Thursday, October 1, 2009

Tianbo Pottery 10/26/09

Today - Sept 26.  We took a little field trip to a town called Tianbo.  We visited a pottery where they produce roof tiles and different size jars.  The workshop is called Tianbo Pottery, it is more of a historical site now a days and not much of a production site.  Because of the advent of materials like plastic, most of the rural potteries are gone.
  The dragon kiln (picture #1) is huge (180 feet), it takes over 4000 large jars and countless roof tiles to fill it.  In its hay day Tianbo Pottery fired this kiln once a month.
 On the way home we bumped into this brick making factory.  All in all the trip was so fun.  As a group we are becoming better friends, and having more fun because of it.  Leaving the city was also very satisfying, it is hard not to smile a lot with fresh air, good company, and beautiful scenery. 

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