Colored clay sculpture

It is a piece of clay in fact,
but it could be made all kind of creatures
by skilful hands.
Then were read by numerous visions,
long time protected by a mysterious nets that named custom,
and then read by numerous sights that
became the art.
——“Feng Xiang Colored Drawing”
The Fengxiang (in Shaan’xi province) colored clay sculpture began in the earlierWest Zhou dynasty. The traditional clay sculpture was mostly shaped into tiger wall map, sitting tiger, standing person. It was made of paste clay that need ten working procedure and have a good commend with its full-bodied rural air, bright color, merry and lively contour line and romantic lines decoration.