Artistic characteristics of clay sculpture in Niejiazhuang

In terms of artistic modeling, Niejiazhuang clay sculpture is bold and exaggerated, paying attention to expressing freehand brushwork, striving for similarity and dissimilarity, and simply summarizing the techniques. Tiger, monkey, chicken, lion and other big moves are almost the same as paper-cut shapes. In order to make it easier for children to hold and shake, a pair of monkeys are designed to be particularly slender. The movable part is pasted with thin sheepskin, and the hollow part is added with spring, which can be restored when shaken without breaking the joint edge. The whole bodies of two monkeys are also exaggerated into two human legs together, and the anthropomorphic technique is used properly.

In the use of color, the clay sculpture of Niejiazhuang is very consistent with the gray New Year pictures, and both pursue bright, eye-catching and soft and moving artistic effects. The use of few but fine colors and the contrast and coordination of colors set off the expressions of animals and characters vividly and just right. For example, Zhu Bajie's northern daughter-in-law is even more fun. Darkmouth's black old pig in black dress, carrying a handsome daughter-in-law in red, will giggle!