Edited and translated by Huang Beibei, People's Daily Online

Famous Huangpi clay sculpture has its traditional masterpieces of "five hundred arhats"in Guiyuan Buddhism Temple in Hanyang and God in Mulan Mountain. The sculpturessuch as "A Mere Grade-seven Official", "Eight Immortals across the Sea", "Golden Boyand Jade Maiden" and "Lady Lena" made in Huangpi Clay Sculpture Artwork Factoryare favored and well received for their vivid images and full humor and wit inside, whichare sold well not only at home but popular in Britain, France, Italy and Singapore, etc.

Paotongdian Town, a renowned birthplace of clay sculpture in Huangpi District, exhibitsa scene of dazzling exuberance for peasant clay sculpture with small size, varioustypes, and earthy moldings from dignified figures to humorous transfigurations,including various vivid and lifelike works such as General Mulan (a famous heroine inChinese history) and the maids of honor in Dream of the Red Chamber (one of the fourmajor works in ancient China), Nezha, a character of Chinese myth and great artistChaplin from Western country. The old artisan Dai Heqing ever made clay sculpturesfor foreign guests to the eye, which has become a favorite topic aboard. The claysculptures made in Paotong were ever exhibited in Ohio and got a warm embracethere.