Ye's father Ye Xiaochun is a sixth generation inheritor.

Ye Xiaochun spent five years experimenting with a recipe, lost for a thousand years, for celadon products with a cracked ice surface. He eventually restored the stunning glaze pattern in 2001.

"It was a sense of responsibility that had me decide to carry on what my family has been doing," Ye Chenxi says.

It was no easy choice. By the time he finished product and interior design studies in college in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province in 2015, Ye says he had grown used to city life.

"I had developed a circle of friends, and enjoyed visiting various exhibitions on weekends," he says.

But celadon's pull on him got stronger as childhood memories flashed back and his design expertise gave him a new perspective.