Founder of "Clay Figure Zhang"

The inventor of the "mud molding" art in Tianjin is Mr. Zhang Changlin.Mr. Zhang Changlin, with the style name of Mingshan, began to learn the fabrication of the mud molding from his father since his childhood, and practiced with some stunt skills.

The mud molding in Tianjin already had the tremendous reputation in Qianlong and Jiaqing periods in Qing Dynasty. What really made the mud molding in Tianjin shine the extraordinary splendor, and become the rare flower in the folk art, is the color molding by the "Mud Molding Zhang", who has improved the traditional mud molding into a level of the round-molding art, decorated with colors and properties, and forming the unique style. The inventor of the "mud molding" art in Tianjin is Mr. Zhang Changlin.