Folk New Year Pictures

Folk New Year Pictures

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New Year Picture (Nianhua) derives its name from the age-old custom of Chinese New Year decorations. A fascinating and popular art form, it in fact constitutes a separate branch of traditional Chinese painting. The concept of New Year Picture refers to painted works made by local workshops and regularly posted inside and outside homes. New Year Picture encompasses all such paintings reflecting rural and urban lives, handmade by folk artisans, as well as those carved or produced and painted in local workshops. Folk New Year Picture possesses colorful detail with abundant cultural and historical connotations.

Book title: Folk New Year Pictures  
Author: Lan Xianlin   
Publishing: Foreign Languages Press 2008 1st Edition   
Language: English   
Format: Paperback, 9.375 x 6.75 inches, 155 pages  
ISBN: 9787119046754

There are five major categories of Chinese New Year Pictures discussed in this book: Door Gods, Folk Deities, Cute Babies and Beauties, Customs and Festivals, Stories and Local Operas. The principal images are explained with brief captions. Most of the New Year Pictures collected in this book are made by folk masters from every area of China.

boy god fish lotus

 品名: 民间年画(英文版)  
   作者:  蓝先琳 编  
   出版社:  外文出版社  
   ISBN:  9787119046754  
   出版时间:  2008-01  
   装帧:  平装  
   开本:  16开  
   页数:  155页

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