(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANXI-COLOR PORCELAIN-INHERITOR (CN)
(240112) -- SHANGDANG, Jan. 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A craftsman paints on a piece of porcelain at a production base of Honglyucai (Red and Green Color) Porcelain in Honglyucai Village, Changzhi City of north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 4, 2024. The Honglyucai (Red and Green Color) Porcelain of Bayi kiln was originated from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and became popular in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Its pioneering twice-firing technique allows the use of multiple colors on one piece of porcelain, which is regarded as a major breakthrough in China's porcelain history.
To make a Honglyucai porcelain item, it needs to go through 72 procedures, which is so complicated that the technique was almost lost in the 1980's. In 2021, the crafts of making Honglyucai Porcelain of Bayi kiln was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Li Yamin, a native in the Honglyucai Village of Bayi Town, is an inheritor of the craft. Under the influence of his father Li Jianping, a provincial-level inheritor of the cra
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