Explanation of Shennong Pottery Culture and Creative Park

Dear guests, welcome to Henan Shennong Pottery Creative Park to visit and guide. I am the narrator ****, happy to serve you.

The location we are in now is Gouzhuangtun Village, Wangzhao Township, Qinyang City. Chinese culture is profound and profound, for example, the village in the culture of geographical names, indicating that this is a naturally formed settlement. Tun, on the other hand, indicates that it was once a place where the army was stationed for a long time or where the government reclaimed farmland in ancient times. Whenever a place is named after a village, it is usually associated with the family name. The name Gouzhuangtun Village itself is a unique cultural phenomenon. Earlier than the culture of place names is the culture of family names, earlier than the culture of family names is the subject of our talk today ------ pottery culture.

Then we first come to understand the Shennong pottery creative park. This park to inherit the black pottery culture as the theme, the whole is a Chinese modern minimalist style, both the Jiangnan garden flavor, adhere to a brick, a tile, a ceramic and a wood to start, and strive to achieve the effect of a step by step, and strive to create a new business card of cultural and artistic exchanges in Qinyang City.

Shennong Pottery Creative Park covers an area of 2640 square meters, including the Black Pottery Culture Museum, Black Pottery DIY Experience Hall, Tea Science Experience Center and so on. Through the cultural popularization of non-heritage + study experience + rural tourism and other modes, to create a study, practical training base for primary and secondary school students, ceramic artist creation, training and black pottery culture popularization base.

Next by me to lead you into the park to appreciate the charm of black pottery. We look at the left side of the pavilion called the first heart Pavilion, it is simple and simple, solemn and generous. See the first heart pavilion to introduce our garden owner Ms. Tang Li. She is a passionate, persistent, pursuit of people, here to build this pavilion, in her own words, every time you walk into the garden, we must remember their own heart - to promote black pottery culture, inheritance of black pottery skills. This is also her lifelong mission. It is because of this original intention and mission that we have this garden, and a platform for everyone to understand black pottery.

Please look at this huge color painting on the wall, which shows the scene of people making pottery during the Shennong period. Pottery produced in the late Neolithic period, about four or five thousand years ago, its invention marks the human race has been from the collection, fishing and hunting activities based on the transition of migratory life to agriculture-based sedentary life, means that mankind from the barbaric state of the state of civilization to the beginning of the transformation. Qinyang, with its long history and rich cultural heritage, has been known as the ancient county of Qinhuai and the famous state of Heshuo, and has been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the "Ancient County of the Thousand Years", and one of the first batch of Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in Henan Province. Today, here you can learn about the origins of Qinyang and pottery culture.

Look, the mud here is the raw material for our black pottery, which is taken from the red collodion mud that has been washed and deposited at the foot of Shennong Mountain for thousands of years, and is rich in minerals, such as iron, silicon, and other trace elements, and through more than 10 processes, such as drying, drying, and beating, it ultimately becomes a valuable raw material for the production of black pottery.

The scenic wall on the east side of the garden is called Tao Yuan, which is a combination of old bricks, old tiles and old objects left in the village that we excavated and organized, and the black pottery vessels on it are the footprints of Tang Li who led the team in the process of researching and developing the products, step by step.

We look at the center of the modeling like what? See? Yes, like 70, then the right side of this shape is the outline of the national emblem, which is to commemorate the launch of our creative park project time, is 2019, that is, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country. So the idea of building this cultural wall is very meaningful.

You see in the middle of this small courtyard on the west side, there is a fish pond like a gourd, which adds endless vitality to the whole garden.

Now please come with me to the black pottery culture museum in Qinyang, first look at this couplet, it is a professor at the School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, the Director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of the modern anthropology, Professor Li Hui inscriptions: pure yin to astral not only keep the black, the bone through the heart of the brightest can be red! Can you guess what this black guarding is about? Yes, it is to keep the tradition of black pottery, to know the white and keep the black, and to keep the right and innovate! What does the red stand for? On behalf of the black ceramic pot is the first choice for making black tea, on behalf of the black ceramics will become a Netflix product, but also on behalf of our black ceramics people a red heart to the party! This is Prof. Li Hui's affirmation and praise for the black pottery pot, and also the encouragement and expectation for our black pottery people! All of us black pottery people will push the black pottery art to a higher level under the leadership of Ms. Tang Li.

Let's first understand the prehistoric civilization of pottery culture. As mentioned in the introduction: the Dragon Horse appeared, and the River Map appeared. Legend has it that at the time of Fuxi's, a Dragon Horse appeared from the Yellow River, carrying the "River Map"; and a Divine Tortoise appeared from the Luo River, carrying the "Luo Book". According to tradition, the appearance of "Hetu Luoshu" is the source of Chinese civilization and culture.

There are a lot of legends about pottery in the early writings of China, such as "Shennong made pottery" (Kapitsuka Zhoushu), and "Huangdi ordered Ningfeng to make pottery" (Lüshi Chunqiu), which means that our country invented pottery making technology as early as 8000 years ago, and was the first in the world to burn pottery. In other words, China invented pottery-making technology as early as 8,000 years ago, and was one of the first countries in the world to burn and use pottery. Shennong is one of the humanistic patriarchs of the Chinese nation. Shennong ploughed and made pottery, opening up the primitive handicrafts of the ancient ancestors, which is another great history of progress of mankind.

Black pottery was born in the Neolithic era, known as the "mother of porcelain", is an important part of the Yellow River culture, is the use of nature, the transformation of nature, the great invention of mankind.

Qinyang black pottery is Henan's most representative pottery culture living fossil, with thousands of years of history, from ancient times to the present day without a break. The Qinyang black pottery adheres to the wisdom of the ancients, but also unique features and advantages, from the folk daily life utensils to the gorgeous palace art, highlighting the unique charm.

Look at this modeling - water overflowing is overflowing! It tells us to be modest, low-key and steady!

Introduction to the sand table: Tao love poetry and long history?

The reproduction is the whole process of making black pottery by the ancestors. Black pottery is made of yellow mud, in the firing process adsorption of activated carbon ions natural kiln into black pottery, has a very strong technical, not just put a piece of mud into the kiln can be burned into black pottery.

Introduction to the black pottery culture:

Also known as "Longshan culture", is the peak of the late Neolithic farming civilization in the Yellow River basin.

In the spring of 1928, archaeologist Wu Jinding discovered the Chengziyi site in Longshan Town, Shandong Province, and excavated a number of exquisite polished black pottery.

Based on the discovery, archaeologists named these cultural remains, which were mainly characterized by black pottery, the Longshan Culture, which was mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces, and was known as the four major black pottery production centers in China.

The fast-wheel pottery-making technology of the Dawenkou culture was widely adopted during this period, and the polished black pottery was more numerous and of better quality, with objects as thin as eggshells and surfaces as shiny as lacquer, making Chinese pottery-making technology reach its peak for the first time.

Black pottery is the crystallization of the wisdom of the early Chinese culture, and has become a "living specimen" that reproduces the ancient material and spiritual culture.

The most famous black pottery in Henan is Qinyang black pottery, which is a bright pearl of Chinese civilization. The site of Renzhuang in the western suburb of the ancient city of Qinyang Hanoi, with the collection and remains of judgment, located in the northwestern part of the site of the cultural layer of the Yangshao and Longshan period of the residual burnt kiln site. 1965 on the Preah Vihear site of the trial excavation process, the excavation of the red ceramic, colored ceramics and black ceramics. That is representative of the Yangshao culture. This shows that the ancestral people's pottery burning skills have already flourished and developed here, and there are many other sites such as the Mulou site and the Zizhao site that are representative of the Longshan black pottery culture.

Our pottery culture in Qinyang once had a very brilliant history, Wu Zetian was listed as a tribute, named the Imperial Black Pottery, the early years of the Republic of China to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, the village of Basin Kiln, Mr. Wang Taixin, to participate in the "World Arts and Crafts Expo" black pottery products, ivory tripod, regiment of Zun fish jugs, etc., won the Gold Medal, the United Kingdom has also published the "Atlas of Black Pottery in China".

We can look at the cabinet display pottery are we Qin Yang in the past with the old wine cups, old pots, etc., some are thousands of years ago.

Some people will question: why we do not know Qin Yang black pottery? After the founding of the country, by the then production, life and various factors at home and abroad, Qinyang black pottery began to go downhill. It is mainly concentrated in the village of basin kiln in Shanwangzhuang town, a flood in 1982, so that the earth kiln cave suffered a disaster, all the kilns in the village were submerged, the kiln collapsed only a few left. With the development of the times, people's living standards gradually improved, plastic ware and stainless steel ware gradually replaced the pottery, black pottery and its production techniques slowly faded out of people's vision.

Into the new century, with the country's increasing attention to the cultural industry, Qinyang black pottery was included in the intangible cultural heritage protection project in Henan Province in 2009, black pottery, the only holdout Wang Zhengcheng - black pottery in the international fair won the gold medal of the old man's grandson of Wang Taixin, was named the project's provincial Inheritor. We look at the wall of the master is making pottery Wang Zhengcheng teacher, it is because of his perseverance, Qinyang black pottery has a continuation and today's splendor.

The black pottery faded out of our field of vision for many years, and then re-entered our lives, we have seen its vitality, to give it vitality of the person is our teacher Tang Li. What is the story between Tang Li and the black pottery, please let us go into the black pottery hall of the Central Plains Shennong, to understand the new black pottery story of Qinyang, and feel the charm of the era of today's black pottery.

This Rudraksha head is the honorary director of the Ceramic Art Committee of the Chinese Artists Association, the national level artist Prof. Han Meilin designed the black pottery work made by us.

First acquaintance with the black pottery for the crazy Beginning to build a base to show results

A chance, then general manager of Qinyang City Blue Diamond Culture Industry Company Limited Ms. Tang Li became acquainted with the Qinyang black pottery inheritor Wang Zhengcheng, a keen lover of traditional crafts since childhood, she was y attracted by the charm of the black pottery, in order to the mysterious culture of the black pottery she could not sleep at night. In a month's time, she went into the basin kiln village many times to visit Mr. Wang Zhengcheng, more than a year's time with Mr. Wang's constant contact, the teacher saw her so persistent, and very thoughtful, and is willing to pay for the black pottery, to break the tradition of the black pottery to the family inheritance, the black pottery of their own family tradition of production skills are taught to her and encourage her to create a black pottery company.

With the help of Mr. Wang Zhengcheng, Mr. Deng Hongli, an associate researcher of Qinyang Wenbo, and Mr. Wang Xizhu, a long-time commitment to the development of cultural industries in Qinyang, under the support of Mr. Wang Xizhu, Tang Li, through the history of the book to understand the depth of excavation of the black ceramics culture, the creation of the Shennong black ceramic research and development bases, to set up their own team, with their own "Central Shennong pottery "brand, thus embarking on the road of exploration of black pottery in Qinyang.

In order to understand the black pottery market, she ran all over the country each black pottery kiln research. In the research process, through comparison, she understands that Qinyang black pottery quality, distinctive features, but the process is backward. Problems should be solved, she visited various kilns across the country to learn by heart, and invited nationally renowned pottery masters to Qinyang to guide and teach technology. The effort is not unfulfilled, Shennong pottery successively developed hollow carving, shady carving and other production processes, research and development of six series of more than 400 varieties of black pottery products. The product process is more colorful forms of expression, from the four treasures to indoor furnishings, from the life of the vessel to the cultural and creative products, put on the market, by the different levels of consumers love.

The dream is beautiful, the road is difficult

Just started, the development of new products Shennong pottery, the market was hit. Crafts and gifts exchange market suddenly came to a sharp brake, has not gone out of the Shennong black pottery cultural gifts immediately called off by the market. How to do? It is not easy to cultivate a technical team, can not be dissolved, not to mention the loss. Talent once lost, means failure. Tang Li silently recited in her mind: what can't let the just budding black pottery leave us again! With a tenacity and persistence, coupled with her love and pursuit of black pottery, she led the study of a new way out. She said, we have to tap the advantages of black pottery features, so that it adapts to the needs of human life to develop, so that the black pottery art of living, and then opened a new research direction - the development of black pottery tea utensils.

Tang Li to study to make pots, the biggest problem is the traditional black pottery firing temperature is too low, resulting in low hardness, easy to break. She then thought of ways to increase the kiln temperature. Run out to learn, please expert research, through more than two years, a kiln of experiments, failure after failure, through hardship, and finally developed a high hardness black pottery, break the black pottery in people's minds in the low-temperature fragile easy to seepage problem, so that the black ceramic firing temperature by the original 700 to 800 degrees, increased to 950 to 1050 degrees of high temperature, to overcome the problem, so that inherited thousands of years of black ceramic has a The black pottery inherited for thousands of years has a qualitative change, qualitative leap, out of the Chinese black pottery industry a new milestone.

Kung Fu, with the black pottery tea utensils were finally born, which is the miracle of the entire black pottery industry, which uses the ancient wood-fired technology, the use of scientific means, high temperature adsorption of large amounts of activated charcoal ions natural kiln, burned into a high-hardness black pottery pot. It is breathable and rich in activated charcoal ions, which is not comparable to other utensils such as porcelain, iron, etc. It preserves quality and freshness, releases minerals, and makes the taste richer.

The black pottery pot brewed tea soup mellow and soft, the product was introduced, that is, the black pottery caused a sensation in the world, and at the same time become the new favorite of the tea industry, commonly known as "Yixing Zisha pot in the south, the north has Shennong black pottery pot".

In 2015, the Chinese black pottery art exhibition held in Texas, China Pottery Association Honorary Chairman Fu Weijie heartfelt admiration: "black pottery made of tea, is really a big step forward in China's black pottery industry ah! Especially the Shennong black pottery pot development, fill the domestic black pottery tea utensils market gaps, so that Qinyang black pottery has a new road of development.

Not alone on the road to success, Shennong black pottery is favored

In 2018, at a Chinese black pottery art exhibition, two young people detailed understanding of black pottery pots, bought pots, noted down the contact information and left. It turned out they were students of Professor Li Hui of Fudan University. Professor Li has a friend sent Shennong black pottery pot, experience the use of found with it bubble black tea is very good, this time his students to help him find the pot to do people, from the Shennong black pottery pot to Professor Li Hui and the soup always connected together.

A few days later, Prof. Li came to the Shennong pottery R & D base, in-depth understanding of the black pottery pot process and firing methods, through the study, proved that the Shennong black pottery is the bubble black tea is not the second magic weapon. Prof. Li Hui in the publication of the "Tea Ceremony Scripture", "Tea Ceremony Translation and Commentary", "Twenty-four Tea" in the black pottery pot bubble black tea advantage made a detailed exposition, but also video demonstration of black pottery pot bubble black tea.

The base and Henan University of Technology cooperation to engage in a "Shennong pottery cup design competition", this activity opened a new chapter of cooperation between Henan traditional folk crafts and universities, has historical significance. Zhang Yucheng, president of Henan Arts and Crafts Association, said that he had always wanted to realize the school-enterprise cooperation has been realized here today, when the gold medal work is the only one graduate student's work of Henan Polytechnic University. The activity was organized by the wind and water, the significance is extraordinary, because of the success of this activity, Henan Province, the arts and crafts industry began to school-enterprise cooperation.

Honors and applause come one after another

In 2012, Tang Li received special attention from the news media in Henan Province, the provincial Dahe newspaper, the provincial youth newspaper, the provincial economic newspaper, the provincial newspaper of science and technology at the same time published her story, in November of the same year, Tang Li into the Zhengzhou TV station, "People of the Central Plains," the special interview program, her story has been vigorously pushed and dissemination of the new chapter of the Qinyang black ceramic culture, black ceramic also became one of the business cards of Henan culture. She has also received many awards from all levels of government and relevant social organizations.

She is currently a member of the China Arts and Crafts Association; a director of the Black Pottery Art Committee of the China Ceramic Industry Association; a vice-chairman of the Jiaozuo Folk Crafts Association; a director of the Central Plains Folk Culture and Art Museum; a representative of the twelfth Jiaozuo Municipal People's Congress; and a member of the Qinyang City People's Political Consultative Conference.

In the face of honor, objective and calm,

Tang Li knows that: honor is the laurel of black pottery culture, leaving it, everything will lose value. Only let Qinyang black pottery culture heritage innovation, so that more people know Qinyang black pottery, understand the value of black pottery culture is her relentless pursuit.

In October 2013 in Henan Province Arts and Crafts Industry Association organized the "Central Plains Pot Design and Creativity Competition", she designed the "Yan pot" won the gold medal; May 2015 Shennong black pottery included in the "Tribute to the Central Plains", she created the "Hehemeimeimei" Jubilee Pots won the highest award for folk crafts in Henan Province, the Golden Tripod Award. In November of the same year, the work on behalf of the former vice governor Jia Lianzhao, participated in the national arts and crafts industry association honorary chairman of the work exhibition, got the then party and state leaders Li Tieying's appreciation. 2017 May Shennong black pottery was named "top ten tributes to the central plains"; in recent years, Tang Li's works *** won more than 20 national awards, provincial awards more than 60 awards. Provincial awards more than 60.

Process introduction: Please see, this cultural wall at the top of the ten pictures, is the production of black pottery of the ten links. This side of the tank is awake mud area, awake mud is a very critical process, said awake mud is like we roll out noodles, noodles wake up bad rolled noodles will not be delicious, wake up mud if you wake up bad, the back of the process are not good. Clay through constant mixing, kneading to enhance the viscosity and toughness of the mud, only to wake up the mud well, in order to make exquisite pottery.

Now please guests to the billeting area **** with the appreciation of the master of the pottery magic pottery show, master Wu only rely on his hands and a piece of clay, can be arbitrary production of a variety of works of art, so this link is known as "art on the fingertips". Master Wu has been engaged in this line of work for more than 10 years, he studied billeting technology, whether it is as small as 3 centimeters, as large as 50 centimeters of a variety of shapes, he can be at hand. Master Wu is not only a billet master, but also a billet repairer and a master pot maker. Now, please ask Master Wu to briefly introduce and demonstrate the billeting process.

Next, please come to our polishing and carving area: the carving master is the beauty master of black pottery. Just now when you see the pottery in the museum will not have questions, it is how to become so light so bright? Yes, it is in the hands of the masters continue to polish matte out. Next is the fine carving, the carvers are good at inheritance, innovation, and constantly improve the artistic quality of Shennong pottery. Most of their tools are sharpened by themselves, with sharp, flexible and rigid knives. In the carving of a knife down can not return to the knife, carving in the middle of the knife can not leave a little bit of mud marks, must do knife sharp. This all depends on years of accumulation, precipitation and practice. To be honest, at the beginning of the carving masters hands are often worn or cut, but they have no regrets to persevere, the pursuit of the inheritance; can be praised and praised is that they and Mr. Tang also volunteered to train a period of one and another period of internship college students, so that the black ceramics culture to further develop and shine, this spirit is really touching people.

Next, please go up to the second floor to our experience area experience (pottery experience 30 minutes), personally experience the feeling of doing pottery.