Thai reporters give thumbs-up to pottery of Guangxi
GUANGXI - "It takes just some clay to make these exquisite and lifelike pottery handicrafts. It's so amazing." Wangwiwattana, a reporter from the Mass Communication Organisation of Thailand exclaimed while visiting Qinzhou Nixing Pottery Culture Creati
This visit is one of the activities of the "Reporters from Media Outlets in Thailand Visit Guangxi and Guizhou Event" held recently in Guangxi. Eight members of the Thai-Chinese Journalists Association from the Asia Pacific Bureau of People's Daily, FM 103 station in Thailand, Bangkok Today, Thailand's Nation TV, the Mass Communication Organiหation of Thailand, Thai Television Channel 3, Thailand's TrueVisions, etc. attended the event.
During the visit to Nixing Pottery Culture Creative Industry Park, reporters from media outlets in Thailand gave a thumbs-up to Nixing pottery after learning about the history and culture of traditional Nixing pottery.
In the Qinzhou Nixing Pottery Museum and the Nixing Pottery Traditional Arts and Crafts School, the press delegation was captivated by the lifelike Nixing pottery handicrafts. They were even more amazed by the Nixing pottery production process.
The Qinzhou Nixing pottery with more than 1,300 years of history is renowned both at home and abroad for the clay that is only available locally and the "kiln transformation" art that cannot be copied. It is the only one of its kind in China and one of the four famous pottery in China – the other three being the Violet Sand Earthenware of Yixing in Jiangsu Province, Jianshui pottery in Yunnan Province and Rongchang pottery Sichuan Province and has been included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
In recent years, the local government has been promoting Nixing pottery as an important industry, putting the development of Nixing pottery in the fast lane.
Last year, the local government spent 1.5 billion yuan to build a Nixing pottery cultural and creative industries park covering an area of 445.5 acres (Millennium Ancient Pottery Town). So far 28 Nixing pottery businesses and 15 masters have signed a lease and entry agreement. Reporters from mainstream media outlets in Thailand said they would introduce the excellent traditional culture of Guangxi to more people through what they saw and heard after they returned to Thailand.
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