Woodblock handmade printing New Year picture

Woodblock handmade printing New Year picture is East Traditional Intangible Cultural heritage handicrafts.It is made by printing bamboo paper on carved wooden boards.It has very high artistic and aesthetic value. The pictures in it can bring people good luck and avoid misfortune, as a mysterious force in the East, it constantly guards every aspect of people's lives.

Woodblock handmade printing New Year pictures began 2,200 years ago, using wood carving to create a master plate, which was printed on rice paper using wood watermark. Eastern wood carving can be traced back 10,000 years ago, and over 7,000 years ago, wood carvings with fish patterns have appeared. More than 2,000 years ago, wood carving techniques became more mature, with exquisite and perfect painting and carving techniques. In order to enter the homes of ordinary people, various wooden New Year pictures have emerged.

In China, in hundred festivals, Chinese New Year is the first, and for Eastern people, Chinese New Year (Nian) is the most important festival. It marks an end to the past and a new beginning. For Easterners, celebrating the Chinese New Year is about letting go of all past unhappiness and failures, and letting them go with the wind. At the same time, looking forward to the new year, formulating new plans, and wishing the new year a better development.

New Year picture are decorative paintings posted by Eastern people during the Chinese New Year. The patterns drawn in New Year pictures are something that everyone can possess, and everyone should be protected and blessed. In Eastern culture, everyone should be respected, whether they are poor or rich, whether they have been successful or failed in the past, they are a part of the family, and they are worthy and should be respected. So, in order to cater to various family members, the New Year pictures posted at home have various different images.

There is a saying in China, "Every profession has its champion" (hang hang chu zhuang yuan), which means that no matter what profession a person is engaged in, no matter what his position in his profession is, as long as he lives seriously, he is sacred and he should be respected.In New Year pictures, there are gods for every profession, such as the Kitchen God for cooks, the Medicine God for doctors, the Craftsman God for craftsmen, the Sea God for fishermen, etc. These gods will bless people engaged in every profession with peace, health, and development in their respective professions, and will bring happiness and well-being.

For Easterners, safe and sound (Ping An) is the most important word. If someone is Ping Ping An An (in the Eastern language, doubleword means emphasis), then he is delightful, he is happiness, and that is what people pursue. In New Year pictures, there are also many blessings for Ping An. Some also use the image of a fierce god, because in Eastern culture, ghosts and demons are evil, and their existence leads to people's lives being unsafe, bleeding, encountering difficulties, illness, and restlessness. These fierce gods are meant to help people, dispel evil spirits, return a pure land to the world, give warmth to the world, and enable people to live and work in peace, happiness, safe and sound.

Later, there will be some links to typical Oriental New Year pictures. We also hope that the mysterious power of the East can help you live a Ping An (safe and sound) and happy life, achieve your goals, and realize your dreams.

The drawing of New Year picture is also very artistic.It contains thousands of years of inheritance and concentration of Oriental art. Unlike Western court paintings, which often be placed in royal families or museums, Oriental culture is egalitarian, and art is not divided into classes. Everyone should enjoy art and have art. The lines of New Year pictures are very soft, like water, penetrating everywhere, carrying everything, but also very powerful, with the energy to suppress everything. New Year pictures have a rich and colorful range of colors.

Some of them, it is black and white style, simple and rustic, black, white and gray colors, suitable for various decorative styles, regardless of what to match, it is very harmonious, in Oriental aesthetics, it is very commonly used.Because, in Oriental culture, "HE" is also the most important word.People and people should join hands, people and nature should join hands, everything should join hands.United but not losing personality, interdependence, mutual help, everyone has their own world, a big and small, mutual influence, like a symphony orchestra, each tone has its own characteristics, but they cooperate together cleverly to form the most beautiful melody, this is the highest state of human development.

Some of them, the colors are very rich and the color combinations with great impact are full of beauty.This kind of high-saturation colors are not common in modern life.However, in New Year pictures, this kind of combination is preserved. After the careful matching of the masters, these high-saturation colors do not make people feel disgusted, but rather are a wonderful combination.The same colors, if replaced with other paintings, cannot produce such an effect.Like oil paintings in Western aesthetics, the use of colors forms a new and bizarre world.In Eastern culture, this world is never monotonous, and this world is always rich and colorful.You can be red, blue, yellow, green, and you can be any color in the palette. Every life should be respected, every life should have his own world, and every life is unique.In color, every life has its own color, and these colors combine together to form such a colorful world.In New Year pictures, which are the art treasures of the most eastern art, this is even more evident.

The traditional Chinese New Year pictures also use very special materials.The paper used is made from bamboo, which grows very rapidly.This papermaking technology flourished in the Tang Dynasty (618 AD) in China 1400 years ago.Because it does not use ordinary trees as raw materials for papermaking, but uses bamboo, which grows rapidly and is renewable.Ordinary trees require a growth cycle of 5-10 years, while bamboo can be used as raw material in just one year.Moreover, after cutting down trees, they cannot be regenerated and can only be cultivated again.However, bamboo can continue to grow after being cut down, and even through planned cutting, it can help bamboo grow.Therefore, it greatly protects the environment.The water produced during the production process can also be used as fertilizer to assist the growth of crops.In the Tang Dynasty of China, bamboo paper began to flourish gradually, and under the leadership of the Chinese royal family, it became a popular paper throughout the country.

Yes, it is true, in China 1400 years ago, people already attached great importance to environmental protection.

Bamboo paper for Chinese New Year pictures, produced through traditional Chinese craftsmanship, not only greatly protects the environment, but also, with the innovation of skilled craftsmen in the East, achieves a paper quality far superior to that of wood paper.Bamboo paper is smooth and flexible, with a white color, a lustrous appearance like jade, hygienic and non-toxic, clear and transparent, with ink that does not easy fade, and is durable and resistant to decay.

The New Year's Picture of Shenshu and Yulu Door God

The New Year's Picture of Shenshu and Yulu Door God

This is a New Year's picture that began in the Han Dynasty of China 2200 years ago and has been used ever since.These gods is a fierce god, used to prevent the invasion of demons, ghosts, and evil spirits.They blesses the family and keeps them safe and smooth.If the family's career is not going well, their health is not good, their mood is not good, and their relationship with their friends around them is not good, they can hang or post this New Year's picture, with the help of the mysterious power of the East, to seek good fortune and avoid bad luck.

As shown in the picture, the two gods are wearing helmets with inverted tassels, chain armor, combat boots, and a breastplate, providing extremely strong defense.Their weapons are special hammers used to strike evil. The hammers are shaped like pumpkins and can produce a crushing effect. One blow can instantly destroy demons and monsters.At the same time, they are equipped with long-range weapons, equipped with hard bows and arrow pots. They can attack with hammers in the near and use bows and arrows to destroy enemies in the distance, with very strong attack speed and endurance.In front of these two gods, all evil cannot hide and will eventually be destroyed.

The Supreme LaoJun New Year's Picture

Using this New Year's Picture can blessing for the prosperity of the manufacturing industry where it is located, for breakthroughs in the science it studies, and for a more harmonious and long-term development between people and nature.

In The Supreme LaoJun New Year's Picture, Laozi sits in the center, wearing a Eight Diagrams (BaGua) Clothes. The Eight Diagrams (BaGua) pattern on the sleeves is represented by the left "Qian" and the right "Kun"(which are two of the Eight Diagrams). The left Qian represents the extreme "Yang" and the right Kun represents the extreme "Yin". Because most people's hearts are on the left side, the left side is yang and the other side is "Yin". The left and right sides are combined, and yin and yang are combined. The clothes on the body are also drawn with star maps. In ancient China, astrology belongs to the branch of mathematics. As early as the time of Laozi, mathematical methods were used to deduce the astrological phenomena (the Eight Diagrams also come from astrology and mathematics. The Eight Diagrams are binary calculations system, which are extended to the hexadecimal system of sixty-four hexagrams, which are used to calculate everything in the universe). Around the image, the temple is depicted, with gates on the left and right sides, and stairs engraved with sacred dragons below.

The Supreme LaoJun New Year's Picture
Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate New Year's Picture

Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate New Year's Picture

Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate New Year's Picture. The fish leaping over the dragon gate is a folk legend in ancient China, which took place in the area where the Longmen Grottoes are located in Luoyang, Henan Province. The ancients found that every spring, the golden carp in the Yellow River would swim upstream and form a jumping group at the Dragon Gate. However, when they encountered waterfalls, due to the rapid flow of water, no fish could climb up, so the ancient people imagined that these golden carp would turn into dragons and ascend to heaven after jumping over the Dragon Gate. They could be like dragons, with great power, no longer bound, and freely roam in the sky and earth.

In China, Chinese people use such New Year pictures to constantly remind themselves that only by persisting in pursuing their goals can they achieve success. At the same time, they also need to constantly improve themselves and become stronger and braver. Life is full of challenges and difficulties, but as long as you don't give up, keep persisting, and keep challenging, you will be able to leap over the high Dragon Gate and realize your dreams.

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The Antarctic Old Man New Year's Picture

Posting or burning this New Year's picture is to pray for good health, safe travel, and longevity for oneself or one's family in the new year.

The New Year's picture of the Antarctic Old Man is a New Year's picture that originated in the Han Dynasty of China 2,200 years ago and has been used ever since. According to the historical book "Historical Records" of the Han Dynasty, the ancients observed the sky at night and found a group of bright stars on the southern side of the sky, which were brighter than Sirius and produced a powerful mysterious force. This group of stars was named "Antarctic Old Man". This group of stars controls the duration of the existence of a country, a nation, or a family. It is recorded that when this star appears, the country will prosper, and when it disappears, the country will experience turmoil. Later, it was regarded as the god in charge of human life. He is an image of a white-haired old man, known as the "old birthday star" in the East. Praying in front of this god, people hope to gain a longer life.In this New Year's picture, the forehead of the birthday star is raised, the head glows, and the hand holds a scepter. The scepter in the hand was later transformed into the shape of a "RuYi" (Chinese RuYi, where R is a retroflex consonant).

The Antarctic Old Man New Year's Picture | Easten Health God
The Queen Mother New Year's Picture

The Queen Mother New Year's Picture

The Queen Mother is worshipped as a goddess of marriage, childbirth, and protection of women, guiding women to avoid oppression and unfair treatment, punishing the evils of the world, and helping women to smoothly survive the dangerous period of pregnancy and childbirth, and receive social respect.

In the Queen Mother New Year's Picture, the Queen Mother sits in the center, with a crown on her head and a holy light behind her. Surrounded by auspicious clouds. The clouds here are made of traditional Oriental cloud patterns, which are symbols of auspiciousness and are widely used. They have strong Oriental mystical power. Below the Queen Mother, a phoenix is drawn. The phoenix is a sacred bird in the East and a symbol of women. Like the Western phoenix, it also has the characteristics of an immortal bird, rising from the ashes and reborn. Perseverance and strong vitality are the unique excellent qualities of women. The phoenix in the picture is full of vigor and vitality, standing with two claws. It represents that women are also upright and strong in the world, just like men.

The Receiving Blessings By Zhong Kui
New Year's Picture

This New Year's picture can help people pray for exorcism and evil protection, and ensure peace and prosperity. Hanging this picture can stabilize the family, dispel evil spirits, calm the demon atmosphere, and drive away diseases.

The New Year picture of Zhong Kui receiving blessings is widely circulated and is one of the tools commonly used by the people of the East to ward off diseases and avoid disasters. Even the Chinese classic medical text Compendium of Materia Medica includes a "secret recipe" for treating difficult childbirth, malaria, and other diseases by burning the ashes of a statue of Zhong Kui and taking it with water or combining it with other medicinal powders to form a pill.

In this picture, due to the deep involvement of Oriental mystical forces, the details in the picture are not explained one by one. However, the most important thing is that this picture is hand-drawn by people, which has the meaning of removing diseases, avoiding disasters, and driving away demons and killing devils. If it is an electronic picture or a machine replica, its power and power will be greatly reduced due to the lack of accumulation of craftsmen who have been passed down for thousands of years.

The Receiving Blessings By Zhong Kui New Year's Picture
Having A More And More Happiness New Year's Picture (Lian Nian You Yu)

Having A More And More Happiness New Year's Picture (Lian Nian You Yu)

Using this New Year's Picture will bring the mysterious power of the East to oneself and one's family, wishing for a happy and abundant new year, peace and harmony, good fortune and longevity, and good wishes will be fulfilled. The harmony between family members will be enhanced, and life will become increasingly full of joy and hope, with each day getting better and each year getting better.

This is a kind of New Year painting that became popular in China in the 1980s. It is colorful and vivid, with a strong festive atmosphere. At that time, China was in the initial stage of rapid development, and people's yearning for a better life was the mainstream topic of society. At this time, this New Year’s Picture came into being. It combines the semiotics and psychology that have been passed down from China, expressing people's yearning for a better life while helping people better realize their wishes.In the picture of "Having A More And More Happiness New Year’s Picture ", a lotus flower is drawn in the center, surrounded by lotus roots growing from the water. On the lotus leaf sits a plump male baby wearing a red bib and with bare feet, smiling and happy. He is holding a bright red carp. This pattern comes from Chinese folklore and its time of emergence cannot be verified. However, the mysterious power it brings is very strong.

The God of Wealth New Year's Picture

Using the "The God of Wealth New Year Picture" can bring wealth, career development, smoothness in all things, and increase one's deserved wealth. Gaining more and better luck, even when purchasing lottery tickets, is easier. Moreover, it can exceed one's original expectations and obtain unexpected wealth.

The God of Wealth New Year 's Picture. It is the most widely spread and worshipped god in Eastern culture, and it is very effective. It can help people's careers develop rapidly, acquire more wealth, and increase more luck and blessings.

In Chinese festivals, all merchants, farmers, and workers will post this painting and set off firecrackers to welcome the arrival of the God of Wealth. At the same time, they pray for good luck, prosperity, and a steady stream of income.As shown in the New Year's painting of the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth is dressed in a red robe with a white face and long beard, wearing a crown and holding a "Ruyi" and a "Yuanbao". The "Ruyi" means that everything will go as one's wishes, and the "Yuanbao" is a general term for gold and silver currency. Underneath him is a basin called the "Jubao Pen", which can continuously produce wealth.

The God of Wealth New Year's Picture
The New Year's Picture of Emperor Shennong

The New Year's Picture of Emperor Shennong

Posting this picture can bless the whole family with peace and health, and those who are ill will recover as soon as possible.

Emperor Shennong, also known as Emperor Yan, was born in Lishan, Suizhou City, Hubei Province, China, about 6,000 years ago. His surname is Jiang and his given name is Shennong.He was revered as the "founder of medicine" and the inventor of primitive agriculture and medicine. In the early stages of traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, natural herbs were used in combination. In order to test the medicinal properties of each herb and whether each grain was edible, Shennong personally tasted and recorded them one by one. Combined with the laws of human body and nature, he created ancient simple medicine. He spread this knowledge and taught people medical treatment and farming, leaving the story of "Shennong tasting a hundred herbs".

The New Year's picture of Emperor Shennong is the patron saint of medical practitioners and the guardian of human health.Posting this New Year picture can bless the whole family with peace and health, and those who are ill will recover as soon as possible.

The Lion and Sword New Year's Picture

Using the Lion and Sword New Year's Picture can help people avoid evil intrusions, achieve peace and smoothness. Whether it is health, life, career, learning, creation, it can be protected from erosion, avoid natural disasters, avoid man-made disasters, drive away diseases, and achieve happiness and well-being. It can also help people to walk on the right path and do the right thing, and every choice and every adventure can achieve expectations and victory.

In the New Year painting Lion Carrying a Sword, the lion's head is red, with a round eyebrow and fluttering multicolored mane. Its eyes are wide open, with red mouth and serrated teeth. It holds a seven-star sword in its mouth, and there are eight diagrams on its forehead. It is very powerful. As the king of all beasts, the lion represents strength and bravery, and can command all the forces on earth. The sword in the lion's mouth is engraved with seven stars, which correspond to the seven stars of the Big Dipper, to activate the power of the stars in the sky. As a result, the forces of heaven and earth are united to suppress evil, demons, and devils.

The Lion and Sword New Year's Picture
The Fengbo Yushi New Year 's Picture

The Fengbo Yushi New Year 's Picture

The use of "The Fengbo Yushi New Year 's Picture" can bless the farms and pastures with good weather and no gale or rainstorm disasters. In this way, crops can grow better and harvest more in the new year.

According to legend, in ancient China, there were two gods in charge of the natural forces of wind and rain. As early as 2700 years ago, the Chinese book "Zhou Li" recorded that there was a god named "Feng Bo" and another god named "Yu Shi". These two gods were one of the stars in the sky. In astrology, the stars in the sky are divided into 28 groups, known as the 28 constellations, with seven groups in each of the four directions (East West South North). "Feng Bo star" is located in the seven groups in the east, known as the "Qi star". "Yu Shi star" is located in the seven groups in the west, known as the "Bi star", belonging to the star constellation named "Taurus". In astrology, when the moon overlaps with "Yu Shi star", it can cause heavy rain.

In this picture, the left side is the god of wind, FengBo, and the right side is the god of rain, YuShi. The rain god first spread the clouds containing rain over the sky, and the wind god performed magic and blew the wind, carrying the rain to the earth, that are people farming on.

The Kui Star New Year's Picture

KuiStar is the protector of students, scientists, writers, scholars, the news industry, and the publishing industry. He can help people gain a clearer mind, gain better inspiration, create better ideas, and explore more new things.

The Kui Star New Year's Picture."Kui Star" is the first four stars of the Big Dipper, which is called Dou Kui because of its shape like a bucket. The shape of the Big Dipper points to the North Star all year round, which is an important constellation for identifying directions. Nowadays, Kui Star refers specifically to the first star of the Big Dipper. In astrology, the stars are divided into 28 groups, called the 28 constellations, with seven groups in each direction of the compass. As the stars evolve, the constellations of "Guixiu" and "Douxiu" (two constellation of the 28 constellations) intersect, and the intersecting star is the location of the Kui Star. At this time, human minds will be extremely intelligent, often resulting in many major inventions and creations. In ancient China, the imperial examinations (the system of selecting officials from the people in ancient China, with the first person having the opportunity to serve as the equivalent of the current Prime Minister) were held at this time, in order to ensure that the examinees had a good score and hoped that the examinees could provide better and more quality strategies and suggestions for the country's development and governance during this period.

The Kui Star New Year's Picture
The God of Cow King New Year's Picture

The God of Cow King New Year's Picture

Using this picture can ensure the safe and stable development of farming and animal husbandry in the home, free from the impact of various infectious diseases, and enable goods to obtain better market returns.

The God of Cow King was recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas (Shan Hai Jing) about 3,000 years ago. The significant development of human agriculture began with the use of cattle for plowing. Later generations used cattle to symbolize the necessary auxiliary labor force for farmers...

As shown in the picture, the middle is the god of cattle king, wearing a cow-face helmet and holding a steel whip. The steel whip is in the shape of a long cone with layers of rings on it. The rings are electrified, which can drive the cattle, cows, and beef cattle to walk, and can also eliminate the evil of livestock, purify mosquitoes, bacteria, and viruses in the air, and protect livestock from being infringed. On the left and right sides are two warriors of the god of cattle king, holding spears and long forks, which are used to protect farmers from theft and robbery. Behind them stand two priests, who are in charge of the market and help farmers' goods to obtain better returns in the market.