[1] In 1954, 59 potters began the Zisha production group of the Shushan workshop with funding from the Tangdu Pottery co-operative.
1 to begin to produce utilitarian pots in a style known as shui ping hu in vast numbers.
[3] During this time, the factory walls were filled with slogans painted in red that insisted that art was for the people and not for self-aggrandizement.
With the end of the Cultural Revolution, new ranks for craftsmen were subsequently introduced in the 1970s: Today, teapots produced by the factory are diverse and creative; masters have resumed signing their work and their creations are in high demand.
[citation needed] Gu Jingzhou, one of the founders and deputy director of Research and Technology at the factory, was an accomplished master artist.
Ren Ganting (1889–1968), an ambidextrous artist who created natural forms, participated in the National Labour Heroes Convention.