Shiwan art pottery can be traced back to the late Neolithic period and has enjoyed a high reputation at home and abroad for hundreds of years. It's called "Shiwan Doll". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the development of foreign trade, Shiwan dolls began to be exported to Japan, Southeast Asia and all over the world. After the Ming Dynasty, the production of Shiwan dolls entered its heyday, with a wide range of products, which were gradually divided into five categories: figures, animal pottery, vessel modeling, garden pottery and micro-carving, and became handicrafts with unique Lingnan characteristics. After thousands of years of inheritance and tempering, Shiwan pottery has formed a unique artistic style, which is deeply loved and appreciated by people at home and abroad. In 2006, "Shiwan Doll" was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

Shiwan pottery has a long history and the ceramic industry is very developed. According to the archaeological evidence of Baiqiu in Shiwan, local residents began to make pottery more than 5,000 years ago. After the development of Tang and Song Dynasties, the production of Shiwan ceramics reached its peak in Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 107 pieces of ceramics within a few kilometers of Fiona Fang, and there are more than 60,000 employees in the ceramic industry. "Ming Poetry" contains: "Shiwan tile is the best in the world", which generally reflects the production situation of Shiwan ceramics at that time. In the Qing Dynasty, Shiwan produced a large number of daily-use ceramics, tiles, garden supplies, artistic figures, flowers, birds, insects and fish and other fine ceramics with unique styles. Its ceramic products are not only sold well in Lingnan, but also exported to Southeast Asian countries through the Maritime Silk Road. Nanfeng ancient stove, 500 yuan's annual salary, a miracle in ceramics. It is listed as Foshan, Guangdong and national key cultural relics protection units, and is included in the Guinness World Records.

"Wonderful hand thinking trance, sediment fire and water see treasures. The art boutique Meishiwan tile is famous all over the world. " This is a poem describing the Shiwan doll in Foshan. It can be seen that the Shiwan doll in Foshan has long been famous all over the world. Its vivid modeling and colorful customs make people deeply immersed in the art of condensation of soil, fire and water. Shiwan art ceramics, commonly known as "Shiwan doll", is produced on the basis of the high development of daily-use ceramics and the active and prosperous commercial circulation. Every work is full of rich, rough, simple and frank aesthetic taste. Unique glaze application, colorful glaze color and vivid modeling. Molding figures uses unglazed clay "fetal bones" to express human skin, achieving the artistic effect of "warmer and more humane than porcelain carving". From the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, "Shiwan Doll" gradually formed its own style. In the development process of eclecticism, imitation and innovation, it has become a wonderful work in the history of ceramic art in China and even the world.