Introduction of Chaozhou Dawu Clay Sculpture

Chaosu Dawu Clay Sculpture is a kind of traditional Han Chinese handicrafts with a history of nearly 1,000 years. Its history can be traced back to the first year of Jiaxi of Li Zong of the Southern Song Dynasty (1237), 768 years ago. From the middle of the Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China was the heyday of the development of clay sculpture in Da Wu, with clay sculpture workshops all over the village and more than 100 clay sculptors represented by Wu Panqiang. The artistic expressions of Chaozhou Da Wu clay sculpture include carving, shaping, pinching, sticking, carving, printing and coloring, among which the organic combination of sticking, printing and coloring has formed a strong Han nationality style, which is a local artistic characteristic differentiating it from other sculptures and folk clay sculptures. Wu clay sculptures are mostly taken from the Chaozhou opera, folklore and chapter and verse stories in the character modeling, as well as people's lives in the harmonic character scenario modeling, is divided into the opera story characters, face painting, children's head, puppet head, head of the gauze lamp, portraits, God, Buddha, children's toys (also known as "miscellaneous brocade") and other five major categories. Dawu clay sculpture production process is fine, in Guangdong Chaozhou Han folk activities are widely used, has a high historical, cultural, artistic value and collection value.