由于中国人物铜雕起源于工艺美术，因此大部分人物铜雕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。
Because Chinese character bronze sculpture originated from arts and crafts, most of the character bronze sculpture works have strong decorative and practical; pay attention to facial portrayal, and add color to the statue, the combination of sculpture and painting, complement each other, so that the work has the same aesthetic feeling and appreciation value as painting; pay attention to vivid and concise characters. The language of sculpture expresses a high degree of image beauty. Character sculpture is the most popular art that can show a social and cultural atmosphere.