There are stories about the characteristics and forms of clay sculpture.

Out of the attachment to the land and the pursuit of humanity and nature, our clay sculpture has a unique style, is handmade, has a strong and long-standing China folk color, is a rare ornament in China, and shows the artistic charm of loess farmers.

1. handmade, eleven processes, taking half a year.

It is made by hand, making a draft, molding, turning the embryo, bonding and molding, and then refined through dozens of processes such as fine polishing, painting, wiring, coloring and polishing. The process is complex, and the production cycle is one week to half a year. The creators of traditional clay sculptures in Shaanxi are mainly farmers. During leisure or busy farming, when we have a rest at night, when we are chatting, having a party and going to the theatre, we should hold rusty or straw in our hands, while men do stone tools, carpentry and clay sculpture. Over time, they created amazing and unknown clay sculptures. Just because everything is handmade, everything has subtle differences and everything is unique.

2. Lively modeling, showing the simple folk customs of loess farming.

Shaanxi traditional clay sculpture, commonly known as "playing with goods", began in the pre-Qin period and was made by the elderly as a gift for full-moon children. It is beautiful and vivid. Traditional clay sculptures are characterized by hanging, sitting and standing tigers. Because for children, only with the company of tigers can they thrive and have a bright future. Gradually, adults began to be attracted by this lovely clay sculpture, and developed figures, animals and plants, mostly hollow round plastic bodies, as well as embossed pendants, such as monkeys, Guanyin, God of Wealth, Peking Opera masks and so on.

3. Pay attention to material selection, and ensure stability on the basis of aesthetics.

Traditional Shaanxi clay sculpture, the raw material comes from Wanquangou after hundreds of years of precipitation, which is more stable than ordinary clay sculpture and easy to carry and send. Before painting, use white rubber powder to pave the way to form a smooth protective layer, which is beneficial to waterproofing. Different from the ordinary clay sculpture process, in order to increase the aesthetic feeling of decorative modeling, individual clay sculptures are inserted into the mold after being taken out and before drying to ensure that the decorative parts do not fall off, which is firm and practical and has aesthetic value.

4. Full of colors, the use of big green and big magenta has unique traditional characteristics and far-reaching influence in China.

In color selection, red, green and black are the main colors, and the color contrast is obvious. The original festival used it to send friends and relatives to express the host's unique boldness and blessings to friends. All kinds of color blocks and patterns have specific meanings. Green represents longevity; Red, meaning Four Seasons Rise of the Legend; Pomegranate means many blessings and many children; Wormwood, meaning detoxification and evil spirits; Begonia, meaning wealth; Blessed are the butterflies; Peony symbolizes auspiciousness and brilliance; If you spend money, you will benefit from it. These symbols with "pressure" are combined in series into a complete work of art under the guidance of the concepts of survival, profit and avoidance.

5. Original sketch clay sculpture, smooth lines, elegant and exquisite display.

Influenced by China's calligraphy and painting, he created a clay sculpture with smooth lines and simple and elegant style. In addition to pure line drawing, he also created a second painting on this basis. Form a vulgar and unique flavor, which is rare in traditional handicrafts. In fact, Shaanxi painting began in the pre-Qin and Western Zhou Dynasties and spread among the people for 3,000 years. Its painting decorative patterns are different from the bronzes of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Images such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, auspicious birds and beasts mainly created the remains of totem worship, reproductive worship and deity worship in ancient China, which reflected the cultural characteristics of the totem era.

6. Auspicious weather, suppressing feng shui, gathering wealth and gathering gas.

Out of the worship of totems, human beings have long realized that creating totems of various animals is a lasting way to remember their ancestors. The land of Shaanxi is rough and unconstrained, and the people of Shaanxi are condensed with ancient and broad heroism. Its clay sculpture is lifelike, rough and exaggerated, which not only has aesthetic value, but also contains the meaning of exorcising evil spirits, praying for good luck and keeping peace forever.