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Passing down centuries-long heritage of purple-clay pottery

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Gunan Street in Dingshu Town of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, is said to be the origin of the pottery art of zisha, or purple clay. Many famous purple-clay teapot masters were from here.

CGTN takes you inside the old residence of the Gu family, a renowned purple-clay ceramic household, to see how the culture has been passed down through the fingertips of masters, preserving the art across centuries.

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