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What are the folk art characteristics of clay sculpture male prostitutes?

What is a clay sculpture of a prostitute? The characteristics of folk art are as follows:

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the spread of male prostitutes began in the Northern Song Dynasty, and some toy stores appeared in China. Its output and sales volume are unprecedentedly prosperous. Therefore, making and selling toys became one of the livelihood means of Song people. By the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of toy artists moved to the south, forming a toy market centered on the capital Lin 'an.

He is human, with rabbit mouth and ears. There are two long ears on the head and a three-petal rabbit mouth. Other places are no different from people. Big round eyes, triangular eyebrows, pale face, pink face, childish expression and a heroic inspiration, very cute. Typical or orthodox male prostitutes are all dressed up as military commanders: wearing a golden helmet and a red shirt, the older one has an umbrella on his back, the younger one has two flags on his back, a knife in his hand, a mortar in his left hand, a pestle in his right hand, or a pestle in his arms, or nothing in his hand.

On May 20th, 2006, clay toys were selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. In the folk, it is often called colored plastic mud play. It is a folk handicraft made of clay with various images. The production method is to mix a little cotton fiber into the clay, tamp it evenly, knead it into mud blanks with various patterns, then dry it, coat it with base powder, and then color it by hand with pigments.

Clay sculpture is an ancient and common Han folk art in China, which originated in Fengxiang County, Baoji City and is popular in Shaanxi, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Henan and other places. With the rise of Taoism and the introduction of Buddhism, many deified sacrificial activities appeared, which directly promoted the development of clay sculpture.

The spread of the clay toy "Mr. Rabbit" played by children in the Mid-Autumn Festival originated in Fengxiang County, Baoji City in the Northern Song Dynasty.