Description: Shannxi Colored Drawing Clay Sculpture started in Pre-Qin Western Chou Dynasty and speeded in the folk for long time of 3000 years. It is one of the most ancient, owns most of the national and local characteristic traditional handicrafts which Chinese conserved up to now. It takes a
good reputation both
home and abroad. Colored drawing Clay Sculpture has a popular name called play the goods. There are many types of the traditional Clay Sculpture. Character shape: such as Duke Guan, God of Wealth, Zhong Kui etc; animal shape: such as Lion, tiger, cow, sheep, chook etc, and the most characteristic ones are the tiger hanging pieces, the seated tiger and the standing person.
In the process of facture, the cake putty is an embryo, mixing with paper, it finished after fine planing, colored drawing ,going beyond a lineglazing and otherwise dozens of working procedures. The works acquire public praise by its rich local breath, great green red color, full line and romantic mysterious decorations. The shape is lifelike, boorish and exaggerative, with the implication of guarding the house, exorcising, bestowing the luck to fall auspicious, and forever guaranteeing the peaceful.
It also has the artistic features of the Han Dynasty earthenware and
stone carving: simple, colorful, supernatural and beautiful. It has the fine reputation of "the China folk
art unique". It is called one kind of best
gift to the children who understand the situation by the United Nations world children organization.