Where is the origin of Jiangsu New Year pictures?

Taohuawu, Suzhou, Jiangsu: Taohuawu, namely Taohuawu Street in Suzhou and its surrounding areas.

Du Xunhe, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote "The Story of taohuajiang", and Fan Chengda in the Song Dynasty wrote a poem "Tea beside Nagato" with the phrase "Taowu talks about the past and the present". Taohuawu has a long history.

Taohuawu is located in the north of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province (under Changmen, Suzhou). Taohuawu woodblock New Year pictures are the main folk woodblock New Year pictures in southern China. They originated from woodcut printing technology in Song Dynasty, evolved from Xiu Xiang's pictures, and developed into a folk art school in Ming Dynasty. The peak period was Yongzheng and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, and more than one million Taohuawu woodblock New Year pictures were produced every year.