中國(guó)泥塑（英文版）

　　The art of clay figure modeling in China boasts a long history that dates back to the Neolithic Age （about 4，000 to 10，000 years B.E）. For instance， some pottery pigs and sheep have been discovered at the 6，000 to 7，000-year-old Hemudu site in Zhejiang Province. And the life-size terra cotta warriors and horses unearthed in 1974 from the mausoleum of the First Emperor （259-210 BC） of the Qin Dynasty （221-206 BC） have been referred to as the \Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World.\ In fact， archaeologists have excavated a great number of pottery figurines， animals， chariots， and boats from the tombs of the following Han Dynasty （206 BC-AD 220）. Naturally， the funeral custom of burying figurines and objects with the dead gave impetus to thedevelopment of clay sculpture at that time.

暫缺《中國(guó)泥塑（英文版）》作者簡(jiǎn)介