China News Service, Yuxi, May 29th (Liu Lihui) "One color when entering the kiln, and one color out of the kiln."
On May 29th, a kiln opening ceremony was held at the provincial intangible cultural heritage Huaning Taoshu Ceramics Inheritance Base of Huaning County, Yuxi, Yunnan.
The opening ceremony of the kiln was like opening a blind box. It was exciting and exciting. The firewood fired "hidden models" such as Ujin, Bodhi, Falling Ash Glaze, Kiln Sweat Eyes, etc. attracted nearly a hundred ceramic craft enthusiasts and Internet celebrity anchors to watch.
Pottery products that have undergone quenching have undergone kiln changes, whether they are colorful, or shining like galaxies, or fragments. Everything will be revealed when the kiln door is opened.
The products released this time include 900 pieces of wood-fired official kiln crafts that were fired for eight days and eight nights, and sealed for five days and five nights, and 300 pieces of colorful glazes that were fired for 47 hours and turned off for two days and two nights.
Among them, the colorful glaze is Shu Wenzhao, the top representative of Huaning pottery and the inheritor of Huaning pottery craftsmanship, the intangible cultural heritage of Yunnan Province. After his personal research and development of several representative glazes such as sky celadon, bean celadon, sky eye glaze, and gold star glaze. , The latest research and development process.
The 300 pieces fired this time were made after three years of material preparation and are highly anticipated by the industry.
The picture shows the works displayed at the opening ceremony of the kiln.
Ou Ge Photo
Huaning Tao Xing Yu Ming Hongwu, flourishing in Qing Kangqian, in modern times due to wars and other reasons declined and declined, and experienced several ups and downs.
In 2019, Yuxi City proposed the goal of building Huaning into a world-class international pottery capital that radiates South Asia and Southeast Asia, and is the only domestic and world-class international pottery capital.
"We insist on walking on two legs with inheritance and innovation." Wang Hua, president of Huaning County Ceramic Industry Association, introduced that compared with the situation of more than 20 ceramic companies in 2015, there are currently 76 ceramic companies in Huaning County. More than 3,000 employees are employed.
In recent years, Huaning pottery has been exported to countries and regions such as Southeast Asia, Japan, and the United States.
Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, export channels have been affected. Many local companies have used online live broadcasts and other methods to combine online and offline to expand sales channels.
"Local people up to 70 or 80 years old, as young as kindergarten children, most can start'playing with mud.'" Shu Wenzhao introduced, in the past, young people in Huaning County used to go to work or go to university, and the brain drain was quite serious.
"In the past few years, Huaning's ceramic industry has developed well. Many young people have applied for ceramic craft-related majors in universities and returned to their hometowns to make ceramics after graduation, which has injected a lot of fresh power into the development of the industry."
The picture shows the works displayed at the opening ceremony of the kiln.
Ou Ge Photo
In order to pass on the craftsmanship of Huaning pottery, from 2003 onwards, Shu Wenzhao began to accept apprentices to pass on the art.
"As of now, my apprentices have nearly 500 people, accounting for two-thirds of the pottery craftsmen in Huaning County. Among them, 29 apprentices have become independent, have opened their own businesses, and are currently teaching apprenticeships." Shu Wenzhao introduced.
Huaning has a superior resource endowment for ceramic production, of which high-quality clay has an area of about 14 square kilometers and a proven reserve of 70 million tons.
"Hua Ning Tao" has been certified as a geographical indication trademark protection, and has been approved as a national geographical indication protection product.
"Hua Ning Ceramic Industry Medium and Long-term Development Plan (2016-2025)" clearly, strive to achieve a total output value of 3 billion yuan in ceramic culture industry by 2022; by 2025, the total output value of ceramic culture industry will reach 6 billion yuan.
According to data from Huaning Ceramic Cultural Industry Service Center, in 2020, the total output value of the county's ceramic industry is 814 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10%.
Huaning Ceramics has more than 1,000 varieties including three major sections: architectural garden ceramics, daily-use ceramics and arts and crafts ceramics.
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