Ancient black pottery, a symbol of ancient Chinese culture, has a history of over 5,000 years and can be regarded as a treasure handed down through generations. Boli black pottery is produced in Boli County, Qitaihe City, located in the southeastern border of Heilongjiang Province. It is the inheritance and development of the ancient Sushen culture and "Longshan Culture" in Heilongjiang, and the crystallization of the great integration of the northern ethnic groups in China. Boli black pottery is an art of "clay and fire", exuding the fragrance of the flower in the northern border. It is refined through the combination of traditional handicraft techniques and modern ceramic processes, including hand - throwing the clay, carving, decorating, and then firing through kiln transformation. Boli black pottery adheres to the characteristics of "black, thin, shiny, and bright". With its simple and elegant shape and elaborate carvings and decorations, it stands out in the field of pottery and is praised as "a treasure of Longjiang and a wonderful flower on the black soil". After a hundred years of inheritance, in 1991, the new product research and development project of Boli black pottery won the "First Prize" of the Light Industry Science and Technology Progress in Heilongjiang Province. In 2007, the "Boli Black Pottery Making Technique" was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage lists in Heilongjiang Province. In 2014, the "Boli Black Pottery Creation Group" represented by An Shuyou and Yang Haiming won the glorious title of one of the top ten "Excellent Mass Art Creation Groups" in the "Ten - Hundred - Thousand Project" of the mass cultural construction in Heilongjiang Province. The black pottery handicrafts are sold far to Southeast Asia, Europe, America, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan regions of China, and are highly favored by the Chinese and foreign art circles. It was the exclusive companion gift for the 21st National Book Expo. The Botao Cultural Industrial Park has been designated as a designated production enterprise for tourist commodities in Heilongjiang Province. As a representative cultural enterprise in Qitaihe City, it has participated in many famous Chinese and foreign exhibitions such as the "Harbin Fair", the "Canton Fair", the "Kunming International Horticultural Exposition", the "Cultural Expo", and the "China - Russia Expo". Its representative works have won more than a hundred awards, including the National Tianma Gold Award, the Hundred Flowers Cup Gold Award, the Provincial Shenhe Cup Gold Award, the Creative Longjiang Gold Award, and the Provincial Tourist Commodity Gold Award. Some of the works have been collected by the Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, the Yunnan Jianshui Ceramic Museum, and the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The Long - Necked Dragon Vase has been placed in the National Art Museum of China. Boli black pottery has gradually grown into a cultural business card for Boli County and even Qitaihe City.