Liangping woodcut New Year pictures

Name of Chinese national intangible cultural heritage: Liangping woodcut New Year pictures

Applicant: Liangping County, Chongqing

Project No.: 309

Project No.: Ⅶ - 10

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Chongqing

Type: new item

Applicant: Liangping County, Chongqing

Protection unit: cultural heritage protection center of Liangping District, Chongqing

Introduction to Liangping woodcut New Year pictures:

Applicant: Liangping County, Chongqing

Liangping woodcut New Year pictures in Liangping County, Chongqing city is one of the "three wonders" (bamboo curtain, New Year pictures and lantern play) of folk art in Liangping, which has a history of about 300 years.

Liang Ping's Woodcut New Year pictures can be roughly divided into three categories: the first is the door god, mainly including the painting of generals, Li Dao Dun ax, Jia Guan Jin Jue, Yang Bian, Wu Zi Deng Ke and other works; the second is myths and legends, mainly including "the mouse marries the daughter", "Qilin sends the son" and other works; the third is drama stories, mainly including "Si Lang Tan Mu", "Ta San", "Zhong Kui marries the younger sister" and other works Products. Liangping County also produces various types of flower paper, flower paper and door paintings. In the drawing techniques of New Year pictures, it not only inherits the process of traditional watermark Wood New Year pictures and the carving technology of Sichuan school, but also absorbs the engraving technology of Hui school and Jinling school. It also uses the focus perspective of Western painting, skillfully applies Yin and Yang (light and dark) to distinguish the distant and near. Its composition is full and simple, the characters are exaggerated and deformed, the color contrast is strong, the movement and static are handled properly, and the shape is ancient It is simple and rugged, which is unforgettable.

In the Qing Dynasty, Liangping woodcut New Year pictures were well-known in Beijing and sold well in Southeast Asia. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was collected by museums in the Soviet Union, the United States and France, which made it famous at home and abroad. At the end of the 20th century, Liang Ping's Woodcut New Year pictures were included in the complete works of Chinese art, the complete works of Chinese folk art, the Three Gorges folk art and the folk New Year pictures. With the change of modern social environment, great changes have taken place in folk customs. In this context, Liangping woodcut New Year pictures gradually fade out of people '.