As early as 7,000 years ago, that is, during the period of Hongshan Culture, people here already knew how to burn pottery with purple sand.
Liaoning archaeological team found a well-preserved Neolithic cultural site in Dongshanzui village, four kilometers east of Kazuo County. The site is square and it is a big construction site. There is a stone circular abutment in the south, and three ceramic statues have been unearthed near the abutment. According to textual research, it was an altar related to religious ceremonies held by people at that time. From the small pottery sculptures of two women, the image of pregnancy is highlighted. Modern people call Hongshan Culture "the naked goddess of pregnant women" (see photo).
In the late Hongshan Culture, as early as 3000-5000 years ago, people began to make figures out of clay. This terracotta figure was excavated from Chaoyang Cave (see photo). Exquisite workmanship, with patterns on the body, three ear holes, belly supported by hands, texture on the back, and words.
During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there were many smoked and burned utensils, represented by sand-mixed gray pottery and black pottery. On the mountain of Rushan Wanzi Village, there are fragments of Taodou and three-legged Tao Ge everywhere, indicating that there were many people living here in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In 2009, the author found a pottery bottle near Zisha Mine in Nanyao Village, with a round belly, a small mouth and a long neck, a square printed pattern at the bottom, a printed pattern and diced milk on the bottle. (see photo)
During the Warring States period, people used purple sand as raw material to make utensils. (see photo)
Kazuo area in Han Dynasty had a large population and developed economy. At that time, people were able to make teapots. In the field south of Santaicun Bridge, two pottery teapots were unearthed.
This teapot was unearthed in Xinglong ditch of Laoye Temple and made of purple sand. The teapot has three legs, with a foot height of 1.8 cm, an overall height of 7.3 cm, a belly diameter of 10.5 cm, a flow length of 2 cm, a spout diameter of 6.3 cm, and an internal outlet hole. (see photo) Fine workmanship, representing the firing level at that time. It is now preserved in Kazuo County Museum.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, daily necessities were mainly burned here, including pottery bowls and pots.
During the Liao and Jin Dynasties, the bricks fired here were big and thick. There used to be a Liao building on the northern hill of Xiaoying village, and a large area of bricks and tiles were piled up.
According to "Yuan Yi Tongzhi Volume II", "There is a fine porcelain kiln in Lizhou, which is located in the southwest of Yizhou; There are earthenware kilns, which affect the southeast village of the state. " . The location of Fangshendian kiln site is just in the southwest of Lizhou City, so the geographical location and characteristics of Fangshendian kiln site are consistent with historical records.
Fangshendian kiln site is located on the hillside northwest of Fangshendian Village, Liangjia Zi Ying Village, Nanshao Town, Kazuo County. The GPS coordinates of the kiln site are: north latitude 4103 ′ 48 ″, east longitude119 42 ′ 53 ″, with an altitude of 286 meters. The kiln site is 8km northeast of Kazuo County and 1 km northwest of Nanshao Town Government. There is a provincial road passing through the kiln site, with Fangshendiantun in the southeast, Daling River in the southeast 1 km, and Taizi Mountain in the southwest 3 km. The kiln site is located on the gentle slope in front of the ridge. The terrain of the kiln site is high in the north and low in the south, with a gentle slope. It is 60 meters long from east to west and 80 meters long from north to south. Slightly rectangular, covering an area of 4800 square meters. There are also a large number of ceramic debris and gasket debris accumulation layers, about 50 cm thick. The relics are mainly washers, and the glaze colors of porcelain pieces are white, black and sauce glaze. Most of the utensils are bowls, plates, dishes and other daily necessities, as well as residual glaze, stoves and cloth tiles. And found a big copper coin in the pottery of the site. According to the characteristics of the relic, it should be the site of Longyao kiln in Liao and Jin Dynasties.
There are many cockscomb pots in the Jin Dynasty, which have been unearthed in Zhouzhangzi Pig Farm in Pingfangzi Town, Mianma Station where the government is located, Shanzuizi Town, Dachengzi Town and Laoyemiao Town.
This teapot was fired in Liao Dynasty and smoked with purple sand tires. The spout has a diameter of 8.2 cm, a bottom diameter of 7 cm and an abdominal diameter of 1 1. 5 cm, straight handle length 4.8 cm, flow length 2.6 cm, with water outlet (see figure). The unearthed address is in Xinglonggou Village, Laoyemiao Township. It is now preserved in Kazuo County Museum.
In Qing Dynasty, Baitazi and Kunduyingzi had kiln sites. This period mainly produced pottery and celadon, generally bowls, pots and other daily necessities.
During the Republic of China, Tangshan native Xie Geting came to Kazuo for business and found that Nanshao urn was rich in raw materials, so he contacted Wang Guan, the eldest son, to build an urn kiln. Wang Guan invested and Xie Geting provided technology to build Dongxing cylindrical kiln. After the product was made, the business was booming, with an annual output of 4000 barrels, and it soon made a fortune.
In 25 years of the Republic of China, the "Dongxing Cylinder Kiln" began to build the lower house, and it was put into operation the following year, named "Rixin Cylinder Kiln". By 1947, both kilns had stopped production. 1948 was taken over by Nanyao Village Farmers Association. 1950, public-private partnership. By 1952, the flag government nationalized the cylinder kiln, merged the second kiln and renamed it the local state-owned Nanshao Ceramic Factory.
1958, Yixing, Jiangsu sent people to Kazuo to teach purple sand technology, and it was dissolved in less than half a year.
1962, the county handicraft management department took Nangongzi Refractory Factory as a county-run collective enterprise, renamed Nangongzi Ceramic Society, and changed it to produce ceramic pipes and ceramic miscellaneous parts. /kloc-in the spring of 0/968, it was renamed Nangong Gongzi Ceramics Factory. At that time, Nangong Yingzi Ceramics Factory built a ceramic factory in Beigongyingzi.
1974, Liaoning Ceramic Research Institute conducted a general survey of Kazuo Zisha shale, and the county sent technicians to Yixing, Jiangsu Province for investigation and study. After returning, small-scale experiments were carried out with local purple sand shale. 1975, Hu Yong 'en, a technician from Zisha Factory, made the first-hand teapot in Kazuo County. After being fired in the earth kiln, the style and quality are intact.
1977, the purple sand products workshop was separated from the ceramic factory and a single purple sand factory was built. At the beginning of the factory, there were only two round smoke-pouring kilns, which were repaired by grouting handwheels to produce tea sets, flower pots and wine sets.
In the early 1990s, lady Zisha was in its heyday.
In the early 1990s, Kazuo Zisha was in its heyday, during which more than a dozen purple sand production enterprises were developed. Craft products include watching vegetables, hanging on the wall, beating horses, running horses, etc., which are beautiful and lifelike and have a unique national artistic style.