Tea & porcelain heritage
Our family story traces back to 1880, when tea trading between Huizhou and Fuliang opened a path into Jingdezhen porcelain. Across six generations, that path grew from a tea house and ceramic trading to a private kiln, modern production and an original brand.
Family heritage traced to
Generations
Tingli brand founded
Interpretive historical illustration based on the tea and porcelain culture of Huizhou, Fuliang and Jingdezhen; not a family archive photograph.
Our family path
1880 marks the origin of the family’s tea-and-porcelain practice, not the legal founding of today’s company. The Tingli brand was established in 2019.
1880–1912
First generation
Tea merchant, first encounters with Fuliang porcelain
He founded Jinghe Tea House in Xiuning in 1880. Seasonal tea journeys to Fuliang introduced him to Jingdezhen ceramics and a trade in which tea and tea ware travelled together.
1913–1943
Second generation
Settlement in Fuliang and a family kiln
After moving the family to Fuliang, he shifted the business from trade toward making. Jingyao Ceramic House commissioned its own forms before building a wood-fired kiln and clay workshop.
Interpretive historical illustration based on the tea and porcelain culture of Huizhou, Fuliang and Jingdezhen; not a family archive photograph.
1943–1978
Third generation
Keeping craft knowledge through a changing era
He restored modest production after the war. During the cooperative transition, the private kiln entered the local ceramic system and he continued his practice in a state-owned factory.
1979–2010
Fourth generation
Reviving private production
With economic reform, he left the state factory and rebuilt the family ceramic workshop, combining modern equipment with hand throwing and painting.
2011–2018
Fifth generation
Strengthening production for a brand transition
He upgraded production, established a development studio and organised the family narrative, preparing a shift from contract manufacturing toward original products and brand expression.
2019–present
Sixth generation
Founding Tingli and building an original brand
In 2019, he took over the family factory and founded Tingli Ceramics, bringing the Huizhou–Fuliang tea-and-porcelain story into contemporary products, spaces and partnerships.
Tingli today
Rooted in Jingdezhen and Fuliang, Tingli brings this family heritage into contemporary tea ware, cultural gifts, collectible porcelain and objects for daily life.
