Artistic characteristics of Fengxiang clay sculpture

Fengxiang has three kinds of colored sculptures. One is clay toys, mainly plastic figures of animals and the zodiac. The second is to hang paintings, including facial makeup, tiger head, ox head, lion head, Kirin sending children, Eight Immortals crossing the sea and so on. The third is to establish people, mainly to shape the statues of characters in Han folklore and historical stories.

Fengxiang clay sculpture * * * has 170 varieties of colors, including giant crouching tigers and hanging tigers half a person's height, as well as rabbits and lions as small as square inches; Black clay, white powder, leather glue, etc. They are all used for making, the molds are qualitative, the modeling is refined and exaggerated, the decoration is gorgeous and festive, and the modeling is naive and lovely, which is unique among many folk clay sculptures in China.

The technological process of Fengxiang clay sculpture is mold making, paper reinforcement, mud entry, bodiless, powder hanging, line hooking, painting and painting. Fengxiang clay sculpture is easy to make, vivid in shape and unique in color. It has few colors, mainly red, green and yellow. It is drawn with black ink lines and simple brushwork, which makes people fondle it.

In the course of hundreds of years, clay sculptures have been continuously inherited and developed, and many excellent traditional clay sculptures have been handed down, especially the image of the tiger.