Beijing Beiao Hengrun Developmental Trading Co. Ltd

After enamel was born at the end of yuan dynasty, due to the classical and simple design, elegant characteristic and magnificent colour, it was favoured very much by imperial family. In min and qing dynasty, more splendid products were made and enamel has become necessary product in the daily life and entertainment of royal family. Especially in the period of emperor qianlong of qing dynasty, enamel was dispalyed at almost all the palaces for the daily use and appreciation.

The craft of making enamel is complicated. Enamel is 100 percent made by hand with the main materials such as copper and gold. There are five steps of making enamel---making copper mold, welding copper wire, colouring, polishing and gold-plating. The enamel products are separated into two kinds, one is newly made products in the ancient style, the other is ordinary products for tourists.

The arts and crafts of beijing has long histroy, which was brought up with the cultural heritages and grown up after inheriting and carrying on several-thousand-year chinese tradition and characteristics. The arts and crafts products of beijing enjoy high reputation in the world and are popular in the courties such as asean, europe and america. Enamel can be found in almost all places of interests of china. In chinese, it is called jingtailan. Chinese enamel has won many international prizes.