Yao Wu · CLIENT: Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Tourism Holding Group Co., Ltd.
Taoxichuan is a scroll illustration created for a ceramic culture district in Jingdezhen. The illustration presents 600 years of porcelain history and the development of the district in one continuous composition. A flat painting style and bright colors build a fantasy porcelain forest in which plants, porcelain and figures are blended. Three original characters, the Kiln God, the Wine God and the Sea God, appear along the route. The vector artwork is layered for flexible cropping and prepared in both CMYK and RGB. The scroll also works as a narrative map that guides visitors.
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- Unique Properties
- The scroll narrates and integrates thousands of years of Jingdezhen porcelain culture and Taoxichuan’s development. Adopting flat style and vivid colors, it constructs a fantasy forest vision with plants running through the whole scroll, blending with porcelain and figures to create a healing and relaxed atmosphere. The three new images of Kiln God, Wine God and Sea God show the cultural heritage and humanistic warmth of Taoxichuan.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Vector format with layered structure for flexible cropping. Dual color modes CMYK and RGB.
- Tags
- Taoxichuan, Scroll Illustration, Jingdezhen Porcelain Culture, Fantasy Vision, Kiln God, Wine God, Sea God, Humanistic Illustration
- Production Technology
- The scroll is created as a high-resolution digital illustration using vector-based flat painting techniques. Colors are rendered in CMYK for print accuracy and RGB for screen display. Large scale installations use UV printing on durable substrates. Merchandise applications employ digital printing on paper, fabric, and acrylic.
- Design Challenge
- It activates 600 years of porcelain culture in scroll form, creates an original fantasy porcelain forest visual language; the symbiosis of nature, artifacts and people conveys humanistic care; the three original god IPs enrich regional cultural symbols, providing an innovative paradigm for cultural tourism illustration and cultural inheritance.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2026 in Beijing and finished in April 2026 in Beijing.
- Operation Flow
- The scroll functions as a narrative map guiding visitors through Taoxichuan. Viewers follow the composition from historical kilns to contemporary districts, discovering three deity characters along the way. Digital versions allow zooming to explore details, with hotspots revealing cultural stories. The scroll serves as a visual anchor for wayfinding, merchandise design, and social media engagement.
- Research
- Research covered Jingdezhen 600 year porcelain history and Taoxichuan transformation from state owned factory to creative district Fieldwork included documentation of kiln architecture ceramic textures and interviews with cultural practitioners Findings revealed audiences respond to narrative driven visuals blending historical depth with contemporary warmth This informed the scroll approach using flat painting and vibrant colors to create an immersive porcelain forest that intertwines plants ceramics and figures making heritage accessible and emotionally resonant
- Inspiration
- This is a monumental scroll illustration created for Taoxichuan, integrating 600 years of Jingdezhen porcelain history and the origin of Taoxichuan, reviewing the past and looking forward to the future. With flat painting and bright colors, it builds a warm and fantasy porcelain forest where plants, porcelain and people blend, conveying relaxation and humanistic care, and interpreting Taoxichuan’s spirit of realizing ideals. It also creates three original images: Kiln God, Wine God and Sea God.
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