Flourishing Seshuei Pottery

After the 921 Earthquake, Seshuei Community in Nantou County, which lies 600 meters above sea level, began an initiative to promote the area’s traditional arts and crafts, including Seshuei Pottery.  They called on local man, Chen Syong-jhen, who is considered a national treasure, to come back from a thriving business in Yingge Town in Taipei County to lead a pottery revival in the community. Only after numerous meetings between Mr. Su the director general of Seshuei Community Development Association and local residents was an agreement reached on how to go about the process. Seshuei has integrated home stays, black tea cultivation and ceramic art and slowly developed into the busy idyllic rural community of today, providing entertainment and study classes for interested tourists.

Flourishing Seshuei Pottery  (by CJ Department of Cultural Development, Hungkuang University)
URL: http://www.peopo.org/news/61302

(以下為中文對照)

陶弘澀公民記者 弘光文化系報導
URL: http://www.peopo.org/news/61302

 
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