Uyghur molded earthenware firing technique

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The craft of making earthenware in Kashi has a history of more than 2,000 years. As a folk handicraft handed down from generation to generation by the Uyghurs, it has always adhered to the tradition of word of mouth and inheritance from father to son. As the sacred cause of the ancestors and fathers, it has been continuously inherited and carried forward. In the long historical process, pottery has become an indispensable daily necessities in the daily life of the Uyghur people, such as bowls, plates, dishes, pots, jars and more than 70 kinds of daily necessities with their own characteristics, which are still used today. Earthenware is mainly made of natural clay as raw material. The clay is mixed with water to make mud. It is made by combining hand-made and high-temperature firing, and then matched with colors and patterns, which fully reflects the unique aesthetics of the Uyghur people. In 2006, the Uyghur molded earthenware firing technique was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Tuerxun Roustanmu is the seventh-generation inheritor of Kashi earthenware and the inheritor of this national intangible cultural heritage. He started making earthenware at the age of 17 and has been making earthenware for more than half a century. The whole process of making embryos, drying, glazing and firing is done without any drawings or templates, relying entirely on hand feeling and experience. Although current technology can make it completely by machine, he believes that handmade earthenware has more soul.

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