What is the simple beauty of traditional Tibetan life that can be seen through Nixi Black Pottery?

The production process of Nixi black pottery is extremely simple and primitive.

They are a kind of living utensils used by the Tibetan people on a daily basis, and have been in Tibet for more than 4,000 years. Nixi is a Tibetan village in Shangri-La, Yunnan Province, which was a necessary route of the Tea Horse Road in ancient times. Tibetan folk have a long history of making pottery with unique handcrafts.

A very interesting phenomenon is that, from the excavation of the excavated black pottery products, to the present black pottery, in the process of selection, are extremely similar, but also shows that the people who survive in this piece of land, has maintained the ancient way of doing pottery, forming a unique black pottery production and aesthetic style.

What are some of the aesthetics and styles of black pottery?

The first is the selection of the clay, which is made of local red clay with fine texture, white clay, and finely crushed stone powder from weathering. The base is made with the simplest wooden tools and boards, and is tapped by hand without the aid of any power tools.

The second one has a unique handcrafted process of up to 12 steps.

The third is that the finished product is generous and practical, utilitarian, rugged and simple, but this practicality becomes exactly its aesthetics. Handcrafted black pottery retains its matte black color and is capable of emitting the special aroma of the earth during cooking.

We can also see in it the simple beauty of traditional Tibetan life. The artifacts are used to carry the most tangible life, and the enhanced utility only makes the production process more and more refined, while ultimately it is to increase the practicality of life. When we eat food made with black pottery cooking, we will find that the essence of black pottery has long been integrated into the simple and heavy beauty of life, and it appears to have more texture and weight of life.

Tibetan black pottery has always adhered to the beauty of simplicity. In the modern life, let us feel the long ancient civilization, and the precipitation of the soul!