What is the prospect of clay sculpture industrialization?

As one of the four clay sculptures of China folk culture, Wang Tao, a journalist from the Chinese Department, has been selected as the stamp pattern of the zodiac for his representative works "Ping An Ma", "Fu Gui Yang" and "Fu Shou Pig", which proves his cultural charm. But the price competition between family workshop production and artists undoubtedly limits the development of this industry. In this context, local governments try to unify the quality standards and prices of clay sculptures, so that clay sculptures can be industrialized. Some people worry that blindly catering to the market demand will make Fengxiang clay sculpture lose its original cultural connotation. So, what is the prospect of Fengxiang clay sculpture industrialization? In this regard, the author conducted an investigation. In the survey, most people are in favor of taking the road of clay sculpture industrialization. They think that the single production lacks product innovation, and the clay sculptures made are old faces for many years and are shoddy. Moreover, after many folk artists have made clay sculptures, most of them are waiting for merchants, and few artists go out to sell and show them, which is very unfavorable to the development of clay sculptures. After the industrialization of clay sculpture, it can be done according to the market demand, and folk artists can do it according to the market demand, and even create it according to the wishes of buyers, which can meet the needs of both the market and tourists. Moreover, with the help of the influence of some influential artists in China, it can attract many domestic and foreign merchants, thus making the clay sculpture industry bigger and stronger. But at the same time, some people are not optimistic about the prospect of clay sculpture industrialization. They believe that taking the road of clay sculpture industrialization, under the influence of commercial environment, clay sculpture artists will fix their output by sales volume and blindly cater to the market demand, which will make many traditional products almost extinct, and also make Fengxiang clay sculpture skills gradually lose their original cultural connotation and constantly mutate. Moreover, they think that clay sculpture is a folk art, which is different from ordinary commodities. Not everyone needs it. Clay sculpture can't be eaten or drunk, and ordinary people don't appreciate it or accept it. People who buy clay sculptures mainly like culture, art or collection, and this part of the sales group is limited. So they are not optimistic about the industrialization of clay sculpture. In my opinion, Fengxiang clay sculpture should combine the protection of folk culture with economic benefits, industrialize on the basis of protecting folk crafts, better protect folk crafts such as clay sculpture through industrialization, develop clay sculpture into a regional folk industry, and make clay sculpture industry an important way for local farmers to increase their income.