The New Year Pictures of WuQiang
Completely from the country of origin
Wuqiang New Year pictures are a kind of special New Year decorations popular in the central Hebei Province. They occupy a
very important position in traditional Chinese folk culture and are unique among the gardens of national art. For thousands of years, at the end of the year, many places in China have the custom of posting New Year pictures and couplets to wish the new year to exorcise evil spirits and eliminate disasters and welcome good luck. New Year pictures are called "New Year pictures" because they are replaced or posted at the end of each year for one year's appreciation. Wuqiang New Year Pictures is named after its origin in Wuqiang County, Hebei Province.
Wuqiang's New Year's pictures are all made by hand craftsmanship and are overprinted with woodblock watercolor. Wuqiang's New Year's paintings have bright colors, rough lines, and full composition. They have a unique artistic style and have been loved by the masses from generation to generation. Wuqiang New Year paintings have a wide range of subjects, rich content, various forms and varieties, including dozens of door paintings, fairy Buddha paintings, calendar paintings, window paintings, lamp paintings, Zhongtang paintings, couplets, etc.
The auspicious prosperity, harmony and festivity fully reflect the Folklore, the ideological desire of the people. Wuqiang New Year paintings are rich in local flavor and local characteristics, are the crystallization of people's wisdom, and are known as "the epitome of farming society