Pingding pottery has a long history. As early as the Tang Dynasty, white porcelain was produced, and there were 130 Songyao counties in China, among which Pingding was located. It belongs to the ancient kiln system and is called the old "West Kiln". Qing Dynasty was one of the largest porcelain producing counties in Shanxi, and it became one of the four "Tugong" kilns in Shanxi. Guanzhuang Village, Pingding, was the place where carved porcelain spread. Porcelain kilns were built in the early Qing Dynasty. Until liberation, it was still the hometown of Pingding porcelain making and an important source of carved porcelain spread.
"History of Chinese Ceramics" records that pingding carved pottery began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and declined in the Jin Dynasty after five dynasties. It has a history of thousands of years and is known as the Millennium ancient kiln and the old west kiln. In the mid-1990s, Zhang Cong, a master of arts and crafts in Shanxi Province and a representative inheritor of Pingding Carved Porcelain in the intangible cultural heritage protection project in Shanxi Province, and their second son Hongliang founded the "Zhang's Pottery Workshop" in the 1990s. After suffering, Pingding carved porcelain, a national treasure, has been inherited and innovated. In September 2006, Pingding County was named as "the hometown of China carved porcelain" by China People's Association and other institutions; Zhang Cong family was awarded the honorary title of "home of porcelain carving art"; In the same year, Zhang Cong and his son were listed as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection projects in Shanxi Province. Pingding Liangwen Sculpture Ceramics Research Institute is a place dedicated to researching, developing, producing and selling Pingding Sculpture Ceramics and other artistic ceramics. It is a member of China Ceramic Industry Association, Zhang Cong and Zhang Wenliang, the master of arts and crafts in Shanxi Province, the director unit of Shanxi Ceramic Society, the inheritance unit of Pingding carved porcelain, the application unit of intangible cultural heritage and the protection unit of intangible cultural heritage. From 5 June to 10, 2007, Zhang Cong and Zhang Wenliang were listed in the General Survey of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Directory of China Folk Artists. In April 2008, Zhang Cong, a master of porcelain carving, was permanently treasured by the National Museum. In September of the same year, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture presented Zhang Cong and Zhang Wenliang, descendants of Pingding carved porcelain, with a plaque engraved with "Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage-Production Technology of Pingding Black Glaze Carved Porcelain". On 20 10, the institute was selected as the intangible cultural heritage exhibition unit of "Shanxi Activity Week" of Shanghai World Expo, and it is the only intangible cultural heritage selected project in Yangquan area. Our hospital is located in Guanzhuang Village, Pingding County, the inheritance place of Pingding carved porcelain. Since its establishment, on the basis of retaining the original varieties of carved porcelain, it has made new breakthroughs in glaze color and varieties, and has successively introduced varieties of carved porcelain, matt porcelain art, antique opening, and kiln crystallization. Among them, the process of carved porcelain "Longfengdui" and "changing kiln carved porcelain" has applied for relevant patent protection respectively. On June 5438+ 10, 2009, the State Trademark Office officially accepted the application for the registered trademark of "Zhang Wenliang" carved porcelain.