Traditional clay sculptures of various eras

Clay sculpture is one of the oldest and most primitive folk arts with national characteristics in China. Wang Zhongfu clay sculpture in Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, the theme of his works mainly reflects the labor and life scenes of rural farmers and the customs of the Central Plains. His works are simple, rough, exaggerated and ingenious. The characters look real and innocent. They are all very interesting and live a down-to-earth life. They have the artistic appeal of returning to nature and are full of strong local flavor. His works are "beautiful" because they are "clumsy".

Wang Zhongfu's clay sculptures inherit the ancient folk skills of China, and they are very exquisite in production. The raw material of clay sculpture is usually the sticky and tender soil of Lushan Mountain. After removing impurities, crush, dry in the sun, soak in water, and then beat with a stick. Sometimes it is necessary to add some cotton wool and paper to the soil, pour in some water to make it moist, and beat it repeatedly. Finally, the soil had better be soft and hard without touching hands. The treated clods should be put into the jar, covered with wet cloth or plastic cloth, kept at a certain humidity, and then placed for a period of time to increase the toughness of the soil. After pulling, rubbing, pinching, pinching, pressing, inserting and pointing, the soil is baked in the kiln, which increases the strength of the soil and is convenient for storage.

Most clay sculptures in Wang Zhongfu are scenes of rural life and labor, with a strong local flavor. The theme of the work mainly comes from the real life in the countryside, and it is very story-telling. Through the familiar scenes of rural people's life and labor, he showed their simplicity, kindness, strong human feelings, difficult survival and bittersweet attitude towards life.

Wang Zhongfu's clay sculpture pays attention to expressing the attitude and feelings of the country people and his deep local feelings.

Wang Zhongfu's clay sculpture works pay attention to the expression of characters' expressions and psychological activities. The characters' expressions are vivid and vivid, and their inner feelings are vividly expressed.

The figures in Wang Zhongfu clay sculpture are exaggerated and vivid, with great artistic appeal and unique skills.

Wang Zhongfu's works are rooted in rural areas, not limited by rules and regulations, and exude the wild interest and courage of the vast rural areas. They are unconstrained and freely blooming, which is very suitable for the original expression of native art.

Wang Zhongfu successfully combined the clay sculpture art with the theme full of strong local flavor, and created simple, profound and rich clay sculptures of Central Plains folk culture, and at the same time created his own unique artistic language and expression.

Wang Zhongfu is inspired by real life and full of human feelings. It not only embodies the flavor of the times, but also permeates a feeling close to life. His work Retrograde shows a strong, confident and fearless image, giving people hope.

Wang Zhongfu's clay sculpture series has two important themes, one is the wife series, and the other is the mother series. As a farmer, Wang Zhongfu plays clay sculpture, and some people feel very idle, but his wife has always supported him, sharing weal and woe with no regrets. Later, Wang Zhongfu became famous in clay sculpture in China, and his life became better and better, but his wife died long ago. Wang Zhongfu has deep feelings for his wife and will miss her deeply. He will devote himself to the "wife series" works, and those unforgettable scenes will be supplemented one by one.

Wang Zhongfu's clay sculpture works are impressive not only because of his superb skills, but also because of his sensitive artistic heart, which transforms the most sought-after rural life into touching clay sculpture works. In the depths of love, it was common to use Tao only at that time. ...

The theme of "Wang Zhongfu Clay Sculpture" art is mainly based on the mild rural flavor in the past, which shows the strong humanistic feelings between people. At present, on the one hand, traditional villages are declining, on the other hand, more and more city people yearn for rural life and miss homesickness. Wang Zhongfu's clay sculptures are favored mainly because they retain rural memories.

Wang Zhongfu's clay sculpture works freeze the beautiful homesickness. It is this paranoia about art that is extremely precious in this impetuous era. Persistence because of love and persistence because of love is the art of Wang Zhongfu, a representative inheritor of provincial intangible heritage.