日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Business / Industries

Ceramics can help connect cultures

By Simone Haak (China Daily) Updated: 2015-08-24 09:55

My travels in China have had an enormous influence on my work as a Dutch ceramics artist.

In 2012, I first visited Jingdezhen, China's ceramics capital, in Jiangxi province. Since then, I started to read about China and Chinese ceramic arts. During another visit to Jingdezhen this year, I visited Gaoling Mountain, where china clay was first found.

I've been working with clay for almost 40 years. I love the smell of clay and I love working with clay. At that mountain, I saw the caves where people used to dig clay thousands of years ago and the paths they used to walk along. I could even feel the history in the air.

For a ceramics artist, that was a very emotional moment.

Ceramics connect people. Different families from different places and times share the same history of using ceramics. It is the glue of societies.

Through ceramics, people can look back at history by understanding people's taste in things they ate or drank from, how they made them, and why they made it that way.

During a visit to the Shanghai Museum, I was impressed by a 5,000-year-old ceramic pottery piece. It is so old and beautiful. The simple shape reminded me of ancient pottery from South America, which proves that in the beginning we were all the same. You could see how much effort the ancient potters put in this piece from the delicate details. Looking at it, I felt connected with craftsmen from ancient times. I was glad to see that China is protecting its traditions.

In April, I co-founded a ceramics art brand with a 28-year-old Chinese potter, Li Zhen from Jingdezhen. We named the brand Zhenxi, or "to cherish".

The zhen comes from the Chinese artist's first name and xi comes from my Chinese name Ximeng, a transliteration of my Dutch name.

While Jingdezhen is China's ceramics capital, Delft is the ceramics center of Holland and perhaps of Europe. We want to cherish not only the arts but also the connection between the two ceramics capitals.

Through the ceramics connection, I also have become more interested in Chinese culture in general. I have learned to cook Chinese food, and I am taking two classes every week to learn Chinese. During my stay in Beijing in 2013, I cycled around the capital city like other local residents, and enjoyed comparing it with my biking experience in Delft. Every morning after breakfast, instead of coffee, I drank black tea from China's Fujian province.

Tea culture is another important part of Chinese tradition. The first product of our brand will be a group of Chinese tea sets.

I am going to Jingdezhen for another art residency in September. I have a lot in common with my Chinese partner despite the cultural background and age differences. We have the same taste in ceramics, and we both are peaceful people.

Li was my assistant in Jingdezhen over the past three years. But after working together for such a long time, we have built trust between us and we understand each other very well.

The author is a Dutch ceramics artist based in Delft. The views do not necessarily reflect those of China Daily.

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久免费视频2 | 久久99国产综合精品免费 | 国内av| 香蕉国产在线观看 | 日日操视频 | 欧美一级黄| 精品国产福利 | 日本一级一片免费视频 | 亚洲色图一区二区 | 精品国产一区二区三区久久久蜜臀 | 久久资源av | 亚洲精品九九 | 天堂久久久久 | 一极黄色大片 | 国产精品99精品久久免费 | 成人小视频免费 | 成人黄色三级视频 | 天天干天天做 | 少妇久久久久久久 | 欧美色激情 | 国产91高清 | 中文字幕精品视频在线 | 国产一区二区三区高清视频 | 日本韩国欧美中文字幕 | 麻豆亚洲一区 | 国产一区二区三区影院 | 日批网站在线观看 | 欧美日韩a| 99久久久精品| 国产精品久久久网站 | 天堂av官网 | 欧美一区二区在线视频 | 精品视频专区 | 波多野结衣99| 黄色av一区| 婷婷激情综合网 | 日韩综合在线观看 | 91久久久久久 | 成人18视频免费69 | 国产又色又爽又黄又免费 | 九九精品免费视频 |