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1000 year old town, zhe Gou Town, in the southwest of Shandong. For thousands of years, zhe Gou's pottery art has been handed down from generation to generation, known as "the hometown of earthenware".
zexiou Ditang has been popular in the north and south of the river, with more than 400 kilns at its heyday, and more than 110 counties in 8 provinces, such as Lu, Ji, Yu, Su and Anhui.
but with the desalination of earthenware, there are few artists who stick to the earthenware. At present, the average age of local pottery artists is about 60 years old, and young people are reluctant to do so. Liu Jingjie, 64, is the last "watchman" of zhe Gou clay pottery.