Buddha Head Black Pottery [Shandong Dongying Specialty]

What is Buddha Head Black Pottery? Authentic Shandong Dongying specialty: Buddha Head Black Pottery

Summary:Do you want to know what Buddha Head Black Pottery is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product ofShandong Dongying - Fotou Black Pottery. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Fotou Black Pottery. The full text takes about 4 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Fotou Black Pottery and the product characteristics of Fotou Black Pottery? How did the history of Buddha Head Black Pottery come about? The production method of Buddha head black pottery, etc

Basic Introduction of Fotou Black Pottery

At the Shandong International Cultural Expo held in June 2006, Fotou Craftsmanship Beauty Pottery Factory in Dongying City produced Fotou black pottery, which was unanimously praised by the attendees. Black pottery is a representative product of Longshan culture with a history of more than two thousand years. It is one of the ancient Han cultural heritages in China and has high appreciation and collection value. Fotou black pottery is a local specialty product of Dongying City and a representative product of Huanghekou culture

Buddha Head Black Pottery, an ancient Han pottery making technique, is the only representative of Huanghekou pottery culture. It is deeply loved by handicraft enthusiasts for its simple and elegant shape, exquisite carving skills, and generous design and patterns. Its characteristics are exquisite, upright, simple, and antique. The color is like ink, the sound is like a bell, thin as paper, bright as a mirror, and hard as porcelain. When weighed, it floats like nothing, and when struck, it makes a loud sound. It is known as the "flower of Qilu black pottery" and is a great gift for foreign guests, appreciation, and collection

The production method of Buddha head black pottery

The original production process of black pottery is quite simple. Fix a wooden stake on the ground, with a pointed iron column at the top of the stake. An iron pillar supports a circular plate the size of a pot lid. To prevent the disc from tilting, take a waste wooden wheel axle head and fix it in the center of the disc, then place it on a wooden stake. During production, one person forcefully kicks the edge of the wooden plate with their foot, causing it to spin rapidly. Craftsmen stack the prepared clay on wooden plates and, with the force of rotation, use their hands to shape the clay into various forms of vessels. The formed raw materials are dried in a cool place and then fired in a kiln. After several days of fumigation, the clay bricks become tile like, which is commonly used as pots and jars. These autonomous clay pottery are inexpensive, sturdy, and durable. Put soup Congee in a mud pot and send it to the field to dry for several hours without becoming rancid. The saying that circulated at that time, "The yellow pots of Fotou Temple - one set at a time," shows the influence of Fotou Temple's clay pottery in the Yellow River estuary area