Photo taken on Oct. 27, 2011 shows Sancai artworks at a museum
in Luoyang City of central China's Henan Province. Sancai, also known as
tri-color glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), is a type of ceramics
using three intermingled colors of decorations. Cherished by tourists from China
and abroad, making replicas of Sancai had the potential to become a unique
cultural industry. In the expanding period of the industry, the market was
filled with replicas of poor quality, which could not be sold at a decent price.
The vicious cycle in the market almost ruined the whole business. Until recent
years, folk craftsmen and successors of Intangible Cultural Heritage decided to
set up quality standards for the business and put enormous efforts into
renaissance of making Sancai. After two decades of years, the craft of making
replicas has advanced greatly, combining traditional methods with modern
technologies. (Xinhua/Li An)

