The Characteristics of Clay Figure Zhang
1 min readClay Figure Zhang is a famous folk art in Tianjin.It was initiated by Zhang Mingshan (1826-1906),a folk artist of Tianjin,during Daoguang period in Qing Dynasty.Up until now, Clay Figure Zhang has four generations and nearly 180 years of history.
Clay Figure Zhang is made of ripe clay which is pure puddle with little sand through the process of weathering, slurrying,filtrating,evaporating and adding cotton to rub up.After completely drying,the clay figure is put into stove for firing.After coming out of stove,the clay figure is polished and painted.It takes about 30 days to finish a piece of work.
The images of Clay Figure Zhang vary from palace maids in costume,historic tigures,religious figures,and modern figures to local customs.
Clay Figure Zhang has vivid realistic characteristics,and can Portray the figures’ personality and posture,pursue dissection structure,reasonable exaggeration,suitable acceptance and rejection,special applying to give attention to both shape and spirit and have great originality.
