The creators of Rent Collection Yard used some traditional clay figure making skills, putting straw, cotton and clay on wooden moulds to form the bodies of the sculpture, and inlaying black glass balls for the eyes. The construction of the figures, however, utilized realistic Western sculpture methods to create a more life-like and accurate appearance. Rent Collection Yard is a good combination of traditional Chinese and Western sculptural techniques. It appealed to both refined and Popular tastes and caused a great social sensation in the1 96Os. (Fig.3-24)(Fig.3-25)

In the 1970s, the Santiaoshi (Three Stone Slabs) Worker Sculpture was created and exhibited in the Santiaoshi Museum in Tianjin to expose the hard experience of Chinese workers, and the group clay sculpture, Angry Serfs, was exhibited in Lhasa. Angry Serfs is divided into four parts with 106 three-dimensional engraved life-sized figures. It has bas-reliefs on four sides to accompany the models and obviously imitates the form of Rent Collection Yard.

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