The Legend of Clay Figurine Chang

Chang Jiabi is a clay sculpture folk artist. His ancestor, Chang Qingshan, was appreciated by Emperor Qianlong during the heyday of Qianlong. He was granted the imperial title of Clay Figurine Chang and was promoted to the palace to make clay figurines for the emperor and empress for their enjoyment. But Chang Qingshan was unwilling to be a caged bird and wanted to return to the people. Finally, he escaped from the palace. From then on, the Chang family lived in a foreign land for generations and suffered a lot. It was the second year of the Republic of China when it came to Chang Jiabi's generation. Chang Jiabi returned to Beijing from other places and set up a clay figurine stall with his sister Chang Jiayu. They made a living by making their own clay figurines and showing others how to make elephants. The local gangster San Heng Wang asked Chang Jiabi to shape an elephant for him. After he made the image, he thought his image was too ugly and insisted that he didn't look like it. He got into a fight, smashed the clay figurine stall, and even took Chang Jiabi to jail. Zhao Canghai is a wealthy man in this street. He inherited the ancestral business of his ancestor Zhao Er and opened a Cangzhen Zhai that collects antiques, calligraphy and paintings. His buddy Yang Jinbao was good at martial arts and loved fighting injustices. He asked the shopkeeper to come forward to save people. Zhao Canghai, who was the clay figurine underwriting Jiabi, asked the police chief to come forward and bribed him with money to rescue Chang Jiabi and put King Sanheng in prison. After Jiabi was released from prison, he was extremely grateful to his savior. Zhao Canghai let him live in his spare room, and the business of Zangzhenzhai, a clay figurine of Zhao, was booming.