The Huaiyang Clay Dog is a typical traditional folk clay sculpture from the eastern Henan region. its forms, patterns and colours embody Fuxi culture, fertility worship and the concepts of the Five Elements and Five Colours.Taking the Huaiyang Clay Dog as the subject of this paper, it comprehensively employs methods of literature review, image analysis and design practice to examine its cultural connotations and artistic characteristics. It extracts information regarding form, patterns, colour and craftsmanship to construct an information visualisation system characterised by ‘the flattening of forms, the categorisation of patterns and the narrativisation of craft processes’, whilst exploring its practical value in light of the requirements for the dissemination of intangible cultural heritage.The research indicates that information visualization helps to lower the cognitive barrier for the public to understand intangible cultural heritage, expands the transmission carriers of clay figurines, and can provide a reference for the contemporary dissemination of traditional folk clay sculptures.

Aoxue Yue. Research on the Information Visualization Promotion of Traditional Clay Sculpture Art: Taking Huaiyang Clay Dog as an Example. Frontiers in Art Research (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 4: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2026.080401.

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