to illastrate how many gods existed and how different groups of people developed these gods,and how the belief of these gods changed in history.