Chinese sculpture, like calligraphy and painting, requires the expression of the verve of the object. It can be said that Chinese sculpture is a three-dimensional figure painting, its highest aesthetic requirement is to convey the spirit, that is, to show the inner world of the characters, and to portray the appearance of the characters. But because it is a three-dimensional plastic art, in addition to the moving beauty of expression, there is also a moderate beauty of form, so when people appreciate sculpture works, they often pay attention to whether he has both form and spirit, and when artists create sculpture works, they also use form to write spirit, deliberately pursuing the best artistic effect of both spirit and spirit.

The results of archaeological excavation have proved that China's sculpture art can be traced back to the primitive clan society. In 1986, the pottery sculpture of sexual worship 5000 years ago, the statue of naked goddess and the seated statue of headless naked goddess, were unearthed in niulianghe, a cultural site in western Liaoning Province. There is a kind of statue of Goddess close to the real head, and the eyes are inlaid with green orbs, which are bright and vivid. It shows that China's original sculpture has an amazing artistic level. Next is the Shang Dynasty index unearthed in the Shang tombs of Anyang City, Henan Province, in which the tiger head is carved in marble, kneeling on his knees, showing his teeth and mouth, roaring and devouring. Form is also a precious work of art.

The largest number of sculptures with the largest lineup is the terra cotta warriors and horses excavated in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province. It is an unprecedented large colored pottery sculpture in the world's cultural history so far. The group is only limited to the excavated part of the unearthed bronze life size passenger cars. There are more than 6000 terra cotta warriors and horses, forming a magnificent and quiet military and political situation, known as the eighth wonder of the world. 。 When sculptors create these figures, they pay attention to depicting their images from many aspects and reminding them of their characteristics. Therefore, some of them stand up and look forward, with strong and brave appearance, some of them have big eyebrows, broad mouth and broad cheeks, some of them are brave and witty, some of them are broad-minded, some of them are broad-minded, some of them are open-minded, some of them are silent and thoughtful, and the horses also show a kind of narrative, which moves such a huge color of deep feeling. Pottery and terra cotta figures not only show the momentum of the first emperor of Qin after the unification of the whole country in politics, but also show the high maturity of ancient Chinese sculpture in art.

Sculpture in Han Dynasty is the inheritance and development of sculpture in Qin Dynasty. On the one hand, it creates the artistic effect of romanticism by means of allegory. On the other hand, it takes the realistic sense line to create the real life with the main relationship between people and people. The former represents the stone carving of the Huns of Mata in front of Huoqubing tomb in Xingping City, Shaanxi Province. The construction of Huoqubing tomb as Qilian Mountain is a symbol of immortal achievements. The stone carving stands. In front of the tomb, the stone horse is similar to the real horse in size, heavy in shape, simple in structure, and treading on a struggling and nervous Hun army, which is to show his achievements in the northern expedition. The latter's representative works are the terracotta warriors and acrobats of the Han Dynasty discovered in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Luoyang City, Henan Province, especially the tomb of the king of Chu in Xuzhou. Once more than 2500 pieces of the terracotta warriors and horses of the Han Dynasty were unearthed, it is the second largest after the Qin terracotta warriors and horses, which is much smaller than Qin Yong. The largest one is only 54cm, less than one-third of the terracotta warriors, but it is likely that this is the case. It reflects the change of art concept in Qin and Han Dynasties. The Qin Dynasty paid attention to realism, and the Han Dynasty has tended to freehand brushwork.

In the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties, because of the popularity of Buddhism, China's sculpture art was deeply influenced by Buddhism, which has shown more culture of Buddhism content. In Dunhuang, Yungang, Longmen and Maijishan grottoes, there are many statues of this period. The main image of this period is still the shape of the Indian Buddha with slender shape, thin face, straight nose, big eyes and long ear lobes. In terms of form, attention should be paid to mellow colors of the lunar calendar and simple decorative beauty. In terms of ideology, due to the war of the northern and Southern Dynasties Chaos, social unrest, people suffering, seeking for ideals, so in the statue, the wish stone statue is full of quiet, elegant, free and easy wisdom and demeanor, showing people's secular feelings.

In the Tang Dynasty, the economy and culture were prosperous, and the sculpture art presented another splendid atmosphere. In this period, most of the sculptures used bright colors and gorgeous shapes. The proportion of the figures was moderate, the figures were healthy, the faces of the figures were gentle and kind, with strong human feelings and cordiality. In particular, female Bodhisattvas are beautiful in form, elegant in bearing, tender in eyes and smiling in mouth. And the big Buddha in Fengxian Temple of the Tang Dynasty in Longmen Grottoes, with a plump face and a gentle look, echoed with his disciples, Bodhisattva King Lishi and others on both sides, showing a scene of orderly and harmonious atmosphere. Just like Wu Zetian and his colleagues are negotiating and talking, as for the stone carvings in front of the mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty, they are also vivid and powerful, with exaggerated modeling. They pay attention to the character characteristics of the objects. For example, the six horses in Zhaoling of the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and the walking lions in front of the mausoleum of Yang's mother of Wu Zetian are all representative works.

Although there is not so much magnificent atmosphere in the sculpture of Song Dynasty, it has reached a very high level in depicting the character and expressing the character's psychology. This is that the statue of God and Buddha has become more secularized, paying attention to the character's daily life in the character modeling, and displaying the character's psychological state in words and deeds. From the facial expression, posture, from the relationship between the characters and the relationship between the characters and the environment to portray the character's demeanor and expression. For example, Shanxi Province