The 'handmade style' swept to the book fair venue. In recent years, a series of figurines and trendy toys have become popular art collections among young people. At the 2024 Shanghai Book Fair, the new book "China Original GK Handmade" was released, attracting the attention of many young people. At the event, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that the original Chinese "GK" figurines have been exported in reverse, allowing the world to see China's historical and cultural heritage as well as the creativity and imagination of Chinese prototypes.

In response to readers' questions about the exquisite craftsmanship of Japanese figurines, can China make them? "Sun Yongxi, curator of the" China GK Statue Exhibition ", founder of Rare Culture, and initiator of the Rare Earth Art Exhibition, proudly displayed photos from his new book" China Original GK Handmade ". It's so beautiful, is this a Chinese figurine? "The readers present were all impressed by the exquisite craftsmanship of the figurine.

Sun Yongxi introduced that the "GK" culture in China has gradually distinguished itself from Japan and the United States. For domestic "GK" prototype designers, cultural heritage is one of the most important sources of creative inspiration. For example, excavating images buried in Chinese folk myths such as "Shan Hai Jing" and "Journey to the West", or images from Chinese history such as character modeling, scene production, and imagery interpretation in ancient style poetry in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

In these GK figurines, most of them are inspired by traditional Chinese culture, which shows the roots of Chinese culture and the posture of its branches and leaves extending to the world.