Brief introduction of woodblock new year pictures

Woodblock New Year pictures are a kind of folk New Year pictures in China and one of the main varieties of traditional folk art in Laohekou, Hubei.

The traditional art woodcut New Year pictures in laohekou city, Hubei Province are one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Laohekou woodblock New Year pictures are a kind of folk New Year pictures in China and one of the main varieties of traditional folk art in laohekou city, Hubei. According to legend, the woodcut New Year pictures of Laohekou were imported from Taohuawu, Suzhou, through Zhuxian Town, Henan Province in the late Ming Dynasty. The woodcut is made of hard pear wood, with delicate carving and rough and powerful lines. The pigments used in printing New Year pictures are plant and mineral pigments, which are bright and not easy to fade.

The content of woodcut New Year pictures in Laohekou is mainly historical dramas, legends and stories, and the characters are vivid and exaggerated. Common varieties include kitchen painting, door painting, nave, strip screen and so on. 20 1 1 On May 23rd, 2008, the woodcut New Year pictures were approved by the people of China and the State Council, and included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list with the heritage number ⅶ-65.

Inheritance and protection

In order to rescue and protect the traditional folk art heritage of Laohekou woodcut New Year Pictures, the laohekou city government started the protection project of folk traditional culture in 2005, and set up the exhibition hall, printing workshop, data protection library and printing and sales system of Laohekou woodcut New Year Pictures in the municipal museum. In 2006, the laohekou city Municipal Government set up a leading group for the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and listed the woodcut New Year Pictures of Laohekou as a municipal key protection project of intangible cultural heritage and a cultural tourism resource development project.

20 19 10 month, 1 1 The list of representative projects of national intangible cultural heritage was published, and laohekou city People's Art Museum was granted the qualification of a woodblock New Year picture protection unit. On June 365438+1October 3 1 day, 2023, the list of national intangible cultural heritage representative project protection units was announced, and the laohekou city People's Art Museum, the project protection unit of Woodblock New Year Pictures (Laohekou Woodblock New Year Pictures), passed the evaluation.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Woodblock New Year Pictures