The theme of New Year pictures is all-encompassing, which can be roughly divided into four aspects. What is this?

The theme of New Year pictures is all-encompassing, which can be roughly divided into the following four aspects:

1. Immortals and mascots?

This is the basic theme of New Year pictures. Immortals are the main content of early New Year pictures, which occupy a large proportion. Mascots include lions, tigers, deer, cranes, phoenixes and other auspicious animals and birds, flowers such as lotus and peony, and novels such as cash cows and cornucopia. They express good luck and wishful thinking through metaphors, symbols or homophones, and express the theme of exorcising evil spirits and welcoming wealth and happiness. ?

Second, secular life?

Folk artists express their real life through their own observations and feelings. This theme is less than other themes in New Year pictures. The theme of secular life mainly includes people's life and work, holiday customs, current affairs anecdotes and so on. ?

Third, the doll is beautiful?

This theme occupies a large proportion in folk New Year pictures, expressing people's good wishes for the early birth of your son, the love between husband and wife and the return of beautiful women. ?

4. Stories and legends?

This part is mostly about historical events, folk stories, myths and legends, note novels and operas, among which opera is the biggest theme. Common New Year pictures include Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West, Water Margin, Dream of Red Mansions, Legend of the White Snake, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, etc. People often gain knowledge and receive traditional moral education through such subjects.

Distribution of origin of New Year pictures

Folk New Year pictures in China are widely spread. Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, workshops for carving New Year pictures have spread all over the country. Judging from the collected works, except Heilongjiang, Jilin, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Tibet and Inner Mongolia, there have been workshops for engraving New Year pictures in other places.

In the long history, New Year pictures have gradually formed different artistic styles and obvious local characteristics, such as Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Zhuxian Town in Kaifeng, Henan, Taohuawu in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Yangjiabu in Weifang, Shandong, Gaomi, Mianzhu in Sichuan, Wuqiang in Hebei, Fengxiang in Shaanxi, Foshan in Guangdong, Pingyang in Linfen, Shanxi, Zhangzhou in Fujian and beachhead woodblock New Year pictures in Shaoyang, Hunan. , are renowned for a long time, each has its own advantages.