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New Year pictures are a kind of Chinese paintings, which began in ancient times?

New Year's picture is a kind of Chinese painting, which originated from the ancient "door-god painting", one of the folk arts in China, and is also one of the common folk handicrafts. During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, it was officially called New Year Pictures, which was a unique painting school in China and an art form loved by rural people in China. Mostly used for posting in the New Year, decorating the environment, with the meaning of wishing the New Year auspicious and festive, hence the name. Traditional folk New Year pictures are mostly made of wood watermarks. The old version of New Year pictures has different names because of different frame sizes and processing methods. The whole painting is called "Palace Tip", three pieces of paper are called "Three Talents" and many detailed processes are called "Painting Palace Tip" and "Painting Three Talents". The colors of gold powder coating are called "Golden Palace Tip" and "Golden Tricks". Products before June are called "green edition", and products after July and August are called "autumn edition".