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Clay and Dough Toys

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Clay and Dough Toys--Toys molded out of clay or dough are popular in all parts of the country.Clay toys can be traced back to as early as the Hemudu culture period (c.4800 BC)., when kneaded pottery pigs, sheep, birds and human heads were made.In today's China, traditional clay toys created by the clay sculptor, Zhang, from Tianjin, and those made at Huishan in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, are most famous.the old artisan Zhang Ming, fourth generation of his family to work at this craft, now heads the Workshop of Clay Sculptor Zhang, in Machang Lu, Tianjin