Teochew Ceramic Art

Canton or cantonese porcelain is the characteristic style of ceramic ware decorated in guangzhou the capital of guangdong and prior to 1842 the sole legal port for export of chinese goods to europe as such it was one of the major forms of exportware produced in china in the 18th and 20th centuries.

Teochew ceramic art. Chaozhou is in the easternmost part of guangdong province in the north of the delta of the han river which flows through the city. The teochew poit ip huay kuan was founded in 1929. Dio ziu uê is a dialect of chaoshan min a southern min language that is spoken by the teochew people in the chaoshan region of eastern guangdong and by their diaspora around the world. Yet if one is to run a search on the internet he or she would find a string of references stating that our ancestors came hundreds of years ago from the central plains in the yellow river reaches thousands of miles away.

Eventually it became a signature art form to incorporate these broken pieces as decorations. Over the years it has done well in promoting the teochew culture and has been at the forefront of community service and social welfare. It is sometimes referred to as chiuchow its cantonese rendering due to the english.

In this episode laszlo explains a little about the gagi nang the 自己人 known the world over as the teochew chiu chow or chaozhou people. Diê 5 ziu 1 in teochew cháo zhōu in mandarin is a city in guangdong province in china and the main cultural center of the chaoshan region. The chen clan ancestral hall or chen clan academy is an academic temple in guangzhou china built by the 72 chen clans for their juniors accommodation and preparation for the imperial examinations in 1894 in qing dynasty. This netherlands based ceramics studio has earned design accolades worldwide exhibiting at the museum of arts and design in new york and singapore design museum holon in israel among others.

Today s convention is organised by two major teochew clan associations in singapore the teochew poit ip huay kuan and ngee ann kongsi. Later it was changed to be the chen clan s industry college and then middle schools afterward. Where do the teochew people come from. Diê ziu uê shantou dialect.

Now it houses the guangdong folk art museum. In the teochew region broken ceramic plates were usually repurposed for other things.