China News Service, Handan, July 10th (Wang Tian translated Cui Yan) and mud, mud refining, billet drawing... On the morning of the 10th, in the Cizhou Kiln workshop in Jizhuang Village, Cizhou Town, Ci County, Handan City, Hebei Province, a 34-year-old kiln Zhao Yingjie, the inheritor of Cizhou kiln firing skills, turned the turntable at a constant speed while pressing the clay on the turntable. In a few minutes, a pottery blank in the shape of a plum bottle was formed.
Zhao Yingjie, who was born in a family of ceramics, is the seventh generation successor of the Zhaojia workshop of Cizhou Kiln. After graduating from college, he has been concentrating on the development of pottery craftsmanship and soon became a well-known local porcelain master.
The picture shows the ceramic products placed in the workshop of Cizhou Kiln in Ci County.
Photo by Cui Yan
"The ancient method of Cizhou kiln has 72 processes, from material selection, mud mixing, glazing, glazing to firing. The process is cumbersome. In the past, it took 15 days to fire the steamed bread kiln. Compared with the ancient method, some labor-intensive methods are now Advanced equipment was used in the process, which achieved the precision that is difficult to achieve by hand, and the firing time was shortened to 3 days." Zhao Yingjie said, "On the basis of the classic black flowers on a white background, we incorporate minerals such as gold, silver, copper and iron into the glaze color. Pigments, extracting the colorful underglaze, and integrating the elements of ink and Chinese painting into it, have the charm of the northern ceramic culture.”
According to the records of "Chinese Ancient Porcelain Kilns - Chinese Cizhou Kiln", Cizhou Kiln began in the late Northern Dynasty. One of the kilns, with its unique decorative art of white ground and black flowers, is unique in the ceramics industry.
The picture shows the ceramic products placed in the workshop of Cizhou Kiln in Ci County.
Photo by Cui Yan
In 2006, Cizhou kiln firing skills were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
As the inheritors of non-genetic inheritance, Zhao Yingjie and his father Zhao Zhenyu continue to innovate and develop on the basis of inheriting the ancient pottery making technology. Their father and son jointly developed 8 technical devices such as the mud vibrating screen device for ceramic processing and the inner hole processing fixture device for ceramic products. Won the utility model patent technology certificate issued by the State Intellectual Property Office.
"As a part of Chinese pottery craftsmanship, Cizhou kiln should be understood and inherited by more people, so that the 'intangible cultural heritage' can be better developed." Zhao Yingjie said that he and some pottery enthusiasts around him inherit the old skills together. There are more than 60 villagers in the surrounding villages who are learning pottery in the ceramic factory.
The picture shows Zhao Yingjie dusting the porcelain blanks in the Cizhou kiln studio in Cixian County.
Photo by Cui Yan
Zhang Xuejiao, a villager in Xiaozhai Village, Jiangwu Town, Ci County, has been learning pottery for half a year.
"At present, I have learned some simple skills, and I can complete the drawing and repairing independently." Zhang Xuejiao said that she likes Cizhou kiln very much. middle.
In order to build Cizhou kiln culture, in recent years, Ci County has been committed to protecting and promoting traditional porcelain making skills, and has built cultural and industrial carriers such as Cizhou Kiln Museum and Cizhou Ink Garden, realizing the deep integration of culture and tourism industry and giving Cizhou kiln future development. Explore a new way of development.
"In addition to inheriting ancient methods, the pottery craftsmanship must also be continuously innovated, so that products can be integrated into people's daily life, so as to better meet the market demand." Zhao Yingjie said that on the basis of inheriting the old craftsmanship, he continued to seek breakthroughs and innovations, creating There are more than 600 varieties of Ciyao Fuxing Dream and Handan Idiom Series, and the products are exported to more than 10 provinces, regions and cities such as Beijing, Henan and Shanxi.
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