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Bringing a 1,000-Year-Old Pottery Village Back to Life

Sixth Tone  · 公众号  ·  · 2024-07-12 22:13

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After decades of decline due to migration, Yaoli Village is being revitalized by a project blending preservation with innovation, drawing on its rich pottery heritage to attract visitors and boost the local economy. ZHEJIANG, East China — In the heart of Yaoli Village, where traditional homes with white walls and black tiles stand as a testament to the past, an abandoned pigsty has found new purpose. Transformed into a pottery culture center, it now welcomes visitors from across China with a poetry anthology titled “My Ideal,” collaboratively crafted by over 30 villagers who had never before engaged in creative writing. “I want everyone who visits Yaoli to be creative, for adults to feel like kids again, and for older people to remember their past,” says 28-year-old Huang Binbin, co-founder of Hangzhou Sunshine Culture Tour, who spearheads a project to revitalize the village and preserve its legacy. Located in the eastern Zhejiang province, about 150 kilometers from Shanghai, ………………………………

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