Where did the famous New Year pictures in China originate? What are the characteristics of New Year pictures?

China's famous New Year pictures are produced in Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Taohuawu in Jiangsu, Weifang in Shandong and Mianzhu in Sichuan.

New Year pictures are simple in lines, bright in colors and warm and pleasant in atmosphere, such as pictures of spring cows, New Year's Eve, Jia Sui, playing with babies, family happiness, watching lanterns and fat dolls. Some take immortals, historical stories and dramatic figures as themes. Many of them are used to put up door paintings, which are mixed with the concept of "protecting the hospital by immortals", such as "Immortals make depressions", "Heavenly Officials" and "Qin Qiong respects morality".

The art of New Year pictures was initiated by China, and it also reflected the history, life, beliefs and customs of China society. Every Lunar New Year, I buy two New Year pictures and stick them on the door, which is the case in almost every family. From the gate to the hall, there are all kinds of colorful New Year pictures symbolizing good fortune. The reason why the Spring Festival is full of joy and excitement is that New Year pictures have played a certain role in it.

New Year pictures are not only colorful decorations of New Year festivals, but also carriers and tools for cultural circulation, moral education, aesthetic exchange and belief inheritance. It is also a popular reading material that can read pictures; For the New Year pictures with the color of current politics, it is still a kind of media that is deeply loved by all kinds of people.

New Year pictures are also a dictionary of regional culture, from which we can find the distinctive cultural personality of each region. These personality factors can be recognized at a glance not only in the subject matter, but also in the genre, color, lines and different flavors of the origin of each New Year picture. You can know all the people in China from the New Year pictures.