Inheritance and development of cinerary New Year pictures

Ash-throwing New Year pictures are a traditional folk art form of Han nationality in China with a long history. They are an ancient folk New Year pictures of Han nationality in Gaomi, Shandong Province. They first appeared in Chenghua period of Ming dynasty (1465- 1487) and prevailed in Qing dynasty. This kind of New Year pictures only exists in Gaomi, China, mainly concentrated in more than 30 villages in Jiangzhuang and Xiazhuang of Gaomi North Township.

New Year pictures are traditional folk art forms with national characteristics. As the saying goes, "If you have money, buy paintings for the New Year." Putting up New Year pictures on the first day of the New Year was once a popular folk custom in the north and south of the river. Art should follow the times, society is developing and life is changing. In order to achieve great development, New Year pictures need to fully understand the relationship between inheritance and innovation.

In the sense of inheritance, it is necessary to protect the spiritual core of festival culture through the art of New Year pictures. New Year pictures are narrative images about a better life, expressing a happy, auspicious, positive and philosophical attitude and spirit of life, with auspicious cultural implications and strong New Year atmosphere.

In the development process of hundreds of years, a fixed stylized theme has been formed, such as auspicious paintings with flowers, more auspicious celebrations and all the best; Yang Jiajiang, Shuihu, Sanguo and other operas about loyalty and filial piety; The secular gods such as door gods, kitchen gods and wealth gods all contain people's unique spiritual pursuit and emotional desire. Therefore, the inheritance of New Year pictures culture should first take the "original flavor" as the criterion to carry forward and spread the unique spiritual value behind New Year pictures.

Characteristics of New Year's Painting with Ash Throwing:

Ash-throwing New Year pictures are mainly produced in more than 30 villages in Jiangzhuang, Gaomi North Township and xia zhuang. Ash-throwing New Year pictures grew up on the basis of freehand Chinese paintings, and were later developed and innovated by Wang Xing's family in Gongpopiao Village, Beixiang, Gaomi. On the basis of literati paintings and temple murals, a kind of gray-throwing New Year pictures was formed, followed by hand-painting, half-printing and half-painting.

Ash-throwing New Year pictures grew up on the basis of freehand Chinese paintings, and were later developed and innovated by Wang Xing's family in Gongpopiao Village, Beixiang, Gaomi. On the basis of literati paintings and temple murals, a kind of gray-throwing New Year pictures was formed, followed by hand-painting, half-printing and half-painting. Powder-spraying New Year pictures have unique techniques, replacing ink with color, rough and smooth lines, strong writing meaning and distinctive style. Ash-throwing New Year pictures are mainly ladies, fat babies, opera figures, fairy tales and landscape flowers, which are deeply loved by the people.