The Shimanong kiln-site is situated on the shore of the Baiyang Lake at Baiyang village of Minghe town in Cixi city; and, lying about 2.5km apart from the Shanglin Lake area, the producing center of Yue ware, it constituted an important part of the Shanglin Lake Kilns. In 1999, a rescuing excavation on the site revealed a dragon-shaped kiln commonly-seen in the Zhejiang area, which is constructed according to the terrain of the mountain slope and consists of the head, body and tail. The deposits show the superimposition of the kiln's ruins from different periods. To the south of the kiln is a wall constructed of saggers, which must have been remains of an auxiliary building. The porcelain unearthed is celadon, mostly coated with greenish-yellow, green or greenish-gray glaze and featuring variety in type and shape. In addition, there are many kiln implements. The primary deposits revealed in the excavation can be divided into three phases, which go back, respectively, to the turn between the mid and late stages of the Tang period, the final stage of the Tang to the early Five Dynasties period, and the early Northern Song.
