无錫市西郊惠山,是江南風景优美的地方,也是我国最受群众欢迎和銷路最广的彩塑产地之一。傳說在四百年前,这里的人們便借以当地特有的粘潤土質,捏作出不少極其純朴、生动、明快、清新、意境深广的彩塑作品。惠山早期生产的东西一般都是些“耍貨”(兒童玩的玩具),如“車老虎”,“大阿幅”等。諷刺作品和取材于戏剧、古典小說的作品,在惠山彩塑中也占相当大的比重。惠山彩塑的題材極其丰富,多与农民生活密切相关,如鷄、牛、狗、猫、兔等,也有表現人們的美好願望的“吉祥喜庆”的題材,如希望生活过得称心如意的“小如意”,送人以祝早生貴子的“麒麟送子”,希望孩子无灾无病像阿福一样勇敢、健康的“大阿福”,过生日送的“金寿星”,祝福生活美好的“泥青牛”等。寓意吉祥喜庆的作品特别为劳动群众所喜爱,不仅因为这些作品形态生动好玩而且便宜,更重要的原因是庄稼人把自己美好的願望和它們联系在一起。老乡們每逢春耕都想买一个“泥青牛”奉送 Huishan, in the western suburbs of Wuxi City, is a beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River. It is also one of the most popular areas of color and plastic products in China that is popular among the masses and the most widely sold. Legend has it that four hundred years ago, people here borrowed the unique clay-like qualities of the area and pinpointed a number of extremely colorful, lively, lively, bright, fresh and artistic conceptions. Whiskers early production of things are generally some “playing goods” (children play toys), such as “car tiger”, “big picture” and so on. Satire works and drawn from the drama, the works of classical novels, Huishan also occupy a large proportion of color. Huishan Caicupu is extremely rich in theme, and is closely related to peasant life, such as chickens, cattle, dogs, cats and rabbits, as well as the theme of “auspicious celebration” that shows people’s good wishes. For example, Small wishful “to give as soon as possible to your son,” unicorn to send child, “hope the child disaster-free like a-fu courageous, healthy,” big blessing “birthday delivery” golden birthday “, blessing life beautiful ”Mud green cow“ and so on. The implication of auspicious festivities is particularly appealing to the working masses, not only because the works are vivid and fun but also cheaper. The more important reason is that the crop people associate themselves with their beautiful wishes. Feelings every spring plowing want to buy a ”mud green cow" offer