In pictures: pottery making in China's Shandong

Source:Xinhua Published: 2014-5-6 15:11:28

Photo taken on April 22, 2014 shows molded pottery made by black pottery maker Wang Shanben in Beiyao Village of Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province. Wang Shanben, 76, started working on black pottery from 14 years of age. The septuagenarian is now the only person engaging in making black pottery with traditional way within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. (Xinhua/Yu Qibo)


 

Black pottery maker Wang Shanben puts molded pottery into a kiln in Beiyao Village of Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province, April 22, 2014. Wang Shanben, 76, started working on black pottery from 14 years of age. The septuagenarian is now the only person engaging in making black pottery with traditional way within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. (Xinhua/Yu Qibo)


 

Family members of black pottery maker Wang Shanben take black pottery out of a kiln in Beiyao Village of Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province, April 22, 2014. Wang Shanben, 76, started working on black pottery from 14 years of age. The septuagenarian is now the only person engaging in making black pottery with traditional way within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. (Xinhua/Yu Qibo)


 

Black pottery maker Wang Shanben makes a molded pottery in Beiyao Village of Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province, May 1, 2014. Wang Shanben, 76, started working on black pottery from 14 years of age. The septuagenarian is now the only person engaging in making black pottery with traditional way within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. (Xinhua/Yu Qibo)


 

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