With clay as its raw material, porcelain is one of the world’s most common traditional crafts with its profound connotation with the earth and has accompanied the development of human society over tens of thousands of years. For this reason, the decorative patterns on porcelain are capable of depicting the growth of a nation and the culture of an era.

From pottery to porcelain, people have taken in record what they see, feel, know and think through decorative patterns. From primitive totems of the Neolithic Age to decorative patterns with unique national connotations of Chinese culture, patterns on Chinese porcelain convey wishes for good fortune and happiness, reflect profound insights and philosophy, bear witness to historical changes, and deliver the inclusiveness of the Chinese nation.

Based on modern aesthetics, this exhibition showcases the design style and cultural connotations of decorative patterns on porcelains in the Qing Dynasty, and the cultural exchanges of Orient and Occident along the Maritime Silk Road in the 17th to 19th centuries. In today’s world as a community of shared future for humankind, porcelain art is a bond of cultural interaction and communication that will bring people from different countries closer together.