The Origin of New Year's Paintings (not more than 100 words)

Nianhua, the ancient name of "door god painting", its earliest name is "door painting". The biography of Li Shimin records that: when Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was ill due to nightmares, and heard ghosts screaming late at night, which made him feel uneasy and sleepless. One of the ministers advised, "Send a big general to guard the door, it will be able to drive away the ghosts."

General Qin Shubao, Yuchi Jingde volunteered to full armor, a person holding a sword, a person holding a whip, standing on both sides of the palace door, guarding all night, Taizong's disease was cured. Emperor Taizong was delighted, but wanted to generals guarding the door is not a long-term strategy, then ordered the two generals of the powerful image painted on the palace door, later imitated the painting on paper or wood engraved and printed and prevailed in the world.

Because Qin, Yuchi two people are generals, so the Tang Dynasty's door god more powerful generals appear, coupled with folk painters in the Tang Dynasty on the basis of the history of the play, the image of the two of them for artistic processing, so gradually evolved into a "door god" for the Nianhua painting.

Expanded Information:

Nianhua originated in the Han Dynasty. p>Nianhua originated in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang and Song dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Nianhua was officially formed in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, the prosperous commerce and handicrafts, the increasingly mature engraving and printing technology, rich folk celebrations of the New Year activities for the development of the New Year's paintings provide a good social conditions.

Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province) and Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province) began to print and sell woodblock prints on the market at the end of the year, and the subject matter was greatly expanded, such as customs, operas, beautiful women, dolls, and other subjects of New Year's paintings began to appear. The Southern Song Dynasty woodblock prints were even richer.

Nianhua in the Qing Dynasty into the heyday. Kang, Qian years of social situation of peace and prosperity for the prosperity of the New Year's paintings laid a solid foundation; the popularity of popular novels, and for a large number of New Year's paintings workshop provides a wealth of creative materials. One of the main features of the early Qing dynasty New Year's paintings is the subject matter, a large number of historical stories, myths and legends, opera characters, novels, etc. as the main content of the work.