On the basic characteristics of ancient sculptures in China.

1989 Analysis of Basic Features of Ancient Sculptures in China;

① The figures have been greatly enriched and increased in number, and figures with different social status, such as warriors, attendants, geisha musicians and dancers, have appeared, which has made a step forward in reflecting social life. Sculpture techniques gradually get rid of stylization, and the image is vivid and vivid.

② Sculpture materials are more widely used. Bronze, gold, silver, lead, pottery, jade, stone, tooth, bone, wood and other different materials do their best, and there is a trend of comprehensive application. There are also new developments in the manufacturing technology of various materials, such as the development of bronze casting and welding technology, the application of lost wax method, and the popularization of mosaic technology such as wrong gold and wrong silver, which make the production of works more ingenious and aesthetic. Therefore, the pursuit of complexity and beauty became the dominant aesthetic tendency in this period, especially in the sculptures of bronze, jade and lacquered wood. The sculpture of this period has not yet stood out from the arts and crafts, so it still retains a strong decorative effect.

(3) There are mainly dolls and humanoid brackets, brackets and small ornaments as ornaments. Puppets, also known as Ren Xiang and Ren Xiang, are made of bronze, pottery, wood and other different materials, mainly figurines. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, figurines appeared everywhere. The pottery figurines mainly include bronze figurines (1) from Shaoxing Warring States Tomb in Langjiazhuang, Shandong Province.

Six groups of female figurines were unearthed from the tomb of the martyrs in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Most of them dance, their faces are cut into inclined planes, their eyes and eyebrows are marked with black, their breasts are full, their dresses are dragged on the ground and painted with red, yellow, black and brown stripes. The male figurines are wearing shawls and holding things in their hands. Due to the extremely low firing temperature, most of them have been destroyed. Among the pottery figurines unearthed from tombs in the early Warring States period in Changzhi Valley, Shanxi Province, the dancing figurines are simple in shape and vivid in posture. Painted wooden figurines mostly come from Chu tombs in the Warring States period, and they have different identities such as servants, chefs and geisha music.