Shandong commercial newspaper
in Gaomi a Nie Jiazhuang village is very famous, because families pinch mud men, known as "pinch home village".
the old children's toys have become folk art
< br / > a "called Tiger" in the hands of the old people 
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dry mud tiger
"baby cry, find his mother, his mother buy a mud doll, make children laugh",
during the Spring Festival, it is a year of mud plastic trade. In the season, in March 6th, the reporter entered the village of Nie Jia Zhuang, a village with more than 400 families, on the haystack, on the wall of the hospital, in the room, and in the room. "
" Nie Jia Zhuang clay sculpture began in the Ming Dynasty, in the 40s of the last century reached the flourishing period, the village has a large collection, the buyers in various places are in an endless stream. " Nie Peidou, 75 years old, learned to build clay sculptures from his grandfather and created works of "auspicious three treasures" and "super five blessing tiger".
Nie Peidou said, the most representative of the Nie Jia Zhuang clay sculpture is "called the tiger", the tiger body split tail two parts, the middle with a flexible thin sheepskin, inside the reed whistle, with hand back and forth will give out the sound of muttering.
in the past, children's toys were few, and mud called tiger was very popular. Nie Peng can remember clearly that in the nearby village, three little Jones of wheat could be exchanged for a kilogram of wheat. "Our couple earn twenty thousand or thirty thousand yuan a year. The important thing is not to delay farming."
62 year old Nie Xikun, who has been out for a part-time job, is now old enough to come back with his wife to knead the mud man. He told the reporter, "now many young people prefer to go out to work and do not do this, and feel no future."
Nie Xiyu, 78, is the oldest artist in the village. He has witnessed the rise and fall of clay sculpture and the process of prosperity. "Now the clay sculpture of Gaomi nnie house is a national conservation project. It is hoped that more young people can inherit this ancestor. When they are old, they will come home to knead the mud man." Nie Xiyu said. Reporter Lv Tingchuan's photographic report