How many schools are there in Chinese New Year Pictures?

New Year pictures are divided into four schools: Suzhou Taohuawu, Tianjin Yangliuqing, Shandong Weifang and Sichuan Mianzhu.

1, Suzhou Taohuawu: Door paintings, traditional Chinese paintings and screen strips are the main ones, among which door paintings can be described as the complete works of door gods in past dynasties. Taohuawu New Year pictures are printed by block printing, with one version and one color. Exquisite craftsmanship. A painting has to be overprinted four or five times to a dozen times, and some of them have to go through the processes of "painting gold", "sweeping silver" and "dusting".

2. Tianjin Yangliuqing New Year Pictures: The previous crafts are basically the same as other woodblock New Year pictures. Are overprinted according to the drawings; However, the post-production of Yangliuqing New Year pictures has put a lot of effort into hand painting, skillfully combining the knife taste of printmaking with the style of painting, so that the two arts complement each other.

3. Yangjiabu, Weifang, Shandong: It started in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. It is festive, colorful and practical, reflecting ideals, customs and daily life. Its composition is complete and balanced, its shape is thick and simple, and its lines are simple and smooth.

4. Mianzhu New Year Picture in Sichuan: Mianzhu New Year Picture is named Mianzhu County, Sichuan Province, and is the hometown of bamboo and paper. Mianzhu New Year pictures have a long history, which originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and entered a prosperous period in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

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The origin of new year pictures

New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". According to Shan Hai Jing, when Li Shimin was ill, he often heard amityville horror's voice in his dream, so that he couldn't sleep at night.

At this time, generals Qin and Weichi Gong volunteered to stand on both sides of the gate. As a result, the palace is safe.

Li Shimin felt guilty that the two generals had worked too hard, so he ordered the painter to paint their mighty images on the door of the palace, which is the so-called "door god". Later, people rushed to follow suit, and after several evolutions, they formed their own unique style, that is, the current New Year pictures.