What is the traditional art that people will do during the Chinese New Year? a. Ink Painting b. Oil Painting c. Sketching d. Chinese Painting

The traditional art that people will do during the Spring Festival is New Year's painting.

Introduction of New Year Paintings:

New year paintings (new year paintings), a kind of Chinese paintings, began in ancient times with the "Door God Paintings", which is one of the folk arts in China, and also one of the common folk crafts. It is one of China's folk arts and one of the common folk crafts. New Year paintings are a unique genre of painting in China, and a popular art form among the rural Chinese. Most of them are used for posting on New Year's Day to decorate the environment, and they contain the meaning of blessing the New Year with good luck and festivity, so they are called New Year paintings.

Traditional folk New Year's paintings are mostly watermarked on wood. The old New Year's paintings have different names because of the size of the painting and the amount of processing. The whole picture is called "Palace tip", a paper three open called "three talents". The more detailed processing is called "painting Gongjian" and "painting Sanjai". Those painted with gold powder are called "Jin Gongjian" and "Jin Sanjai". Products made before June are called "Green Edition" and those made after July or August are called "Autumn Edition".

Conceptual interpretation:

Nianhua is a kind of decorative painting used to decorate the living environment during the Spring Festival. New Year's paintings began in ancient times as "door god paintings", and in the early days, they were closely related to the themes of driving away evil spirits and praying for good fortune.

Traditional folk New Year's paintings are mostly made of woodblock prints. With the rise of printing, the content of New Year's paintings was no longer limited to themes such as door gods, but became colorful. After thousands of years of development, New Year's paintings have gradually developed into a decorative art for New Year's festivals, mainly posted on New Year's Day for decorating the environment, containing blessings for the New Year and auspicious and festive meanings.

Historical Background:

Nianhua is an ancient Han folk art in China, reflecting the customs and beliefs of the people, and holding people's hopes for the future. It is a special symbolic decorative art of Chinese folklore, derived and formed with the evolution of New Year's festivals and customs over a long period of time, and its origin can be traced back to the concept of nature worship and the concept of belief in gods and spirits in the ancient times of mankind.

Early Chinese New Year paintings were closely related to the two themes of driving away evil spirits and praying for good fortune. In the process of customizing New Year's Day customs such as praying for a good harvest, worshipping ancestors, and driving away demons and monsters, New Year's Day decorative arts adapted to these customs gradually appeared.