"Blue and White Porcelain" (Chinese: 青花瓷; pinyin: Qīng huā cí) is a song recorded by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou.
Fang and Chou drew inspiration for "Blue and White Porcelain" from friends who appreciated traditional Chinese art, motivating both songwriters to use porcelain—a national treasure in China—as the theme of the piece.
On 6 February 2008, Jay Chou sang "Blue and White Porcelain" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which was met with praise from viewers.
The video then transitions through time and space to a modern antique auction house, where Hsia's character bids on the same blue and white porcelain.
[15][16] In the Peking University admissions test held in Chengdu, China on New Year's Day 2009, a question asked students to point out grammatical errors in the lyrics of the song.
[15] Professor Xiong Du from Chongqing Technology and Business University explained that one line, which translates to "the blank outlines the blue and white, the brushstrokes vary in thickness", contained missing directional prepositions leading to unclear subjects.
Xiong emphasized that while it is common to omit certain components in poetry and lyrics for the sake of parallelism, rhythm, and harmony, such omissions should not lead to ambiguity or grammatical errors.