As far as Liao is concerned, bricks are a very fundamental part of the culture-when the terracotta warriors and horses were discovered in the tombs in Xi'an, the bases were found to have been made of brick, indicating that brickmaking was already fully fledged as far back as the Qin dynasty.
她認為磚雕創作的好處，是任何人都可以做，不必侷限於師傅，全憑自己天馬行空的想像力去創作，發揮空間很大。對廖嫦娥來說，磚塊是很基本的東西，中國西安的兵馬俑出土時，底下舖的就是磚塊，顯示秦朝時磚塊便使用得很徹底，「秦磚漢瓦」一說由此驗證。