I would like to ask what are New Year pictures?

The pictures posted during the Chinese New Year are New Year pictures. It is an ancient folk art in my country. Like Spring Festival couplets, it has many types. It is one of the most festive and peaceful paintings. The paintings reflect the four seasons of spring and autumn, as well as people's wishes and expectations. For many Chinese, New Year paintings are the most representative representation of the Spring Festival.

The birth and development of New Year paintings:

Cai Yong of the Han Dynasty said in "Doctrine": "The two gods Shen Tu and Yu Lei live in its door, and they are responsible for guiding the ghosts and their evil spirits. Harmful ghosts stick to reed ropes and eat tigers. Therefore, they are often driven away on the night of the twelfth lunar month. They are painted with tea leaves and hung with reed ropes on the door to ward off the evil spirits. What we are talking about is the earliest form of New Year pictures. The ancients used door gods with the image of military commanders to bless their homes for peace.

With the birth of printing in the Song Dynasty, traditional hand-painted New Year pictures gradually withdrew from the stage of history and were replaced by printed New Year pictures. In the Song Dynasty, due to the great enrichment of material and spiritual life, people gradually improved and increased the types of New Year pictures.

Due to people's demand for New Year pictures, many famous production areas for producing New Year pictures in ancient times were created - Zhuxian Town and Yangjiabu. There are countless other places where New Year pictures are made.

With the development of history and cultural exchanges, Chinese New Year pictures have gradually left China and been accepted by many Asian countries. North Korea calls New Year pictures "New Year pictures," and the patterns are mostly animals such as magpies that symbolize happiness and auspiciousness. , Vietnam calls New Year pictures "Zhenjie," incorporating local customs into the paintings, while Japan incorporates mythological elements into New Year pictures, which influenced later Ukiyo-e.