Zhang Yipeng, an inheritor of Jiaotai (mixed clay) Sancai, city-level intangible cultural heritage of Luoyang city, central China's Henan Province, has given a new lease of life the ancient handicraft.
Tri-colored glazed pottery, or Sancai, is a Chinese porcelain characterized by a glaze with three intermingled colors (invent) over 1,300 years ago during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). In 2008, Sancai (list) as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Zhang, 35, is a local of Nanshishan village in Luoyang, the birthplace of Sancai. More than 70 enterprises in the village are engaged in the production of Sancai wares, (provide) jobs for more than 2,000 people.
Zhang has invented multiple cultural and creative products meet the tastes of the younger generation.
(contribute) his part to rural vitalization, he actively promotes the integrated (develop) of Sancai through tourism, culture and creation.
"As a young inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, I (keep) innovating and make more people fall in love with the ancient art," says Zhang, shaping a Sancai figure with more and more tourists looking at his products(enthusiastic).
