Rongxian county has a long history, which has been 1700 years since it was founded in Shanxi. In history, Rong county used to be in charge of management, Taoism, county, county and state. Rongcheng is the seat of governance, state governance and county governance, and is an important political, economic and cultural center of Lingnan. Jie Yuan, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, was an envoy here. Li Gang, a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, and Su Dongpo, a writer, all stayed here and wrote poems and inscriptions. Xu Xiake, a famous geographer in Ming Dynasty, visited Jiao Shan, one of the 36 caves in China, and wrote an appreciative article.

Great names in history

Rongxian county has a long history and many celebrities. This is the hometown of Yang Guifei, one of the four beauties in ancient China, and Xu, a pioneer in the study of Lingnan national history and culture. It is the hometown of He Tao, the prince of Yongzheng Dynasty (the teacher of Emperor Qianlong), and the hometown of Yang Guifei. During the Republic of China, there were five governors, including Huang, Zhou, Wu Tingkui and Yang. Huang and others also held important positions such as civil affairs minister during the Republic of China, with more than 70 officials above the general level. Rongxian is also the largest hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangxi, and many overseas Chinese play an important role in the economic circles of Southeast Asia and other countries.

History of ceramic industry

Rongxian County was established in the Jin Dynasty, and was one of the Five Ruling Houses of Lingnan in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It governed more than 60 counties in 14 state and became the political and military center of southeast Guangxi, and the local economy and culture also advanced by leaps and bounds. Rongxian county has become a regional economic and cultural exchange center in the Tang Dynasty, and the ceramic industry has developed accordingly. In the Song Dynasty, due to the political stability and the government's policy of government-run private industry and commerce, the social economy was unprecedentedly prosperous, which determined the unprecedented prosperity of the porcelain industry. The introduction of Jingdezhen blue-and-white porcelain industry into Guangxi has a lot to do with the Song government setting the focus of foreign trade in Guangzhou. Porcelain was a major export commodity at that time. The government's attention and encouragement to Guangzhou's import and export trade attracted many businessmen and craftsmen to move south, which stimulated the porcelain production in Guangdong and Guangxi. Due to geographical advantages, Rong County (Rongguan Institute, also known as Rongzhou) has absorbed a large number of talents including Jingdezhen kiln system, and the local porcelain-making resources are very rich, so the porcelain-making industry in Rong County has developed rapidly. In order to meet the needs of export, the skilled craftsmen in Rongxian absorbed and integrated the advanced technology of famous kilns from all over the country on the basis of inheriting the traditional skills of the Tang Dynasty, and also strengthened the contact and exchange between them, learning from each other's strong points and constantly innovating, and gradually formed their own style and characteristics. The existing marine fish porcelain in Rongxian Museum is one of the classic works. As the saying goes, "Without Jin Gangzuan, there would be no porcelain". In the Song Dynasty, Rong Shi County not only had a larger porcelain kiln, but also became more skilled in technology, improved in quality and constantly innovated in technology. 1In September, 1992, at the international symposium on ancient ceramic science and technology held in Shanghai, the experts attending the conference unanimously recognized that Rongxian was one of the earliest areas in the world to fire copper green glaze and copper red glaze on porcelain. Ross Ma Peng, a famous British ceramic archaeologist? Turcotte and Ross? Kerr also published a special paper, praising the technological innovation of Song porcelain in Rongxian County. In their view, such diversified ceramic firing technology innovation is an important achievement of ancient ceramic science and technology in China, and we should mention the records of porcelain making in Rongxian county in China history books. Rongxian Museum now preserves these rare green and red glazed tiles in the world. This is a unique copper-green glaze with copper oxide as colorant. Fired at high temperature, the glaze color is mostly green and beautiful. Due to the influence of firing temperature, some of them are green and yellow, some are blue and purple, some are brown, and a few utensils are burned into colorful red glaze due to the nature of reducing flame, which is amazing. At present, there are more than 60 kiln sites in Chengguan, and locals say there are as many as 99. It was a miracle at that time that most of the products of so many kilns and such high-quality porcelain were sold abroad or abroad. According to experts, among the cultural relics unearthed in Nanning, Guilin, Liuzhou and Guangzhou, cultural relics workers found porcelain from Chengguan Kiln. At that time, more Chengguan kiln porcelain was exported to Japan, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions through Jiang Xiu and Guangzhou. Therefore, the export of foreign trade in Song Dynasty created the most prosperous period for the development of porcelain industry in Rong County. Unfortunately, by the end of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was turmoil in Rongxian area, and the production of porcelain industry was seriously impacted. According to the Yongle edition of the Ming Dynasty, Rong County Records records: "From the beginning of the arrogant Jia Zi to the benevolent Chen, it was repeatedly attacked by barbarians, the people were in trouble, and the property rights were turbulent." Under the complicated and turbulent social and historical background, Rongxian Chengguan Kiln had to be burned and abandoned. The legacy of this ancient kiln still exists today. Before liberation, the ancient kiln site in Chengguan was almost destroyed in the process of urban construction because it was close to the urban area and a factory concentrated area. There are few kilns left that can be identified, and the rest are overgrown with weeds. It was not until more than ten years after the liberation of Rongxian County that the ancient kiln site in Chengguan of Rongxian County received considerable attention from relevant departments. 1in may, 979, the cultural relics team of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region excavated the kiln site in chengguan, Rong county, and unearthed more than 500 cultural relics. Before and after this, the county cultural relics department also conducted many investigations on the site and collected more than 3,000 specimens. The discovery of these unearthed cultural relics further unveiled the mystery of the kiln site in Chengguan, Rong County, and let the world appreciate its unique charm.