What are the characteristics of clay sculpture in Yutian, Hebei Province?

Yutian clay sculpture is generally oval.

Yutian clay sculpture is generally oval, simple and clear, semi-plastic and semi-painting, mainly based on painting, with reed flute embedded and white background outside, with strong colors, but the overall feeling is very harmonious.

The historical origin of Yutian clay sculpture;

In the early 1960s, Yutian folk clay sculpture was in a mature and prosperous period. The clay sculpture booth in the market is a mile long, forming a clay street, and vendors from Beijing, Tianjin and Northeast China are scrambling to buy it.

Yutian clay sculpture 1986 has been innovating and developing continuously since it entered the rescue and recovery. 199365438+February, the Ministry of Culture officially named yutian county as "the hometown of folk art (folk clay sculpture) in China".

Yutian folk clay sculpture occupies an important position in JD.COM and is recognized by experts and scholars. Its academic value is second to none in Hebei clay sculpture. The excavation, rescue and protection of Yutian clay sculpture will enrich and perfect the history of China folk clay sculpture. In fact, the use of value will play a positive role in promoting Yutian's economic prosperity, enriching people's cultural life and building a harmonious society.

Yutian clay sculpture works have a wide influence at home and abroad. 1In February, 1987, Wu Yucheng and Liu Guangtian performed live in Hebei TV Station.1June, 1990, Liu Guangtian's works were exhibited in China Arts and Crafts Museum, which was affirmed by experts. Liu Guangtian's masterpiece "Little Lion Playing with Hydrangea" and Wu Yucheng's masterpiece "Riding a Donkey to Mother's Home" were selected for the "China Folk Art Exhibition" organized by the Ministry of Culture, and many clay sculpture lovers went to watch and learn. Yutian clay sculpture is very famous in Beijing.

How to make Yutian clay sculpture;

Yutian clay sculpture is based on historical figures, fairy tales and pastoral animals. Taking this as the theme, we use clay to shape the image, and after painting it, it becomes a mud mound for children to play with. Its shape is generally oval, simple and clear, semi-plastic and semi-painting, mainly based on painting, with reed flute embedded and white outside, with strong colors of red, yellow, green and black, but the overall feeling is very harmonious.

The production process of clay sculpture is orderly, including eight processes: taking soil and mud, kneading clay tires, making clay molds, closing molds and filling flutes, trimming and airing, laying white background, mixing glue and painting. The representative works of Yutian clay sculpture include Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Kirin Sending a Son. These works are vivid and auspicious, and exude a strong local flavor.