What is a brief introduction to the origin of New Year pictures?

The origin of New Year pictures: New Year pictures originated in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties and prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Originated from the ancient door-god painting, it was first called "door painting", and it was recorded in ancient books, such as Years in Jingchu, Dream in Tokyo, Old Stories in Wulin, etc.

In history, there are many folk names for New Year pictures: "paper painting" in Song Dynasty, "painting paste" in Ming Dynasty and "painting" in Qing Dynasty. Until the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, scholar Li Guangting wrote in "Interpretation of Rural Agreement": "After sweeping the house, New Year pictures must be posted, which is the ear of the son." New Year pictures got their name from this.

Cultural Connotation of New Year Pictures

The perfect combination of artistic style and cultural connotation of New Year pictures expresses people's aesthetic orientation and cultural wishes, which is an important reason for the deep-rooted and enduring New Year pictures.

As a folk New Year greeting, New Year pictures are full of celebrations. Therefore, most folk New Year pictures use bright and fiery colors such as red rhubarb, pay attention to the expression and modeling of interest, and the characters are vivid, lovely and full of vitality. It embodies the wisdom of the people and forms a profound traditional culture.

New Year pictures have unique artistic styles in different places, with various forms and extensive contents, including various military commanders, door gods, kitchen gods, the god of wealth, Guanyin, the Eight Immortals, the birthday girl, opera figures, farming weaving, folklore, historical stories, flowers and animals, ladies, dolls, scenery and so on.

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