What are the main features of ancient New Year's paintings?

The shape of New Year's paintings is concise and exaggerated, the composition is full and simple, the layout is symmetrical, balanced and echoing, the colors are bright and vivid, the big red and green occupies a conspicuous position, and the other colors are mostly bright, which are popular with the masses. The concentrated places of origin of Nianhua paintings are Taohuawu in Suzhou, Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Yangjiabu in Weifang, Shandong, Foshan in Guangdong, Mianzhu in Sichuan, Wuqiang in Hebei, Nanjing and Wuxi in Jiangsu, Zhuxianzhen in Henan, Zhangzhou in Fujian, Shaoyang in Hunan, Jiujiang in Jiangxi, Shaoxing in Zhejiang as well as Shanxi, Shanxi and Gansu, etc., which are almost all over the country, and each place has its own style and characteristics. In terms of subject matter, there are statues of gods that bestow blessings and avoid evils, beautiful dolls, auspicious flowers and birds, and stories of novels and operas.