China News Service, Diqing, October 23rd, title: Nixi Heitao witnesses the changes in the lives of the Tibetan people
Author Luo Jie
Driving more than 30 kilometers from Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, you can reach Tangdui Village in Nixi Township along the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
The Tibetan people living here have rejuvenated their traditional vitality in the long history of folk pottery making.
"Nixi black pottery is a kind of Tibetan black pottery. The pottery craftsmanship has been passed down for more than 2,000 years, and it is an indispensable tool in Tibetan family life." The representative project of the intangible cultural heritage project is the representative inheritor of the Tibetan black pottery firing technique at the provincial level. In an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, Lurong Enzhu said that Nixi Heitao witnessed the changes in the lives of the local Tibetan people.
The picture shows Nissi black pottery works.
Photo by Zhang Li
Tibetan black pottery has a long history of firing techniques, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and other provinces in China.
Nixi Township in Diqing, Yunnan is famous for its rich black pottery, and has the reputation of "the hometown of Tibetan black pottery in China".
In Tangdui Village, there are many villagers engaged in black pottery firing, and the workshop of the master of Lu Rong is in the scattered dwellings.
Lord Lu Rong has been learning black pottery making with his father since he was 13 years old, and it has been more than 40 years.
His father, Sun Nuo Qilin, is the representative inheritor of the national-level "Tibetan Black Pottery Firing Skills" project. His three works of brazier, butter tea set (shaking set) and tea pot are collected by the National Museum.
In Lu Rong's childhood memory, his father always brought the black pottery he made to Shangri-La City, Deqin County and other places on horseback and sold them in exchange for daily necessities.
"At that time, the road was slow, and it was not dawn to go out, and it was almost dark when we arrived at the county seat. Step by step, my father took Nixi black pottery out of the valley and brought it to overseas collectors."
"Different from other Tibetan black pottery, the raw materials of Nixi black pottery are made from a mixture of red clay and white clay unique to the local mountains, and the shaping, polishing and other processes are all handmade." Master Lu Rong introduced that Nixi black pottery has a complete range of varieties. , It has a wide range of uses, including the most Tibetan-style "Hidden Eight Treasures" ornaments, as well as various tableware, cooking utensils, tea sets, wine sets, incense burners, butter lamps, etc. in daily life.
The picture shows Nissi black pottery works.
Photo by Zhang Li
On the shelves of Lu Rong'en's main workshop, there are various black pottery works of various shapes, among which the pigeon pot and the small tea pot are his best utensils.
"Now the art collection value of Nixi black pottery is constantly rising, and the craftsmen who inherit it are also innovating constantly, so that the types of black pottery have developed to more than 80 types." He said.
Today, the traffic in Diqing, Yunnan has undergone a great change of "a thousand years". As the road network becomes more and more developed, the old scene of people on horseback is no longer there. It only takes more than 40 minutes to drive from Tangdui Village to Shangri-La City.
With the improvement of the Great Yunnan West Tourism Circle and the continuous development of Shangri-La's tourism industry, Nixi Township has vigorously developed rural tourism, and Nixi black pottery has become a local characteristic industry and the most representative cultural and tourism commodity in Shangri-La.
The charm of intangible cultural heritage attracts more and more tourists to come to Tangdui actively. "There are often foreign tourists who come to Tangdui to experience the touch brought by touching the soil. Before the epidemic, more than 8,000 people came to my studio every year. Visit. Selling black pottery has doubled our income and made life better.”
At the same time, the development of tourism has led to the "out of the circle" of local traditional food. Chicken soup cooked in an earthen pot made of Nisi black pottery - Nisi earthen pot chicken has become a special dish that is very popular with Chinese and foreign tourists and must be eaten every time they go. .
The world is changing with each passing day, and the days are getting better and better. The only thing that has not changed is the persistence of inheritors like Lu Rong's master to the intangible cultural heritage skills.
Talking about his father's long-cherished wish to inherit black pottery skills, he was filled with emotion, "My father has always taught us to attach importance to this traditional craftsmanship. Now that I have taken over this inheritance business, I must let the non-heritage 'treasure' continue." (End )