Clay Figurine Featuring Storytelling

Art works could transform happiness to witness. Are you fascinated by this little man’s infectious smile？

Storytelling as a genre of entertainment was very popular in Han Dynasty.

The statue in the picture, rich in local color, portrays a barechested and barefooted storyteller. Holding a drum under his left arm and a stick in his right hand, he tells stories in a humorous, dramatizing manner.

The discovery of many similar figurines in Eastern Han tombs in Sichuan Province indicates the popularity of storytelling in the ancient Shu territory.

Copyright: A Journey into China’s Antiquity– Chinese History in Cultural Relics, Blossom Press

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