Clay sculpture is commonly known as "painted sculpture". A traditional sculpture handicraft in China. The production method is to mix a little cotton fiber into the clay, tamp it evenly, knead it into mud blanks of various figures, dry it in the shade, coat it with bottom powder, and then paint it.

　　China's clay sculpture art can be traced back to the Neolithic period 4000-10000 years ago. There are many discoveries in prehistoric culture and underground archaeology. The time of pottery pigs and sheep unearthed from Hemudu cultural site in Zhejiang Province is about 6000 ~ 7000 years ago. Ancient pottery wells, mud pigs and mud sheep heads unearthed from Peiligang cultural site in Xinzheng, Henan Province were about 7000 years ago. It can be confirmed that these are all works of art made by hand in the early days of mankind.

　　Since the Neolithic Age, China clay sculpture art has been uninterrupted, and it has become an important art variety in the Han Dynasty. Archaeologists have unearthed a large number of cultural relics from the tombs of the Han Dynasty, including a large number of pottery figurines, pottery beasts, pottery carriages, pottery boats and so on, some of which were pinched by hands and some were molded. The ancestors of the Han Dynasty believed that the dead had the same material needs as life. Therefore, a large number of funerary objects are needed in funeral customs, which objectively promotes the development and evolution of clay sculpture.

　　After the Han Dynasty, with the rise of Taoism and the spread of Buddhism, as well as polytheistic worship activities, Taoist temples, Buddhist temples and temples rose in society, which directly promoted the demand for clay sculpture idols and the development of clay sculpture art. In the Tang Dynasty, clay sculpture reached its peak. Yang Huizhi, known as the master of sculpture, is an outstanding representative of the Tang Dynasty. He studied with Wu Daozi in Zhang Sengyou, and after learning, Huizhi was unwilling to lag behind. He resolutely burned the pen and inkstone, devoted himself to plastic, and eventually became a famous artist. In order to be praised by the world: "Taoist painting, the plastic of Hui, won the path of the monk."

　　With the development of clay sculpture art in Song Dynasty, not only the large-scale Buddha statues with religious themes continued to prosper, but also small clay toys developed. Many people specialize in making clay figurines and sell them as commodities. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the famous mud toy "Mohelie" in Tokyo was sold around July 7th. Not only ordinary people bought it back for "begging for cleverness", but also dignitaries bought it back for play during the Qixi Festival.

　　After the Yuan Dynasty, after the Ming, Qing and the Republic of China, clay sculptures were still popular in the society, especially small clay sculptures, which can not only be used for viewing furnishings, but also for children to play. Clay sculpture is produced almost all over the country, among which the famous producing areas are Tianjin "Clay Fighter Zhang", Wuxi Huishan, Shandong Gaomi and Shaanxi Fengxiang.

　　Clay sculpture art is a kind of Chinese folk art, which has already gone abroad and become a messenger of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. It has traveled across oceans and is accepted and cherished by more and more countries and people.