Charlotenburg Palace, located in the city of Berlin, the capital of Germany, is currently the best preserved and the largest Prussian palace building in Berlin.

The palatial Charlottenburg Palace is crowded with visitors every day, and the most famous room in the palace, the China house, is a must-visit place for visitors.

Built in 1705 by King Frederick I of Prussia in memory of his wife Charlotte, the palace has been described as "the Eighth Wonder of the World" with its opulent halls and rooms. Frederick I was the first king of Prussia. He was rich and lavished money on the Charlottenburg Palace and made it extravagant, especially the Porcelain House.

According to legend, Charlotte was an accomplished and well-educated queen who loved music, theatre and philosophy. On a visit to Charotenburg, it is not hard to spot her other, almost fanatical, hobby -- collecting Chinese porcelain. In almost every room of Charotenburg, people can see porcelain ornaments from around 17th century China, which stand out against other European style furniture.

"Sophie Charlotte's love of Chinese culture is mainly due to the export trade of porcelain during the Ming and Qing Dynasties," said the tour guide of Charlottenburg Palace. "For a long time, Chinese porcelain was a popular luxury in the West."

The Chinese porcelain room in Charlottenburg Palace is the place that most vividly reflects Charlotte's passion for collecting Chinese porcelain. It is located in a 60-square-metre room on the ground floor of the palace, and the walls are filled from top to bottom with Charlotte's 2,700 porcelain objects. The scene was magnificent against the gilt - edged mirrors. Here, one can see porcelains in the shape of dragons, birds and eagles, Chinese sculptures with blue and white plates on top, and Chinese paintings painted on the walls.

Perhaps thanks to the elegant and quiet temperament of blue and white porcelain, these visitors from the East neither steal the limelight nor feel out of place in the midst of a room full of golden and gorgeous decorations. Instead, they complement each other and form the unique temperament of the "porcelain house", which is magnificent and extravagant, but also brings some Chinese style.

There was a time when China was more advanced than Europe, and everything that came from China was of interest to Europeans, and therefore more trade was done. At that time, Europeans did not know how to produce porcelain, and porcelain was not used as objects, but as exhibits. Therefore, porcelain was also called "white gold" by Europeans. Not only that, it also deeply attracted the German queen, so that she could have such a specially built porcelain house in a foreign country!