Hebei Yutian clay sculpture masterpiece

Yutian clay sculptures are mostly based on historical figures, fairy tales and pastoral animals. His representative works include Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Kirin Sending a Son.

Clay sculpture (Yutian clay sculpture) is introduced as follows:

Clay sculpture (Yutian clay sculpture) is a traditional art in yutian county, Hebei Province, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Yutian clay sculpture was formed in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, with a history of 100 years. Its manufacturing process includes eight procedures: taking soil and mud, kneading mud tires, making mud molds, closing molds and filling flutes, trimming and airing, paving white and backing, and coloring and painting.

Yutian clay sculptures are mostly based on historical figures, fairy tales and pastoral animals. His representative works include Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Kirin Sending a Son. These works are vivid, auspicious and have local flavor. On June 7th, 2008, clay sculpture (Yutian clay sculpture) was approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Main categories:

Yutian clay sculpture is mainly made of clay toys, and it is good at figurines, with a wide variety and rich content. Yutian clay sculpture can be scientifically divided into four categories, namely, myths and legends, drama and historical figures, birds and beasts, current affairs and customs and real life. According to the play of clay sculpture, Yutian clay sculpture can be divided into oral (flute) and manual.

Blowing mouth mainly refers to the installation of colored plastic with flute and hollow mud whistle in clay sculpture, and its technology is mainly composed of high blank mold, flute and hand-painted sculpture. It is a colorful clay sculpture that can be played with. People generally call it a small colored sculpture, clay figurine, clay flute or clay toy. His representative works include He Xiangu, the Monkey King, Mu, Afu, Little Lion and Big Rooster.

Manual types mainly include semi-color plastic tiger and full-color plastic tiger that can't be pulled down, as well as small turtles and squirrels that are pushed and pulled by hand. In terms of specifications of clay toys, the smallest is only the size of a little finger, and the largest can be customized according to needs. Yutian clay sculpture generally has a shell thickness of 5-30 cm and a body height of 6-35 cm.