ALL FIRED UP

Li Renping has come a long way-from an apprentice to an established artist, thanks to Nixing pottery that he lives and breathes, Yang Feiyue and Shi Ruipeng report.

Li Renping wipes the sweat from his forehead as he walks in from the sweltering interior of the Nixing Pottery Museum in early July.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the museum that Li and his friends set up in 2007 features the history, culture and production of Nixing pottery that has a history dating back more than 1,300 years.