Introduction of Chongqing Traditional Culture

Qijiang peasant painting appeared after the reform and opening up, and the ancient cultural tradition of Qijiang provided conditions for its rise. Qijiang is located at the junction of Chongqing and Guizhou, where 17 ethnic groups live. Ancient folk arts such as stone carving, wood carving, clay sculpture, paper-cutting, batik and cake mold, as well as popular folk songs and folk customs of various ethnic groups, have endowed farmers with vivid and rich expression connotations, and they have injected these folk arts into printmaking. The unique bold, open-minded and imaginative personality of Qijiang farmers endows prints with vivid, lively, bright, childish and humorous characteristics, which embodies unique aesthetic and value. The peasant paintings in Qijiang, full of local flavor, have been enduring since the Spring and Autumn Period.