4 thoughts on “Introduction to Huishan Mud”

  1. Wuxi Huishan Mud, specialties in Huishan Ancient Town, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China National Geographic Mark Product.
    Wuxi Huishan Mud people located on the banks of the Grand Canal of China. According to legend, it has a history of 400 years. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Ye, a prose in the Ming Dynasty, was sold in the shop in the "Tao Yimeng Yi" Volume Qiyugong Valley. During the southern tour of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Chunlin, a famous artist of Huishan, made a few panels of mud, and was praised by Emperor Qianlong (see the "Qingli Banknote").
    In this, before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Huishan clay people had a very high level of skills and a heavy name. It is said that during the heyday of Huishan Mud, there were more than 40 large and small workshops. The famous artists include more than 30 people including Wang Chunlin, Zhou Asheng, Ding Akin, Chen Xingfang, and Wang Xikang.
    In autumn every year, there are six or seven hundred cargo ships and thousands of people to purchase mud people from Northern Jiangsu, while some high -end muders are transported to the distance with businessmen who come to Wuxi to operate silk and rice noodles as gifts. The Huishan clay people were exported to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and other provinces in rural towns and towns, and some of them flowed into large cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hankou.
    The skill characteristics
    The unique Huishan Black Mud determines the choice of production process and technical conditions to a certain extent, affects the variety and quality of the mud man, and affects the formation of style. It is also Huishan. One of the basic material conditions of the clay people's prosperity.
    The early Huishan residents made mud people's family sidelines. When leisurely, they used this kind of soil to make some small flowers, Xiao Ruyi, Xiaoshouxing, Xiaodi statue, stacking Luohan, mud Afu, chicken, dog, goose and other small beasts Essence
    It the production method of the Huishan clay people except for the printed by the surface of the surface, the rest of the body, the limbs are shaped, and later Pressing, stickers, inlaid, scratch, board, insertion, push, sting, paste, engraved clothing, wearing, hairstyle, headgear, etc., through the process of coloring, opening, waxing, insertion, loading, etc. A variety of images.
    The above reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuxi Huishan Mudie

  2. Introduction:
    Huishan clay people are one of the traditional arts and crafts in Wuxi Han nationality in Jiangsu, and one of the three famous specialty products of Wuxi. Local artists in Wuxi take the black mud below the ground at the foot of the northeast slopes of Huishan. The mud is delicate and soft, rubbing without pattern, curved without cracking, good plasticity, suitable for "pinching", suitable for "pinching". Use. The Huishan Ciders are full of shapes, smooth lines, bright colors, simple and well -known in the form, and their superb craftsmanship and perfect artistic shapes have condensed the crystallization of the wisdom and art of the people of the ancient Han people. , Presented in the Ming Dynasty, more than a thousand years ago. The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) developed to its heyday. Professional handicraft workshops began to appear in the Qing Dynasty. Dozens of clay shops were opened in Wuli Changjie and Shanghetang. The mud man's street. "
    The origin of the Huishan clay people also has many legends, but most of them cannot be verified. The following are several common legends:
    ① Sun Ye
    In the descendants of Hu Dafang and Hu Erfang Mud Store in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China: During the Guangxu period of the late Qing Dynasty, there were only a dozen clay shops with names such as Chen Jusheng and Hu Wansheng. They jointly established the mud business guild ---- Public House Public Institute (now Huishan Historian). The ancestor worshiped by the office was Sun Yan during the Warring States Period. According to the legend: During the Warring States Period, Guiguzi accepted two apprentices, and his ability was a well -known militaryist during the Warring States Period. One was Pang Juan and one was Sun Yan. Pang Juan was jealous of Sun Yan and cut off Sun Yan's knees to make it unable to walk. Sun Yan fled to Wu Guo, flowed in Huishan, and squeezed a lot of clay people and mud horses to study the new method of breaking Pang Juan's five thunder arrays. Later, when he arrived in Qi State, he used the combat method to study Huishan during the battle with Wei Guo. He killed Pang Juan. But his skills of pinching the clay people in Huishan have passed down, and from then on, Huishan residents also picked up the mud.
    ② Liu Bowen
    . Another kind of legend is Liu Bowen (also known as Liu Ji, a militaryist, politician, and writer in the late Ming and early Ming Dynasty. ) (July 1, 1311 -April 16, 1375) The first mud pinch of Huishan was the first. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country and established the Ming Dynasty. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang sent military division Liu Bowen to investigate. When he arrived at Huishan, Liu Bowen found that there was a king's spirit, and Huishan was Longshan again. I am afraid that the emperor was born again, which will be not conducive to the rule of the Ming Dynasty. In order to suppress, destroy Feng Shui, and break the dragon veins, he taught the people to dig out soil at the foot of Huishan and make the clay people to sell money for sale. Wuxi only comes out of the mud mud, and there are no more powerful figures. Of course, he did not expect that in this case, he left the world's exquisite Huishan clay people, creating a group of folk artists who are good at creating Huishan clay sculptures.

  3. Wuxi Huishan Mud people have been legendary in the Ming Dynasty and have a history of more than 400 years. The artistic practice of the artists has formed the unique style of Wuxi clay people. It is full of rural atmosphere of Jiangnan and is loved by the masses. Known as one of the "Three Treasures of Wuxi". Representative works "Dafu"
    The well -known people are well -known.

  4. Wuxi Huishan Mud people have been legendary in the Ming Dynasty and have a history of more than 400 years. The artistic practice of the artists has formed the unique style of Wuxi clay people. It is full of rural atmosphere of Jiangnan and is loved by the masses. Known as one of the "Three Treasures of Wuxi". Representative works "Dafu"
    The well -known people are well -known.
    Wuxi clay people can generally be divided into two categories, one is "play", also known as "coarse goods". Using mold printing, hand -painted color, simple shape, extensive use of pen, bright color, and both shape and spirit. Most of the contents are the topic of festive auspiciousness, such as Afu, Lao Shouxing, Fisherman's Lye, etc., which are loved by the masses and children. The other type is a hand -pinch, also called "fine goods". The works are taken in the wonderful scenes of the Beijing -Kunming drama. The characters are vivid, colorful, intriguing, and suitable for people who are festive or appreciated. For a while in history, it is rare now. Now the works displayed in this museum are all famous works from the Qing Dynasty in the Nanjing Museum. It is rare.
    In order to promote national and folk culture, introduce the style of Wuxi mud, hold this exhibition, hoping to be loved by the audience, please correct me.

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