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00:05 Next, let's talk about the traditional handmade pottery techniques of the ancient Chinese.
00:11 In the "Xuelan E" (Yijue)
00:14 There is a 61-year-old master of pottery.
00:17 He silently guards this pottery business.
00:20 He has been in contact with mud for half his life.
00:24 The master said that pottery is still in the market in Malaysia.
00:29 Especially in the market of Indian compatriots.
00:32 Because many Indian god shops will introduce dry-smoked incense stove and small oil plates.
00:38 And Indian temples also have a lot of demand in this regard.
00:41 The "Western Industry" series broadcasted by "Xinwen Baobaokan" this morning.
00:45 There is such a report.
00:47 We will now go through the lens to the pottery factory of the master of pottery.
00:51 Revisit his story.
00:53 My grandfather was from a village in Chaozhou, China.
00:59 We are making pottery there.
01:01 It can be said that it is a pottery village.
01:03 Every family makes pottery.
01:05 It is almost all moved to Malaysia.
01:07 A large green forest surrounds the old house.
01:13 Smoke is blown out of the house.
01:15 The master of pottery has started his busy daily life again.
01:18 My surname is Hu, and my name is Wei De.
01:20 I am 61 years old.
01:21 I have been in the industry of mud for 60 years since I was born.
01:26 Walking into the house, the floor and shelves are full of various pottery.
01:30 There are also some pieces of pottery in the corner.
01:32 Master Hu works as usual in front of the pottery machine.
01:35 As the turntable rotates,
01:37 the clay is turned by his skillful hands,
01:39 and a piece of pottery is turned out.
01:41 My factory produces some pottery-made pots
01:46 and some Indian temples' oil plates,
01:49 and the pot of "Kamisam" made of "Ladok".
01:51 These are the kinds of sacred materials.
01:53 From mud to pottery, it must go through multiple processes.
01:56 First, it is made of clay, then hand-made, then baked, and then sprayed.
02:00 These complicated processes have long been engraved in the bones of Master Hu.
02:03 Even when he was receiving interviews,
02:05 Master Hu had already reached the stage of "hand-made clay, clay-made hand-made".
02:09 Even without looking at it, he could make a complete work.
02:14 Master Hu, who has been in the industry for 60 years,
02:16 has not let go of the sticky mud in his hands since 1973.
02:21 He has been following his father in the house of pottery to work on pottery.
02:24 For decades, he has been passing on the memory left by his ancestors.
02:28 We are completely different from the children we were raised.
02:32 We don't have the childhood fun like others.
02:35 We just look at the clay and play with it.
02:38 That's how we live.
02:40 Until one year, his father became seriously ill and his son became a rich man.
02:43 Master Hu was forced to pick up the food to support the family, and officially inherited the family business.
02:47 In this way, Master Hu has been in the pottery business for a long time,
02:51 but he was also sick because of his long-term work.
02:54 I don't want to do it anymore.
02:56 I will take the money to the doctor.
02:59 I know that my foot is not in the right place.
03:02 So I have to pick it up quickly.
03:04 Because someone asked me to buy the land for vacation.
03:06 I thought I would take the opportunity to take my mother for a walk.
03:10 But I didn't have time.
03:11 My land hadn't been sold yet.
03:12 I hadn't finished my work yet.
03:13 I hadn't finished my work yet, and my mother had already left.
03:15 He didn't have time to complete his journey with his mother,
03:17 which became a regret in Master Hu's heart.
03:19 Although he couldn't bear to end his own pottery business,
03:23 his mother's departure made Master Hu more determined to retire as soon as possible.
03:27 In addition to him,
03:29 the pottery business is now a rare industry in the future.
03:32 Even if the market still has demand,
03:34 one day it will still fall.
03:37 Pottery is not that simple.
03:39 Sometimes I think I have a little bit of a grudge in this industry.
03:42 My grudge is not that I am very hardworking.
03:44 It's because this industry has been declining since the end.
03:50 When I decided to sell this land,
03:52 I was very reluctant.
03:54 I still don't want to sell it.
03:56 Even when I go to bed at night, I still dream about it.
03:59 Should I keep this hand-held car?
04:02 I really want to keep this car.
04:03 Sometimes I look back and look at the building.
04:07 I really don't want to sell it.
04:09 I have to keep it.
04:11 Many people in the old industry are not familiar with it.
04:13 I have to keep it.
04:15 On the road of life,
04:16 some things are destined to be forced and forced.
04:19 Maybe it's hard to get out of the dark,
04:21 but suddenly look back,
04:23 the efforts and memories of the past will always be imprinted in the heart.
04:26 Just like pottery,
04:28 from soft mud,
04:30 gradually polished into unique works,
04:33 create our present appearance.
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