This was not only because he possessed exceptional personal abilities, but also because with the establishment of New China and the initial completion of socialist transformation, the traditional apprenticeship system of Zisha pottery craftsmanship underwent fundamental changes. Under the public ownership social system, relationships between people changed. The transmission of skills became fair, open, and diversified. This allowed Gu Jingzhou, together with everyone else, to abandon many traditional selfish thoughts for a common collective goal, stepping out of individual family workshops and gathering together on a vast and expansive stage. On this stage, Gu Jingzhou helped numerous aspiring young Zisha practitioners find their place, and ultimately became the most dazzling star on this stage himself. In 1952, Gu Jingzhou organized Zisha practitioners, including carving artist Ren Ganting, Zhu Kexin, Gu Jingzhou himself, Wang Yinchun, Pei Shimin, Wu Yungen, Jiang Rong, and fifty-nine others in total. Through the platform of what would later become the Zisha Pottery Factory, and via a relatively equal and fair factory-based model, he opened the door to widely accepting disciples and broadly transmitting skills, initiating a new type of curriculum for establishing the "Gu School" Zisha system. In 1952, Gu Jingzhou accepted Xu Handang as his disciple and began teaching, though this still followed the traditional one-on-one method. In 1954, the Shushan Zisha Workshop production team was established. To meet the cooperative's need for expanded production, from the very beginning of the workshop, Gu Jingzhou made great efforts to assist Zisha craftsmen scattered across various locations in finding their positions under the means of production.