菏泽面塑艺术源远流长,相传早在尧舜时代,菏泽一带常因黄河决口而造成水灾,加上风、旱、涝、蝗等自然灾害,几乎每年都有天灾人祸。百姓们为祈风调雨顺,人丁无灾,常杀猪羊祭天地鬼神,以求庇佑。后来为了节约,便用面团捏成猪羊以代替。这便是最早的菏泽面塑。 Heze plastic art goes back to ancient times, as early as Yao and Shun times, Heze area often caused by floods caused by the Yellow River burst, coupled with wind, drought, waterlogging, locusts and other natural disasters, natural disasters, almost every year. People are praying for good weather, people without disaster, often kill pigs and sheep to heaven and earth spirits, in order to bless. Later, in order to save, they use the dough into pigs and sheep instead. This is the earliest Heze plastic.