What's the difference between New Year pictures and paper cutting?

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.

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.

New Year pictures are simple in lines, bright in colors and warm and pleasant in atmosphere, such as pictures of spring cows, New Year's Eve, Jia Sui, playing with babies, family happiness, watching lanterns and fat dolls. Some take immortals, historical stories and dramatic figures as themes.

Many of them are used to put up door paintings, which are mixed with the concept of "protecting the hospital by immortals", such as "Immortals make depressions", "Heavenly Officials" and "Qin Qiong respects morality".

Window grillage is a characteristic art of farming culture. The geographical environment of rural life, the characteristics of agricultural production and social customs also make this kind of local art have distinctive China folk taste and artistic characteristics.

In the past, whether in the north or the south, stick grilles was always visited during the Spring Festival.

The theme of window grilles is extremely extensive, including dramatic figures, historical legends, flowers, birds, fish and insects, landscapes, real life and auspicious patterns, which can be described as ubiquitous.

However, the most common patterns are flowers and animals, festive and auspicious patterns, often with the theme of "auspicious and festive", "good weather and good luck", "rich crops", "prosperous people" and "precious flowers and birds".

"Dragon and phoenix become auspicious" has always been the theme of China folk art.

The dragons and phoenixes are exquisitely shaped and accurately described, expressing people's psychology of praying for good luck.

I hope your couplets, New Year pictures and window grilles will be more festive next year.