Clay sculpture with colored drawings of Fengxiang, Shaanxi, originated from the Western Zhou time prior to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC), and has been handed down among the people for about 3 thousand years, as one of the oldest kinds of hand-made clay sculpture with the most distinctive national features. According to textual research by experts, the colored drawings are similar to those on the bronze vessels of the Shang and Zhou times, and the imago modeling characterized chiefly by flowers, grass, fish, insects, lucky birds and beasts is a trace of the totemism, reproduction worship and gods adoration of ancient China, reflecting the cultural specificity of the totem epoch. They are finely made through dozens of stages from the creation of the original piece to modeling, molding, fine polishing, drawing, line making, coloring, glazing, etc. Because of their vivid, crude, exaggerative, terse, mighty and lovely modeling, their bright red and bright green tints, their flowing lines, and their romantic and miraculous emblazonry, they are highly regarded and greatly liked by people both home and abroad. They can be used as art treasures or tourist souvenirs characteristic of Shaanxi for presenting to friends and relatives, and can also serve as symbols of luck for keeping away evils, protecting the home and adding happiness to the family.

Tiger Face
It is the most representative work in Fengxiang clay sculpture, characterized by the unique ancient brushwork: abstract and exaggerative ways of expression, easy and free lines, and romantic and miraculous emblazonry. The pricking ears showing the power of the tiger, the heavy eyebrows and big eyes, the Chinese character "Wang" (King) clearly seen on the forehead, the coin on top of the head, the lotus flower and peony pattern on the face, the birds and flowers as decoration around the face... blaming with zest and emitting a strong flavor of the native land. When it is hung on the wall, it will make the atmosphere both full of power and strength and full of humor and wit. And, it can serve as a symbol of luck for keeping away evil spirits and protecting the home.