Dingshen Pottery Village

Today I went on a trip to Dingshen. A smallish village about 2.5 hours away from Suzhou. Dingshen is known for its teapots, which are famous all around the world. There was even a photo of the Queen drinking tea from a Dingshen teapot. Today I managed to find a small teapot and 3 glazed vases. All for under AU$80. Most of the teapots are made from terracotta and so are very dark in colour, all have unique character, the one that I bought has a dragon on the lid of the teapot. It was a very long day, but definitely worth doing. Here is a picture of the teapot factory 'sweatshop'!

This is a photo of Dingshen where I bought my teapot set. A very authentic picture of China life!