What is the only handmade woodblock watermark painting in Hunan Province

The only handmade woodblock watermark painting in Hunan Province is the Tantou woodblock New Year painting.

1, Tantou woodblock prints introduction:

Tantou woodblock prints is the only handmade woodblock watermarked New Year's Paintings in Hunan Province, with a strong Chunan local characteristics of its own school. Tantou Town is located in the southeast of Hunan Province Longhui County, this place is simple and simple folk customs, unique customs, history has appeared in the paper village, carving village, color paper, flower paper, incense powder paper alley and New Year's Eve Street, handicrafts are very developed, and the division of labor is clear, supporting each other.

2, Tantou woodblock prints production process:

Tantou woodblock prints from papermaking to the finished product all the processes are completed in the Tantou local, forming a perfect production series, which is rare in the national production of New Year's paintings. In the craftsmanship of woodblock prints, traditional processes such as steaming the paper, holding the glue and brushing the powder are unique to Nantou, and the "opening of the face" is also a unique technique different from that of other places.

The color sequence when printing woodblock prints in Nantou is: first printing yellow, then overprinting green, orchid, orange-red, rose-red, coal-black, and finally opening the face to draw the eyes, eyebrows, whiskers and more than 20 processes.

Tantou woodblock prints classification and artistic characteristics:

1, the classification of woodblock prints in Tantou:

Tantou woodblock prints are divided into three categories of gods and goddesses, allegorical auspiciousness, and drama stories, whether it is the gods and goddesses, stories, or blessings of good luck and so on, they are all in the interpretation of a small New Year's paintings. The Mouse Marrying Her Marriage, Qin Shubao and Yuchigong, and He Qi Zhixiang, almost each of which has a touching story to tell.

2. Artistic characteristics of woodblock prints in Tantou:

From the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to the early years of the Republic of China, the woodblock prints in Tantou gradually formed their own unique style of art: colorful, moist colors, ancient, exaggerated, full, personalized modeling methods, pure local materials and unique technology, so that the works have a general artistic effect of relief.

From the selection of raw materials for papermaking, the manufacture of paper and the brushing of the base, to the engraving of the plate, seven times of printing and seven times of hand-painting, the production of a single New Year's picture needs to go through more than twenty processes. From the handmade paper to the finished product of the New Year's Paintings are produced in one place, which is extremely rare in the production of New Year's Paintings in the country.