1. Wuxi Huishan clay figurine, a special product of Huishan Ancient Town, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, is a national geographical indication product of China.
2. Wuxi Huishan clay figurine, which is located on the bank of the Grand Canal of China, has a history of 400 years.
3. Zhang Dai, a essayist at the end of the Ming Dynasty, recorded the situation of clay figurines sold in shops in the Seven Yugong Valley in the volume of Memories of a Dream in a Tao An.
4. During Qianlong's southern tour in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Chunlin, a famous entertainer from Huishan, made several plates of clay children and presented them, which was praised by the Emperor Qianlong (see "Qing barnyard banknotes").
5. It can be seen from this that before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Huishan clay figurines had a fairly high level of skill and were once famous.
6. It is said that during the heyday of Huishan clay figurines, there were more than 40 workshops of different sizes.
7. More than 30 famous artists include Wang Chunlin, Zhou Asheng, Ding Ajin, Chen Xingfang, Wang Xikang, etc.
8. Every autumn, six or seven hundred freighters and thousands of people come to Huishan from northern Jiangsu to purchase clay figurines. Some high-end clay figurines are transported to distant places as gifts along with merchants from all over Wuxi who come to operate silk and rice noodles.
9. Huishan clay figurines are exported to rural villages and towns in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and other provinces, and a considerable part of them flow into Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hankou and other big cities.
10. On July 2, 2004, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) approved the implementation of the protection of "Wuxi Huishan clay figurine" as a product of original origin.