Tianjin Porcelain House: A Magical Art Palace Built with 10,000 Antique Ceramics

The Porcelain House, located in Tianjin’s Heping District, was originally a French-style villa built in the 1920s and once home to Huang Rongliang, a diplomat of the Beiyang Government. In 2000, antique collector Zhang Lianzhi purchased the building and spent years transforming it into a stunning "ceramic art museum" using over 10,000 antique porcelain pieces and 700 million ceramic fragments. The entire structure is adorned with blue-and-white porcelain tones, with walls, roof, and courtyard fences embedded with ceramic plates, vases, and shards. Its curvy, dreamlike design has earned Zhang Lianzhi the nickname “China’s Gaudí.” The word “China” on the rooftop symbolizes both ceramics and Chinese…