What is the version of Wuqiang New Year Pictures, and why are they not so popular?

When answering the first half of the question for the first time, Wuqiang New Year pictures belong to woodblock New Year pictures. Let me briefly introduce what the woodblock New Year pictures are and their characteristics. Wuqiang New Year Pictures are named after its main producing area, Wuqiang County, Henan Province. It's called. China Woodblock New Year Pictures Art Hometown? . The history of woodcut New Year pictures can be traced back to the Song and Yuan Dynasties in China, and it is a traditional folk skill of the Han people. As the name implies, the new year's picture with wooden board is an artistic painting carved on wood. Its artistic selection is taken from real folk stories or well-known myths and legends, which is very rich and close to the lives of ordinary people. Therefore, Wuqiang New Year pictures also have a well-known position in the world. Will UNESCO judge Wuqiang New Year Pictures? Oriental bible illustrations? There are several Wuqiang New Year pictures from China in the British Museum.

Wuqiang New Year pictures have their own unique artistic style. Based on folk materials, this kind of woodblock New Year pictures has a strong local temperament, which well reflects the local characteristics of Chinese folk. He has many varieties, full composition, bright colors and exaggerated decoration, which is a very representative type of China woodblock New Year pictures. At the same time, Wuqiang New Year pictures not only reflect the folk life, but also reflect the changes of the times with the development of the times, and record the yearning of our people for a better life.

The reasons why Wuqiang New Year pictures are not so popular in recent years are as follows. One is that the production process of woodblock New Year pictures is complicated, which is necessary? Painting, engraving and printing? These three processes can complete a work, which sounds very simple. However, in actual production, how to choose the wood raw materials with good quality and good texture, and how to print the outline lines of the picture with ink lines all require extremely complicated processes. It's not easy to make a complete Wuqiang New Year picture. It takes about four to six drawing boards.

In addition, in the historical development, Wuqiang New Year pictures were once hit hard, and it was not until the 1970s and 1980s that they regained their vitality. Now there are also very professional craftsmen, so let us look forward to the recovery of this traditional culture.