Pingding is located in the middle right section of Taihang Mountain, which is in a strategic position and has always been a battleground for military strategists. It borders Jingxing and Pingshan in Hebei Province in the east, Shouyang in the west, Xiyang in the south and the suburbs of Yangquan and Yuxian in the north, with an area of 1,353 square kilometers and a population of 32,. Ancestors lived together in the Paleolithic Age. From the summer solstice to the Song Dynasty, Qin belonged to the county, and Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing were the states. At the beginning of Yongzheng, it was promoted to Zhili, and the Republic of China changed to the county. In 1983, it was placed under the jurisdiction of Yangquan City.

Pingding has a long history of making pottery and porcelain. As early as the Tang Dynasty, white porcelain was produced, and 13 counties of Song kilns in China were settled, which belonged to the ancient Ding kiln system and was called the old "West Kiln". In the Qing Dynasty, it was one of the largest porcelain producing counties in Shanxi and became one of the four "Tugong" kilns in Shanxi. Guanzhuang Village, Pingding, the place where carved porcelain spread, built a porcelain kiln in the early Qing Dynasty, and remained the hometown of Pingding porcelain production until after liberation, which is an important source of the spread of carved porcelain.

According to the History of Chinese Ceramics, Pingding carved ceramics began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and declined to the gold after five generations. It has a history of thousands of years, and is known as the Millennium ancient kiln and the old west kiln. In the mid-199s, Zhang Cong, Zhang Wenliang, a master of arts and crafts in Shanxi Province and a representative inheritor of Pingding carved porcelain, a protection project of intangible cultural heritage in Shanxi Province, and their second sons Hongliang and Weiliang founded the "Zhang's Pottery Workshop" in the 199s. After hardships, Pingding carved porcelain, a national treasure, was inherited and innovated. In September 26, Pingding County was named "the hometown of carved porcelain in China" by the China People's Association and other institutions; Zhang Cong's family was awarded the honorary title of "Home of Carved Porcelain Art"; In the same year, Zhang Cong and his son, as the subject of declaration, were listed as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection projects in Shanxi Province. Pingding Wen Liang Carved Porcelain Sandware Research Institute is a place dedicated to research, development, production and sales of Pingding carved porcelain and other fine art ceramics. It is a member of China Ceramic Industry Association, a studio of Zhang Cong and Zhang Wenliang, masters of arts and crafts in Shanxi Province, a director unit of Shanxi Ceramics Society and a successor unit of Pingding carved porcelain, and an "intangible cultural heritage declaration entity" and an "intangible cultural heritage protection unit". In November, 27, Zhang Cong and Zhang Wenliang were included in "An Overview of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage" and "A Guide to Famous Folk Artists in China". In April, 28, Zhang Cong, a master of carved porcelain, was permanently treasured by the National Museum. In September of the same year, 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-Making Process of Pingding Black Glazed Carved Porcelain". In 21, the Institute was selected as the exhibitor of the intangible cultural heritage in "Shanxi Activity Week" of Shanghai World Expo, and it is the only intangible cultural heritage selected project in Yangquan. Our institute is located in Guanzhuang Village, Pingding County, the inheritance place of Pingding carved porcelain. Since its establishment, on the basis of retaining the original kinds of carved porcelain, we have made new breakthroughs in glaze color and varieties, and successively introduced varieties such as kiln-changed carved porcelain, matt porcelain art, antique opening and kiln-changed crystallization. Among them, the process of carved porcelain "Dragon and Phoenix Dui" and "Kiln-changing Carved Porcelain" has been applied for relevant patent protection respectively. In January 29, the State Trademark Office officially accepted the application for the registered trademark of "Zhang Wenliang" carved porcelain.