Detailed Product Description

specifications

1. traditional folk art with long history
2. famous for abstract colour and shape
3. mature techniques and beautiful exaggeration
4. vividly reveal the real life
5. totally handmade from clay

As a chinese saying goes, the three wonders of Fengxiang are the willow around East Lake, the Xifeng wine and the workmanship of the people. Fengxiang is famous at home and abroad for its crafts of flok art,especially the painted clay sculpture. With a history of more than 1000 years,the clay sculptures express the artists' own ideas of their real lives and vividly resemble what the artists experience in daily life. The true folk art reflect the taste,customs and legends of the ordinary people.The lively design, various pattern and gorgeous colouring contribute a lot to the uniqueness of Fengxiang painted clay sculpture. what draw more attention are the positive attitudes towards life, the distinctive art style and the cultural deposits they show through this long history folk art. People regard the painted sculptures as symbols people's hope of good fortune and their best wishes for future, and they think the painted clay sculpture can keep the evil spirits away and bring them the ideal life they want.

The well known artist Huxinmin is our cooperator and provides us painted clay sculptures in best quality, special style and beautiful colour. One of his masterpiece "Sheep" was selected for the series Lunar New Year stamps published in 2003. He was highly appreciated for his live demonstration when invited to Hongkong, the USA, Japan, Paris,and some other area. the UNESCO awarded him the title of " Chinese folk arts master".The beautiful painted clay sculptures were given as presents to Klinton in 1998, the Prime Minister of Belgium, the president of Russia and several other celebrities all around the world. These art crafts are exported to Asian, Ameirica, and Europe with good reputation.

there is one interesting story about the Ox in the twelve Chinese zodiac signs. the Ox is the second among those twelve Chinese zodiac signs . It is said that all animals are racing to get to heaven to get the honor to be the twelve Chinese zodiac signs. The ox gets up the earliest and runs as fast as he can, which makes him the first during the racing. When he is almost reaching the final line, the Rat past him and rushed to the final line to be the first of the twelve. The fact is the Rat hided himself on the Ox before the racing starts, and jumped out when the Ox has almost reach the final line. So the Rat stands for intelligence while the Ox stands for diligence. The Ox is praised by people for his hard-working spirit and not complaining about anything. and that is why the image of Ox is a common figure in Chinese businessmen's office and home.

these clay sculpture of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs are packed in a gift box like the picture shown above. it is a beautiful gift for family and friends, especially to children who love stories. what can be a better gift than a set sculptures of cute animals in exotic style with so many interesting stories ?