Black pottery items are displayed at a pottery museum in Tangdui, Tangman village, Nixi township, Dechen Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Shangri-La city in Southwest China's Yunnan province, Nov 16, 2023. The ancient craft of Tibetan black pottery is driving villagers on a path to prosperity in Tangdui, nestled in the city of Shangri-La in Southwest China's Yunnan province. Spanning over 2,000 …
Rizhao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, is exploring innovative ways to preserve and develop its traditional cultural handicrafts to boost its cultural industry. The city is rich in culture resources, especially traditional handicrafts and intangible cultural heritage items, including black pottery, pankou, a traditional Chinese knot button, and guomenjian, a traditional paper-made decoration for windows and doors. …
Young people learn to make black pottery items at a learning center in Zamtang county, Aba Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, in October. "Guozhuang dance has been about paying respect to nature since ancient times, but now when we dance, it is more about recording and passing down our ethnic memory and tradition with every step," says Losang Tashi, a …