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What is the origin of wooden wheel painting?

One of the traditional handicrafts in China.

According to Netease.com, wooden wheel painting originated in the Song Dynasty and is one of the traditional handicrafts in China. Wooden wheel painting refers to woodblock New Year pictures. Woodblock New Year pictures are new year pictures with woodcut as the main production method. This printing technology can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. After the mid-Ming Dynasty, China woodblock New Year pictures with Weifang as the center developed into a unique folk art. By the Qing Dynasty, the production of woodblock New Year pictures had reached a considerable scale, and many producing areas appeared. Shandong Weifang, Suzhou, Tianjin, Fujian and other places have a high level of New Year pictures, and the folk New Year pictures have different styles and characteristics. Decorating folk doors, living rooms, halls, furniture, indoor furnishings and other places is a traditional folk painting deeply loved by the general public. Wooden wheel painting is a unique traditional folk art form of the Chinese nation, with unique artistic style and distinctive national characteristics.