"I love this art and I have taught over 60 apprentices in these years", said Sunro Chilin, adding "I hope the traditional workmanship will be inherited and carried forward generation after generation".

Tibetan artisan Sunro Chilin makes black pottery at home in Tandu Village, Nyishar Township, Shangri-la County in Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province on March 15, 2012.

Tibetan artisan Sunro Chilin teaches his son skills for making black pottery at home in Tandu Village, Nyishar Township, Shangri-la County in Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province on March 15, 2012.