China's four famous styles of embroidery are those of Suzhou, Hunan, Guangdon and Sichuan. Carving includes art depictions of various shapes, such as masks, puppet heads, figures, animals and flowers, which are created with bamboo, wood, jade or horn. Molding includes dough modeling, clay sculpture, frozen butter sculpture and pottery sculpture. The products serve not only as ornaments, but also as children's toys. Painting involves such techniques as hand painting, incision, patchwork, and pyrograph, each having a style of its own.
China is the home of chinaware, porcelain being produced in both the south and north.
Famous porcelain-making centers are Jindezhen in Jiangxi Province and Liling in Hunan Province in the south and Tangshan and Handan in Hebei Province and Zibo in Shandong Province. The purplish brown sandy potteries of Yixing, the noted pottery center in Jiangsu Province, are much sought after for their classic elegance and splendid luster. AsianInfo.org - All Rights Reserved.