China's three major origins of New Year's paintings are which

China's three major origins of New Year's paintings are:? Peach Blossom Dock in Suzhou, Yang Liu Qing in Tianjin and Weifang in Shandong.

Nianhua is a kind of ancient folk art in China, which originated from the "door god", just like the Spring Festival couplets. According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, when Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was sick, he often heard the sound of ghosts crying and howling in his dreams, so he could not sleep at night. At this time, the general Qin Shubao, Yuchigong two people volunteered, fully clothed on both sides of the palace door, the results of the palace is really safe and sound.

Li Shimin thought that the two generals were too hard, the heart is too much, so he ordered the painters will be the two men's mighty image painted on the palace door, known as the "God of the Door". East Han Cai Yong, "Dictator" records, the Han Dynasty folk have been posted on the door of the "Shentan", "Yubi" idol, to the Song Dynasty evolved into woodblock prints.

Later, the folk competed with each other to follow suit, and after several evolutions, formed its own unique style, which is now the New Year's paintings. The earliest surviving Chinese New Year painting is the Song version of "Sui Dynasty Mythical Presentation of the Fangcheng of the country".