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LIUYING VILLAGE \u00b7 SHAANXI, CHINA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six Centuries of Living Clay<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Traced to the Ming dynasty, Fengxiang clay sculpture has been shaped and painted by hand in one village for some 600 years. Every FOLKTERRA piece still is \u2014 and the craft has stood on China’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage register since 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Intangible Cultural Heritage \u2014 listed 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hand-painted with natural mineral pigments<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Signed & numbered by the artisan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Museum-grade packing, shipped worldwide<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

An Art That Outlived Dynasties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Legend says Ming-dynasty soldiers stationed at Liuying began shaping the village’s river clay into figures, and the craft never left. Over the centuries, the seated tiger and the zodiac animals became part of New Year customs across northwest China, made to guard homes and carry good wishes into the year ahead. Today, Liuying artisans still shape, fire and paint every piece entirely by hand, in the same bold mineral colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n