Do you have any idea of New Year paintings? Known "paper paintings" and "painted pictures", New Year paintings are a special art form in Chinese folk culture. Without New Year paintings, (we) traditional Chinese folk culture would be much less colorful. The paintings get such a name because they are mostly posted during the Chinese New Year holiday for (decorate) and they are also accepted as symbol of New Year's greetings.
New Year paintings appeared around the Tang Dynasty, (replace) the previous door pictures which were believed (protect) the residents and drive away evils. In the Song Dynasty New Year paintings (create) on a large scale. With the advancement of printing technology, the contentsthe forms of New Year paintings became various. The development of the paintings matured in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, during the art hit its heyday (全盛期).
Traditional printing (method) of New Year paintings include woodblock printing, stone-block printing, offset (胶印的) printing, etc. According to a recent survey, woodblock-printed New Year paintings are the most popular and interesting ones.
