Beginning from the Neolithic Banpo Culture , China's ceramic industry has a history of over 6,000years.
The earliest Neolithid earthenware with very few adornments mainly falls into three categories: storing,boiling and drinking vessels. By the late Neolithic Age, carving decorative patterns on the surface of earthen-ware became a common practice, and the burnished black pottery of the Longshan Culture, which is as thin as eggshell, represents the highest technological level of baking earthenware at that time.