Jade figurines are also called jade clothes. Jade clothes appeared in the period of Emperor Wendi and Emperor Jingdi in the Western Han Dynasty. At present, artifacts belonging to this period have been found in Yangjiawan Han Tomb in Xianyang, Shaanxi, Beidongshan Han Tomb in Xuzhou, Jiangsu and Hongjiadian Han Tomb in Linyi, Shandong. The lower limit of the existence of jade clothes is about the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty or the beginning of the Three Kingdoms.

The exact date of the jade clothes unearthed from the Han Tomb in dongjiacun, Boxian County, Anhui Province is the seventh year of Yan Xi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (AD 164), which is the latest one among the objects seen so far. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Wendi and Cao Pi banned the use of jade clothes in the year of Huang San (AD 222), but jade clothes after the Three Kingdoms have not been seen in archaeological excavations.

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There are more kinds of jade figurines in Qin and Han dynasties than before, including warriors, maids, servants and musical and dancing figurines. There are many wooden figurines in the south, and some of them are painted with clothes. In other places, there are many figurines made of jade, pottery, stone, wood, metal and other raw materials, which pay attention to vividness. The Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties made a variety of products, and the south inherited the tradition of China, with porcelain figurines. Pottery figurines with minority images in the north.

Sui and Tang Dynasty figurines were large in size and beautifully made, and tricolor figurines were the peak of production in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. What we can see now are the three-color creations of Tang Dynasty preserved by Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, including the three-color tire riding and hunting figurines unearthed from the tomb of Prince Li Chongrun of Yide in Gan County, Shaanxi Province, and the camel wearing music and dancing figurines unearthed from the tomb of Bao Zhong Village in xi 'an.

These figurines are characterized by tall and vigorous images and vivid expressions, which can be described as both form and spirit. It also reflects the creative and arrogant national temperament of the Chinese nation in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

After the Five Dynasties, the burial of figurines began to be lost. In the tombs of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, there are figurines carved with ceramic bricks and playing zaju, which are generally portrayed in group images, as well as stage scenery, which is more vivid and is the climax of making figurines, and most of them are unearthed in Shanxi.

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