CHINA-CHONGQING-RONGCHANG POTTERY-INHERITORS (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-RONGCHANG POTTERY-INHERITORS (CN)

(231201) -- CHONGQING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guan Yongshuang checks a pottery artwork at his studio in Rongchang District of Chongqing, southwest China, Nov. 14, 2023. Liang Xiancai, 73, is an inheritor of Rongchang Pottery craftsmanship, an intangible cultural heritage in China. Despite the trend toward mechanization, automation, and large-scale pottery production, he steadfastly upholds the tradition of manual pottery making. Guan Yongshuang, 32, graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with a major in pottery art. He has been studying pottery culture for nearly ten years. Guan is working on turning plant ashes, such as chestnut shells and ginkgo leaves, into natural glazes for pottery. "Pottery is like painting, with clay being the paper, wood fuels being the ink, and plant ashes being the pigment," said Guan. "All these things are from nature. So I wish to continue observing and expressing nature via pottery." Guan established his own pottery studio in Rongchang District of Chongqing, the

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