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Gunan Street and its purple-clay pottery

CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN
A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN
A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN
A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

Artisans making purple clay tea ware are a common sight on Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. /CGTN
Artisans making purple clay tea ware are a common sight on Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. /CGTN

Artisans making purple clay tea ware are a common sight on Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. /CGTN

A shop displays pottery products on Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. /CGTN
A shop displays pottery products on Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. /CGTN

A shop displays pottery products on Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. /CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN
A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

A photo shows the Gunan Street in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. The white walls and gray tiles are typical of the Hui style of architecture. /CGTN

Yixing, a county-level city in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, is famous for its Zisha tea ware, or purple clay pottery. The ceramic art is well preserved in Gunan Street, a historic thoroughfare with many ancestral homes of purple clay artisans. Take a walk here and you'll feel the rich cultural atmosphere, and the exquisite tea ware shops may even tempt you to go on a shopping spree.

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