Scarecrows are no longer needed these days to protect crops from birds, but seeing as rice paddy stalks remain the most accessible material for creative handiwork, and also fit in with the growing attention being given to environmental protection, they have become the basis of a new art form.
早期稻草人是用來幫助農夫驅趕鳥類，保護農作物的工具，現今時代改變，稻草人已經失去以往的實用性，但是「稻草」卻仍然是農村中最易取得的美勞教材，既環保也新潮，可以成為裝置藝術。