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.
in the twelve zodiac signs, the Monkey represents flexibility.
Flexibility is regarded as an important characteristics of being
successful in Chinese culture. to change one's choices in life
according to the change of background information up to date. One
has to adjust himself to the real surroundings to ensure his
harmony with others. there is an interesting story about Monkey in
the selection of the twelve zodiac signs. It is said that the
monkey was ranked around 30th in the race when almost reaching the
final line, but he grabbed a piece of cloud flying passing him and
jumped to the final line, leaving others behind. that is why the
monkey is the nineth in the twelve regardless of his weakness.
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 ?