Miansu, commonly known as the" pinch of people. " It glutinous rice-based materials, tune into different colors, and simple hand tools to build all kinds of lifelike image. Miansu originated in Heze in Shandong, has been 300 years of history. Miansu artists of the old society, "only to make a living it, tears follow the Quartet," Tiaodantihe and take the rural town of string, do on the streets, as in an instant, loved by the masses, but their work has been seen as a Small stuff, can not be boarded the Dayazhitang. Today, Miansu art as a valuable non-material cultural heritage of attention, also entered the small stuff Arts Center.

Pinch of artists, according to the required hand material, in the hands After pinch, rubbing, kneading, lift, with small Zhudao ingenious place, cut, carved, is zoned, Su Cheng body, hand, Toumian, put on the ornaments and clothes, Qingke , And lifelike image of the art will sell from. Enaduozi, Yiqun elegant beauties, Liu Man naive children, as well as various myths, drama, historical figures exquisite glass box, become the favorite of art.

[Characteristics]

Miansu art is characterized by" one Indian, two pinch, three inserts, the four roller "(clay sculpture of the steps)," the text of the chest, belly arms, the elderly back, the beauty of the waist.

Miansu small size and portability, mycophenolate not perishable, not cracked, deformed, do not fade, the favorite for tourists, is a gift to commemorate their relatives and friends to share. During the visit of foreign tourists were produced, both for the artist's skill techniques, Qianzibaitai lifelike characters by the dumping, Jiaokou praise, saying Beijing Miansu as "China's sculpture."

[The origin]

Pinch of people really have not the first time when the test. However, Lu Fan, Xinjiang soil unearthed in Astana Tangmu the face of human figurines and piglets to infer that since at least 1340 years. Southern Song Dynasty "in Tokyo Menghua" in the pinch of people have documented: the "oil-such as molasses making Xiaoye children." At the time of the people are eat, Wei Zhiwei "Fresh fruit." And people-to-face pinch people there is a legend, the Legend has it the three countries Kongming Zhengfa Nanman, Lu Jiang, Hu Yu crossing wind masterpiece, wit Kongming immediately to the head and the fabric made to look like offerings ceremony to worship God Jiang, Strange to say, Enron and the Dujiang Nanman successful pacification and thus from where they caught this industry for Zushi Ye worship Kongming.

[Of people]

China's Miansu art as early as the Han Dynasty have been written on, after thousands of years of heritage and business, it is a long history, Chinese culture and has long been a part of folk art. Also on history, archaeology, folklore, sculpture, aesthetics can not be ignored by the real goods. On pinch-style, the ancient Yellow River Basin, crude extended, uninhibited, deep; Yangtze River is meticulous and beautiful, sophisticated.