Gu Shaopei views his Yixing pottery products at a studio in Yixing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 29, 2016. Gu, an inheritor of the technique of Yixing pottery making, has been making teapots for over 50 years. There are 6,587 specialists engaged in pottery making in Yixing, a major ceramic production center in China. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)