On March 4, Liao Liangqing (left) and his lover Wu Longmei removed the fired "Weining Sand Pottery" utensils. Photo by Qu Honglun
On March 4, Liao Liangqing was carrying out the final process of making "Weining Sand Pottery" utensils. Photo by Qu Honglun
On March 4, Liao Liangqing introduced the "Weining Sand Pottery" roasted tea pot. Photo by Qu Honglun
On March 4, Liao Liangqing was making "Weining Sand Pottery" utensils. Photo by Qu Honglun
On March 4, Liao Liangqing was transferring semi-finished products of "Weining Sand Pottery" utensils. Photo by Qu Honglun
On March 4, Liao Liangqing (left) and his lover Wu Longmei placed the "Weining Sand Pottery" utensils to be fired. Photo by Qu Honglun
On March 4, Liao Liangqing made the "Weining Sand Pottery" utensils. Photo by Qu Honglun
On March 4, Liao Liangqing explained the "Weining Sand Pottery" roasted teapot through live mobile phone. Photo by Qu Honglun
"Weining sand pottery" is only produced in Mile Village, Dougu Town, Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, with a long history and is an intangible cultural heritage of Guizhou Province. "Weining sand pottery" belongs to the high-temperature pottery, the finished utensils handmade process is numerous, need to go through more than 30 processes such as dredging, pulling embryos, firing, etc., and through the 1200 °C high temperature firing can be formed. Liao Liangqing, a 45-year-old Villager of Miller, is the provincial inheritor of Weining sand pottery making technology, he began to learn Weining sand pottery production skills in 1988, and constantly collected and sorted out historical materials, standardized the production process, and developed sand pottery crafts with both ornamental value and practical value to sell to all parts of the country, so that "Weining Sand Pottery" was revitalized.