How to make Yangliuqing New Year pictures in Tianjin?

The Yangliuqing woodblock New Year pictures in Tianjin are very famous, and the production process is also very fine. The production method of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year pictures is half printing and half painting. The craftsmen first carved lines with woodcuts, and then watermarked the paper with ink. This step needs to be repeated several times to get clear lines, and then the craftsman will fill them with colored pens.

What are the production steps?

Making Yangliuqing New Year pictures with wooden boards is complicated, and it takes a long time for craftsmen, but the finished products are beautiful, unique in color and will not fade. The production is roughly divided into six procedures, namely, creating manuscript, dividing edition, lettering, overprinting, painting and mounting. Among them, hand painting is the most time-consuming. The colors of the whole painting must be in harmony and can't be painted wrong, otherwise the New Year pictures will be scrapped and must be made again. The wooden New Year pictures are very beautiful, and the colors inside can be kept for a long time. They are not only a kind of daily necessities, but also a kind of handicraft, and their appreciation value is quite high. Moreover, different craftsmen have different artistic techniques, which will make the final product present different styles. If the craftsman is more careful, the New Year pictures will be very delicate and give people a sense of exquisiteness. If the carpenter is more careless, it will make the New Year pictures rougher.

Matters needing attention in making woodblock New Year pictures.

When making Yangliuqing New Year pictures with wooden boards, craftsmen must carve them on the wooden boards, and the patterns must not go wrong, otherwise it will destroy the sense of lines of the whole picture and make the New Year pictures ugly. You should also pay attention when painting, and you can't fill in the wrong paint. If the ink is weak, it needs to be used several times, so that the lines of the New Year pictures can be clear and not blurred. In addition, the colors of woodblock New Year pictures are very rich, so some subtle lines must be carefully made.

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This is an outstanding heritage of Chinese culture, and Tianjin Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year Pictures is one of the four major New Year Pictures in China, with a long history and won the love of many folk people.