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The famous producing areas of China woodblock New Year pictures are Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Yangjiabu in Weifang, Shandong, Taohuawu in Suzhou, Foshan in Guangdong, Mianzhu in Sichuan, Zhuxian Town in Henan, Wuqiang in Hebei, Hanzhong in Shaanxi and Linfen in Shanxi.

On May 20th, 2006, Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Pictures were approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. On June 7th, 2008, woodblock New Year pictures were approved by the State Council and included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

From 2065438+2009 10, woodblock New Year pictures were selected into the protection list of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.

Development history

Woodblock New Year pictures are a traditional folk culture and art form with a long history in China, with a history of 1000 years. Door gods in New Year pictures have the longest history. As early as the Han Dynasty, the embryonic form of the gatekeeper general appeared. Since the Tang Dynasty, the development of Buddhist scripture prints, the maturity of engraving technology and the development of folk culture in the Song Dynasty have greatly promoted the prosperity of woodblock New Year pictures? .

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a "painting market" that specialized in selling New Year pictures. At that time, it was called "drawing paper". Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, is the political, economic and cultural center of the whole country. In addition, with the maturity of engraving printing technology, engraving New Year pictures have replaced hand-painted door god paintings, and there are more than 300 government-run and private workshops. During the Song and Jin Dynasties, there appeared such exquisite woodcut prints as Simitu, which is the earliest existing woodcut prints.

During the Daoguang period, the word "New Year Pictures" was formally put forward in Li Guangting's book "The Interpretation of the Country". Since then, the so-called "New Year picture" has a fixed meaning, that is, it refers to the annual custom decorations that are overprinted with wood blocks that are replaced every year. After nearly a thousand years of development, folk New Year pictures reached their peak in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.