Dongmendu Official Kiln Site

Dongmendu Official Kiln Site

The Dongmendu Official Kiln Site is a cultural relic protection unit of Anhui Province.

Dongmendu, anciently known as Fuli Town, was established during the Eastern Wu period of the Three Kingdoms and is located in Dongmen Village, Huaqiao Town, Wuhu County. The Dongmendu Official Kiln within its territory was built from the Wan Tang to the Northern Song Dynasty and is among the earliest provincial-level key cultural relics protection units. It spans six sites: Xiaoshan, Yingpan Mountain, Kangwang Mountain, -di, Yaotou Mountain, and Xiaozhuyuan, covering a total area of 200,000 square meters. The ceramic deposits are over 10 meters thick, and the remains mainly include containers, animal-shaped artifacts, sandy grinding troughs, pottery towers, penghua bowls, ladles, and more. The “Ancient Kiln Site” complements other scenic and historic spots in the area such as the “Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda,” “Baoding Nunnery,” “Fuchuan Temple,” “Denghai Well,” “Baimen Pool,” as well as the “Yingpan Mountain” and “Kangwang Mountain.” It faces the cluster of nine ancient kilns from the Song Dynasty in Nancun, Yuanshan Village, Huaqiao Town from afar, and is close to Xinfeng Forest Farm. It has the potential to be developed into a leisure and sightseeing center integrating tourism, sightseeing, and shopping.

The Dongmendu Kiln Site, dating from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, is located in Dongmendu Administrative Village, Huaqiao Town. In 1985, it was designated as a county-level cultural relic protection unit by the county government, and in 1998, it was approved as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit by the provincial government. The Dongmendu Kiln Site extends across six areas: -di, Kangwang Mountain, Yingpan Mountain, Xiaoshan, Yaotou Mountain, and Xiaozhuyuan, with a total area of approximately 200,000 square meters. The surface of the kiln site contains a large number of fired ceramic fragments. Artifacts discovered include celadon-glazed bowls, basins, cups, lamp stands, ewers, four-handled jars, two-handled small-mouthed bottles, spring vases, basins, grinding troughs, scooping vessels, warrior figurines, military figurines, dragon head and tiger head spouts (architectural components), among others. Over 20 types of scripts—including regular script, running script, cursive script, and clerical script—are inscribed on some kiln tools, with content relating to surnames, marks, numbers, auspicious phrases, and the Xuancheng Official Kiln.

Protected Area: Bounded by the edges of the hills at Hamadi, Kangwang Mountain, Yingpan Mountain, Xiaoshan, Yaotou Mountain, and Xiaozhuyuan (excluding roadsides and roadside civilian houses at the hill edges), covering an area of approximately 200,000 square meters.

Construction Control Zone: The control zones for Hamadi, Kangwang Mountain, Yingpan Mountain, and Xiaoshan are the same as the protected area; for Yaotou Mountain and Xiaozhuyuan, the control zone extends 10 meters outward to the east, south, west, and north beyond the protected area.