In which of the four famous towns did the ancient woodblock New Year pictures originate?

Woodblock New Year pictures originated in Zhuxian Town, one of the four famous towns. New Year pictures have been formed for more than a thousand years. Zhuxian Town, Kaifeng is the earliest place to make woodcut New Year pictures in China, and it can be called the originator of traditional woodcut New Year pictures in China.

During the invasion of Jin Bing and the continuous flooding of the Yellow River after the Yuan Dynasty, the woodcut New Year pictures industry in Kaifeng gradually declined. In Zhuxian Town, southwest of Kaifeng, due to the developed water transportation, the woodblock New Year pictures industry is gradually concentrated here. Because Yue Fei once broke the Jin Army in Zhuxian Town, many New Year pictures in Zhuxian Town are related to Yue Jiajun, especially "Jiulong Mountain" with the story of Yue Fei Yang Zaixing as the theme. At the same time, some traditional New Year pictures, such as door gods and kitchen gods, are also printed to meet the needs of ordinary people.

Therefore, from the perspective of historical inheritance, Kaifeng Woodblock New Year Pictures and Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Pictures are two different varieties, but due to the historical evolution, Zhuxian Town is now the most famous, so that Kaifeng Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Pictures have become a concept, representing the level and inheritance of Central Plains Woodblock New Year Pictures.

In addition, I would also like to tell you something about the culture of New Year pictures in the north and south:

1. Northern New Year pictures, represented by Yangliuqing and Yangjiabu woodblock New Year pictures. In addition, there are well-known Wuqiang New Year Pictures in Hebei, Jiangzhou Woodblock New Year Pictures in Shanxi, Fengxiang New Year Pictures in Shaanxi, Puhui New Year Pictures in Gaomi, Shandong, Beijing New Year Pictures and so on. The northern factions are uninhibited, which fully shows the magnanimity of the northerners. Yangliuqing New Year Pictures are a substitute for Northern New Year Pictures. They are good at painting and depict fine characters, while Yangjiabu, Wuqiang and Fengxiang New Year pictures are full of simple rural flavor.

2. Southern New Year pictures, represented by Taohuawu New Year pictures. In addition, New Year pictures are also produced in Foshan, Zhangzhou, Taiwan Province and Hunan. Many families of New Year pictures are listed as national inheritors, old artists are dying, and the skills of New Year pictures are hard to survive. With the development of society and the improvement of people's aesthetic vision, I believe more and more people will like the traditional woodblock New Year pictures.

Woodblock New Year pictures have never been recognized by mainstream culture. Many people think that New Year pictures are vulgar things in rural areas and cannot be elegant. Don't you know that only the culture deeply rooted in the fertile soil of rural areas is the most vital culture? The inheritance of culture should have enough folk foundation.