Colored sculptures are made of clay, fiber, river sand, and water, and are shaped on a wooden frame. After drying in the shade, the sculptures are filled, polished, and then colored. Pingyao colored sculptures were created with the introduction of Buddhism, Taoism and other related religions in the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to social instability, religious thoughts flourished, and traditional colored sculptures as a unique skill also reached a new development period. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Pingyao colored sculptures became a representative religious colored sculpture art center in Pingyao and even Jinzhong. The colored sculpture craftsmen in Pingyao who can be traced back to history are Duan Zhongneng, Duan Zhe, and Duan Tianhua, three generations of ancestors and grandchildren who sculpted the colored sculptures of Shuanglin Temple and Qingliang Temple. Pingyao colored sculptures have played the fine tradition of combining sculpture and painting in ancient my country, fully reflecting the advantages of the two, complementing each other and bringing out the best in each other. In terms of color, according to the different skin colors and different clothes of different objects, various pigments such as azurite, malachite, cinnabar, ochre, orpiment, ultramarine, gold, silver, etc. can be used to paint, dye, draw, brush, dot, draw, rub, smear and even gild to show the different textures and volumes of different objects, achieving a kind of "red, blue, ochre, chalk, The artistic effect of white, tin, gold and silver, and the dazzling colors greatly enhance the expressiveness of clay sculptures. In the coloring of colored sculptures, strong primary colors are used for direct painting, and there are almost no gray intermediate colors. At the same time, complementary colors are boldly used to produce a strong contrast effect, which makes people feel brilliant and bright. It not only takes into account the solemn environment atmosphere required by the religion itself, but also highlights the shape of the colored sculptures and enhances the artistic appeal. It can be said to be ingenious. Pingyao colored sculptures, which are mainly temple colored sculptures, reflect the religious beliefs, folk customs, and the wisdom and artistic accumulation of the northern Han nationality. They have high historical value, artistic value and practical value. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)