Sophie's French travel notes Santon, is a small clay figurine in Provence, France. This culture stems from the French people's habit of imitating the scene of the birth of Jesus before the French Revolution, and was banned after the end of the Great Revolution. In order to commemorate this event, the people of Provence began to make the clay figurine to reproduce the scene of Jesus' birth in the stable. Later, this culture was developed, and many artists began to imitate the various scenes in the village to make clay figurines. There is a Santon Museum on the edge of the spring water town square around Avignon, which displays a large number of hand-made clay figurines, static and dynamic. You can learn from this small clay museum. The life scenes of the Provence people after the century, such as brewing red wine, festival celebrations, market exchange products, church mass, etc. In addition to the delicate workmanship and even the expression, the details of the building and interior decoration are very serious. This clay culture is only available in other places in France in December every year in the church to show the scene of the birth of Jesus, or in a shop with a window, but it can be seen at any time in the museum of the spring water town of Provence. very interesting. tickets 5 euros