Pottery Firing Craftsmanship

Ⅷ-98Traditional CraftsmanshipQinzhou, GuangxiBatch 2 (2008)Newly Added Item

01 · Historical Records

Guangxi Qinzhou Nixing pottery originated in the Tang dynasty and flourished during the Xianfeng reign of the Qing dynasty.

02 · Core Techniques & Process

Its clay material is taken from the unique hard earth on the west bank and the soft earth on the east bank of the Qin River in Qinzhou, which, when mixed, yields a suitable hard-and-soft balance and a pure, fine texture. Nixing pottery is fired at a high temperature of around 1200°C; the finished ware is hard in texture, and after grinding and polishing shows colors such as antique bronze, ink green, purplish red, and sky mottle—fine and lustrous, with brilliant colors, and free of sand grains, pores, and toxicity. Tea stored in a Nixing teapot still keeps its original color and flavor after one or two days. With long use, tea deposits (commonly called "tea buds") accumulate inside the pot; even without putting in tea leaves, simply pouring in boiling water still releases a tea aroma. Nixing flowerpots and vases also have a flower-preserving function: used to grow or arrange flowers, they make the flowers luxuriant and the foliage lush.

Two clays from two banks

A blend of hard clay from the west bank and soft from the east, mixed in the one ratio that gives Qinzhan ware its fineness.

Fired colours

Fired near 1200°C and polished, the surface takes bronze, ink-green, purple and flashing colours without grit or bubbles.

The teapot

A Qinxian pot keeps the colour and taste of tea for days, and improves with decades of use.

03 · Regional Records & Related Items

The Qinzhou Nixing pottery firing craft centers on Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Its clay material is taken from the unique hard earth on the west bank and the soft earth on the east bank of the Qin River, which, when mixed, yields a suitable hard-and-soft balance and a pure, fine texture. The Qinzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center is the project protection unit; Nixing pottery is mostly made into teapots, food vessels, and display pieces, and sells in Guangdong-Guangxi and Southeast Asia.

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04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding

Li Renbing (per the official archive of the related inheritor): Male, Han ethnicity, born in March 1946, a native of Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Representative inheritor of the pottery firing craft (Qinzhou Nixing pottery firing craft), a national-level intangible cultural heritage item (third batch). Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. Born into a farmer's family, in 1973 he entered the Qinzhou Nixing Craft Factory as an apprentice and learned the pottery craft from Pan Jiansan and others; he once served as director of the Qinzhou Nixing Pottery Craft Research Institute. During forty years of practice, he mastered the eight major traditional techniques of floral appliqué, raised relief, round carving, openwork, inlay, antiquing, and mold stamping. Boldly innovative, he applied modern arts-and-crafts design concepts to the innovative design of Nixing pottery, adhering to the principle of preserving local and ethnic characteristics while meeting market demand, and designed many new works, achieving impressive results. His representative works such as the high-drum flower vase, the Zhuang-region pomegranate vase, and the sea-coral flower jar have won industry art awards. He has long been devoted to domestic and international exhibition and promotion, and to the cultivation of successors. Lu Jingping (per the official archive of the related inheritor): Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1960, a native of Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Representative inheritor of the pottery firing craft (Qinzhou Nixing pottery firing craft), a national-level intangible cultural heritage item (fifth batch). Guangxi Master of Arts and Crafts. Since childhood he has had a strong interest in the Nixing pottery firing craft and is skilled in painting. In September 1979 he entered the Qinzhou Nixing Craft Factory as an apprentice, learning the traditional hand-throwing technique from the old artisan Yan Zhaoming, and learning traditional pottery crafts such as Nixing modeling and decorative design, making, and carving art from Li Renbing; he once served as deputy director of the Qinzhou Nixing Craft Factory. He has mastered the traditional Nixing pottery craft and blends traditional skills with modern artistic concepts, excelling at incorporating Guangxi ethnic-minority elements into his works. His works such as the Hualong tea set, the Golden Sparrow tea set, and the Zhuang-region waist-drum vase have won awards. He has long been devoted to domestic and international exhibition and promotion, and to the cultivation of successors

05 · Associated Representative Bearers

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06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography

Sources

China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)

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