Nixi black pottery of five, artistic value and historical heritage

Nixi Tangdui village is located in the northwest of Shangri-La County, between 27 degrees 51 seconds north latitude - 28 degrees 51 seconds, 99 degrees 21 seconds east longitude - 99 degrees 37 seconds between the elevation of 2960 meters, 33 kilometers from the county. Tangdui village is located in the dry and hot river valley area, food crops to barley, wheat, cabbage, taro-based. The total population of the village is more than 140 households, more than 700 people, all of them are Tibetans, of which 22 families make black pottery, and most of the production time of pottery is carried out in the agricultural leisure time. From the 1970s to the 1990s, the province's cultural relics archaeologists have been in the Deqin Yongzhi, Nagu, Shi Di, Shangri-La County Nixi, happiness, Ben Dong and other places to excavate more than 300 sarcophagus burials, unearthed a large number of black pottery burial objects. One of the unearthed artifacts of the typical ware of large jian ear pots, and Nixi Tangdui now fired black pots whether from the production process, type, texture, etc. have many similarities, indicating that in the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States period, the indigenous ancestors of Diqing has mastered the black pottery production and firing techniques.

Nixi Township Tangdui Village black pottery craft is not only a long history of traditional handicrafts, but also has a high academic value. In recent years, in the case of increasing popularity of Shangri-La, more and more tourists flocked to Diqing, Tangdui village of the primitive pottery industry has been unprecedented development in Nixi Township set up a "Shangri-La Nixi Black Pottery Limited Liability Company", and in the Dokuzong Ancient City and Tangdui village Dewei Road to open more than 10 black pottery sales outlets, so that the The products are sold at home and abroad.

Sun Nuo Qi Lin Yun is a senior folk craftsmen in the South Province, from the age of 11 years old began to learn the art with his grandfather, Luo Bu Si Zhu, do 43 years of earthenware, the most proud of Sun Nuo Qi Lin or teaching apprentices. Tangdui village 136 households, there are more than 20 households do earthenware products, all learned from him. There are also people from other villages who come here to learn, as long as they are willing to learn, he teaches them all. Eldest son can do earthenware, Sun Nuo Qilin and eldest son do pottery, a year can have one or two million income. His family's products reach as far as the U.S., Japan, Switzerland and India, and the largest number of orders are from Taiwanese merchants. Nonetheless, he still sells mainly to nearby Tibetans, as he is not keen on producing handicrafts, or vases and ashtrays used by city dwellers. Similarly, Sunnuo Qilin doesn't care what outsiders think of his products as works of art, but just continues to do it according to the old clay method. First, the price of his products is very cheap, that is, the price of daily necessities, and not because he is a celebrity and put the price of high, and secondly, his products still maintain a simple and rugged form, this is very rare. And in some restaurants, tourist attractions sold black pottery, expensive, and pattern modern complex, very flattering.