Jiangxi International Communication Center (JXICC) report: More than 1,000 years ago, the shipment of Chinese ceramics to the Philippines radically changed the lifestyles, cultural exchanges and collisions of the local Filipinos.
FUCHOU, China , Oct. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Jiangxi International Communication Center (JXICC) report: More than 1,000 years ago, the shipment of Chinese ceramics to the Philippines radically changed the way of life, cultural exchange and culture of the local Filipinos. collision. Currently, the National Museum of the Philippines has many ancient Fuzhou Kiln ceramics, and many Filipinos work hard to make Fuzhou Kiln Procelline Chips.
In May 2024, the “Fuzhou Yaoku New Sea Ceramic Road – Master Zhang Zhigang Exhibition” was held at the SPUM Museum in Manila, Philippines. The blue and white ceramics and enamels on display were popular among Filipinos. The head of their museum told Zhang Zhigang that it was a thousand-year culture clash and later invited him to hold a big exhibition in the museum.
As a ceramic artist in Fuzhou, master Zhang has made great efforts to popularize ceramic art in Fuzhou. Shakespeare’s house has dishes he made with Tang Xiangzu elements. In 2017, several experts and students of Shakespeare’s plays at King’s College, Cambridge, UK, were invited to attend the Tang Xiangzu Drama Festival in Fuzhou, and experienced the charm of Tang Xiangzu, who is known as the “Shakespeare of the East”. The following year, Zhang Zhigang was invited to bring Baihu Kiln Pottery from the Baihu Ferry Port to the shores of Cambridge, UK, and participated in the 2018 Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry Festival. His sculpture “Peony Pavilion” is collected in the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
In 2014, Master Zhang established the Baihu Kiln Handicraft Pottery Workshop in Songhu Township, Linchuan, Fuzhou, and provided opportunities for local underprivileged children to learn ceramics. For 10 years, master Zhang Zhigang and his team spent their winter and summer vacations teaching underprivileged children how to make porcelain for free. At the same time, foreign specialists are invited to the study hall and teach children English and ceramic art.
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