人物雕塑是造型艺术的一种。又称雕刻，是雕、刻、塑三种创制方法的总称。指用各种可塑材料（如石膏、树脂、粘土等）或可雕、可刻的硬质材料（如木材、石头、金属、玉块、玛瑙等），创造出具有一定空间的可视、可触的艺术形象，借以反映社会生活、表达艺术家的审美感受、审美情感、审美理想的艺术。 Figure sculpture is a kind of modelling art. It is also called engraving, which is the general name of the three methods of carving, engraving and plastic. Refers to use all kinds of plastic materials (e.g., plaster, resin and clay, etc.) or carving, carved hard material, such as wood, stone, metal, jade, agate, etc.), create a certain space is visible and touchable art image, so as to reflect the social life, to express the artist's aesthetic feeling and the art of aesthetic emotion and aesthetic ideal. 　　由于中国人物雕塑起源于工艺美术，因此大部分人物雕塑作品具有很强的装饰性和实用性；注重人物面部刻画，并对塑像加彩，塑绘结合，互相补充，使得作品具有和绘画一样的美感和欣赏价值；注重以形传神，以凝练的人物雕塑语言，表现高度的意象美。人物雕塑是最能显示一个社会文化气息的大众艺术品。 Since the sculpture of Chinese characters originated in craft art, most of the sculpture's sculptures are highly decorative and practical. It pays attention to the facial features of the characters, and adds color to the statue, and the composition of the painting, and adds to each other, so that the work has the same aesthetic and appreciation value as the painting. The emphasis is on the form of the body, the sculpture language of the human being, and the image of the high image. Sculpture is a popular art that displays the most social and cultural flavor.