Xunyang traditional woodcut board painting

As far as sculpture is concerned, Wuqiang New Year pictures are mainly carved in yin and yang, and the effect of woodcut knife rhyme is exerted by black and white contrast. In coloring, mainly red and green, with strong and bright colors and unique style. At previous appreciation meetings, the art circles at home and abroad all thought that Wuqiang New Year pictures were outstanding in theme, rigorous in structure, clear in picture, rough in lines, vigorous in characters and vivid in expression, which were comparable to Tianjin Yangliuqing New Year pictures, Shandong Weifang New Year pictures, Jiangsu Taohuawu New Year pictures, Sichuan Mianzhu New Year pictures and Henan Zhuxian New Year pictures, and were a wonderful flower in Chinese New Year pictures.

The theme of traditional Wuqiang New Year pictures is mostly warm atmosphere, which accords with the working people's psychology of praying for prosperity and good luck in the New Year, and expresses people's eager hopes and wishes, such as "abundant crops", "rich life" and "good luck every year", which are the main contents of Wuqiang New Year pictures. It uses symbols, comparisons, puns and other techniques to express the unique romantic color of folk art, such as painting a magpie standing on a plum branch, named it "Shangmei (plum) tip"; The lotus pond is flooded with hibiscus, and a golden carp is drawn, named "Lian (Lian) has been more than a year (fish)" and so on. , are through the things on the screen to symbolize the auspicious connotation.