With its underlying jade-like green colour, celadon fired by the family-oriented businesses of Longquan is prized as masterwork-quality art that can also serve as household ware.
From the air they look like tiny stepping stones ringed by translucent hues of jade and sapphire, the sands on their deserted beaches soft as powdered sugar.
Upon reaching the top, you emerge from the trees onto a small rocky clearing looking directly onto a long dragons-back-like range of grey snow-capped peaks: the imposing 5, 600m-high Jade Dragon.