History of Kazuo Alabaster

Beautiful Kazuo, located in the upper reaches of the Daling River, is rich in soil and water, rich in alabaster mineral resources, and has a long history of humanity. It is the place where the first flower in the world opened and the first bird took off. Kazuo not only shocked the world with the introduction of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but also has the Hongshan cultural site, with successive excavations of the Shang and Zhou periods and the Han Dynasty bronzes. One hundred thousand years ago, Shuiquan pigeon hole people lived in this place in Kazuo.

Kazuo's alabaster pottery, as early as 7,000 years ago, that is, the period of the Hongshan culture, people here already knew to use alabaster clay firing pottery,

Liaoning provincial archaeological team in the village of Dongshanzui, located four kilometers east of the county town of Kazuo, found a well-preserved cultural site of the Neolithic period. The site is square in shape and is a large house site. There is a stone-lined circular pedestal in the south, and three ceramic statues have been unearthed in succession near the pedestal. It has been proved that these were altars for people to hold religious ceremonies. From two of the small ceramic statues of women, focusing on highlighting the image of pregnancy in the abdomen. Modern people called the Hongshan culture "naked pregnant woman goddess" (see photo)

The late Hongshan culture, Xiaohuyan culture period of 3000-5000 years ago, people began to use clay to make figures. This clay figure was excavated from Chaoyang Cave (see photo). It is finely crafted, with a patterned body, three earholes, hands clasping the belly, a textured back, and writing.

By the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there were many smoked vessels represented by sandwiched gray and black pottery. Such as the hill in Shanwanzi village, there are fragments of pottery beans and three-legged pottery ceramic, indicating that in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there were many people living here. 2009 I found a pottery bottle near the purple sand mine in Nan Yao village, round belly, small mouth, long neck, the bottom has a square pattern of sealing, and the body of the bottle has a pattern of sealing and milky dots. (See photo)

By the Warring States period, people were using the raw material of purple sand as tires to make vessels. (See photo)

The Kazuo region was so populous and economically developed during the Han Dynasty that people were already able to make teapots at that time. Two ceramic teapots were unearthed in the ground south of the bridge in the village of Santai.

This teapot was unearthed from the Laosimiao Xinglonggou, purple sand for the tire. The teapot has three feet, with a height of 1.8 centimeters, an overall height of 7.3 centimeters, a belly diameter of 10.5 centimeters, a flow length of 2 centimeters, a mouth diameter of 6.3 centimeters, and an internal outlet hole. (See picture.) The workmanship is fine, representing the firing level at that time. Now preserved in Kazuo County Museum.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, this place was mainly used for firing daily necessities, such as ceramic bowls and jars.

During the Liao and Jin Dynasties, the bricks and tiles fired here were big and thick, and there were Liao Dynasty buildings on the north hill of Xiaoying Village, which piled up large areas of bricks and tiles.

According to "Yuan Yitong Zhi - Volume 2" records: "Lizhou has a fine porcelain kiln, in the state southwest of the Tong Ye business; there is an urn porcelain kiln, in the state southeast of the sense of the Zhuang;". Room Shen store kiln site location is the southwest of the city of Li Zhou, so room Shen store kiln site geographic location and characteristics and historical data records are consistent.

Fang Shen store kiln site is located in Kazuo County, South Sentinel Town, Liangjia Yingzi village Fang Shen store Tun northwest of the slope, the kiln site of the GPS coordinates are: latitude 41 ° 03 ′ 48 ″, longitude 119 ° 42 ′ 53 ″, the altitude of 286 meters. The kiln site is 8 kilometers northeast of the county town of Kazuo County, and 1 kilometer northwest of the town government of Nanzheng Town. Kiln site by a provincial highway east-west through the southeast of the highway for the Fanshendian Tun, 1 kilometer southeast of the Daling River, 3 kilometers southwest of the Prince Hill, kiln site is located in front of the mountain beams on the gentle slopes. Kiln site terrain in the north high and low in the south, the slope is gentle. East-west length of 60 meters, north-south length of 80 meters, slightly rectangular, with an area of 4,800 square meters. There is a large amount of ceramic debris and gasket remnants of the pile layer, about 50 centimeters thick. The relics are mainly washers, and the glaze colors of the ceramic fragments are white, black and sauce glaze. Ware shapes are mostly daily necessities such as bowls, plates, dishes, etc., and there are also remnants of cylinder tire and sauce glaze, remnants of stoves and remnants of cloth tiles. And in the site of the pottery pieces to find a Dading copper coins, according to the remains of the relics features, this should be a Liao Jin period of the dragon kiln kiln site.

Jin Dynasty period cockle pots are more, flat house town of Zhouzhangzi pig farm, flat house location of the cotton and hemp station, Shanzui Zi town, Dacheng Zi town, the town of the old master Temple and other places have been unearthed.

This teapot is fired in the Liao Dynasty, alabaster tire after smoking process. Mouth diameter 8.2, cm, bottom diameter 7 cm, belly diameter 11. 5 cm, straight handle length 4.8 cm, flow length 2.6 cm, a water outlet hole, (see picture) unearthed address in the old master temple township xinglonggou village. Now preserved in Kazuo County Museum.

Qing Dynasty period in the White Tazi, Kundu Yingzi and other places have kiln sites, this period of time the main production of pottery, celadon, generally bowls, pots and other daily necessities.

Republic of China period, Tangshan Xie Ge Ting came to Kazuo business, found that the South Sentinel system vat raw materials are very rich, they contacted the city of Wang Guan *** build cylinder kiln. Wang Guan investment, Xie Ge Ting to provide technology, built the "Dongxing cylinder kiln". After the production of products, trading is booming, the annual output of 4,000 pieces of cylinders, and soon made a fortune.

Republic of China 25 years, "Dongxing cylinder kiln" began to prepare for the construction of the lower courtyard, the next year put into production, named "Rixin cylinder kiln". To 1947, the two kilns have ceased production. 1948, by the South Kiln Village Farmers Association took over. 1950, the implementation of public-private partnership. In 1952, the flag government will take over the cylinder kiln into public ownership, the two kilns will be merged, renamed the local state-owned Nanzheng Ceramics Factory.

1958, jiangsu yixing sent to kazuo teach alabaster technology, less than half a year after the dissolution.

In 1962, the county handicrafts management section of the Nankongyingzi refractories factory into the county collective enterprise, change the name of the factory Nankongyingzi ceramics society, the production of ceramic tubes and ceramic miscellaneous parts. 1968 spring, renamed Nankongyingzi ceramic factory. At that time, the South Gongyingzi Ceramic Factory and in the North Gongyingzi built a ceramic sub-factory.

In 1974, Liaoning Provincial Ceramics Research Institute census Kazuo alabaster shale, the county sent technicians to Yixing, Jiangsu Province to study and learn. After returning to the local alabaster shale for small-scale experiments. 1975, alabaster factory technician Hu Yongen produced the first handmade alabaster pots in Kazuo County, burned out in a clay kiln, style and quality intact.

In 1977, the alabaster products workshop by the ceramics factory to build a single alabaster factory. At the beginning of the factory, there were only 2 round inverted-smoke kilns, adopting slurry handwheel trimming, producing tea sets, flower pots, wine sets and so on.

The early 1990s, Kazuo alabaster is in its heyday.

Early 1990s, Kazuo purple sand is in its heyday, during this period of time, purple sand production enterprises developed to more than a dozen. Craft products include watch plates, wall hangings and attention-grabbing startled horses and galloping horses, which are beautifully modeled, realistic and lifelike in form, and have a unique national art style.