Tongchuan belongs to the Guanzhong belt in central Shaanxi, north of the Qinling divide that sends Yellow River tributaries through the plain. Provincial heritage data also places Great Wall components in Tongchuan among five Shaanxi prefectures, so the city's story is both ceramic and defensive.
National heritage firing skills and a municipal institute keep Yaozhou celadon vocabulary alive in a district with its own government seat.
Tongchuan belongs to the Guanzhong belt in central Shaanxi, north of the Qinling divide that sends Yellow River tributaries through the plain. Provincial heritage data also places Great Wall components in Tongchuan among five Shaanxi prefectures, so the city's story is both ceramic and defensive.
Tongchuan belongs to the Guanzhong belt in central Shaanxi, north of the Qinling divide that sends Yellow River tributaries through the plain. Provincial heritage data also places Great Wall components in Tongchuan among five Shaanxi prefectures, so the city's story is both ceramic and defensive.