Jiannong Village, Dingshu Town

Jiannong Village, Dingshu Town

Daijia Kiln, also known as Youth Kiln, is located in Xinglong Natural Village (Jinjiawan) of Jiannong Village, Dingshu Town. In May 2009, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural heritage site by the Yixing Municipal People's Government.

The Daijia Kiln site runs from north to south (10° west of due south), and was in operation from the late Qing Dynasty until the 1960s–1970s. Its products were mainly daily-use pottery such as jars. To the east of the existing kiln site is a factory building, while the south and west sides are residential areas. The surrounding area of the Daijia Kiln site has largely retained its original layout as a pottery workshop complex. The kiln itself is oriented north-south, with the firing end to the south and the chimney end to the north, measuring 50 meters in length and 15 meters in width. The kiln head is located about forty meters from the Huaxi River, an area that was used for stacking finished products and loading them onto boats for transport. To the west of the kiln lies a cluster of Qing Dynasty-era houses, most of which are still well-preserved and served as residences for the kiln owners at the time. To the east of the kiln is a 5,000-square-meter open space that was once used for stacking pottery blanks, fuel, and as workshops—this area is still used today for processing clay materials. About 50 meters to the west of the Daijia Kiln stands the relatively well-preserved Dai Family Ancestral Hall.

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