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Wuqiang New Year Pictures| You can also buy them in Hengshui
| You can also buy them in Hengshui. Introduction to Wuqiang New Year Pictures
Wuqiang New Year Pictures, named after its place of origin in Wuqiang, Hebei, can be traced back to the Song and Yuan dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 140 painting shops in the southern part of Wuqiang, and more than 60 villages around had thousands of painting workshops, forming the Wuqiang painting industry center, with an annual output of up to 100 million pairs of open prints, selling to half of China.
Wuqiang New Year Pictures' drawing, carving, printing, and mounting are all handmade crafts, which have formed a rich local feature over nearly a thousand years. They are characterized by thick and wide money strips, vivid images, full composition, bright colors, and a wide variety of types. They decorate festivals, bring good luck and prosperity, pray for blessings and auspiciousness, fully reflect folk customs and sentiments, and are praised as 'a miniature of agricultural society' and 'an interpretation of the Eastern Bible.'
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wuqiang New Year Pictures have inherited and developed, innovated and kept pace with the times. In 1993, Wuqiang was named by the Ministry of Culture as 'the hometown of woodblock New Year pictures'; in 2003, it was designated as 'one of the first ten pilot projects of the Chinese national folk culture protection project'; in 2005, it was selected as 'the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list', and in 2006, Wuqiang New Year Pictures special stamps were issued. Feng Jicai, chairman of the Chinese Folklore Association, praised Wuqiang New Year Pictures after his inspection: 'It should be said that all New Year pictures are good, but Wuqiang is the best in the world.'
Come visit Hengshui when you have time
Hengshui City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is located in the southeastern part of Hebei Province. It borders Cangzhou City and Dezhou City of Shandong Province to the east, borders Shijiazhuang City and Xinji City to the west, connects with Xingtai City to the south, and is adjacent to Baoding City and Cangzhou City to the north, covering a total area of 8,836 square kilometers.
Hengshui City's jurisdictional Jizhou was the foremost of the Nine Provinces. Hebei Province is called Ji, also because of this, and has produced well-known figures such as Dong Zhongshu, Kong Yingda, Gao Shi, and Sun Li. Hengshui City is located on the Hebei alluvial plain, with the terrain gently sloping from southwest to northeast, with an altitude of 12-30 meters. It belongs to the continental monsoon climate zone and is characterized by a warm semi-arid climate.
Hengshui City is an important processing and supply base for agricultural and sideline products for Beijing and Tianjin, and has successively won honorary titles such as National Water-Saving City and Hebei Province Public Transportation Priority Development Demonstration City.
Embarking on a Wonderful Journey: Exploring the Wuqiang New Year Paintings Museum
Hello, dear travelers! Welcome to the Wuqiang New Year Paintings Museum, the first national museum dedicated to New Year paintings, located in Wuqiang County, like the cradle of New Year painting art, it is a palace for displaying and studying agricultural culture. Don't worry about the ticket issue, the visit is free, just need to register, parking is also free, no waste of money.
This national-level intangible cultural heritage protection unit museum covers a total area of about 25,100 square meters, with a building area of over 5,400 square meters, including 5 exhibition halls and an antique New Year painting workshop. However, don't be scared by these numbers, the exhibits here are quite innovative and unique, blending the breath of the new era and strong ethnic and folk characteristics. Imagine that here you can feel the precipitation of knowledge, the charm of art, the guidance of fun, and you can also participate in it, it is really a unique cultural journey.
If you are interested in history, this is a special place for patriotic education using excellent traditional culture. At the same time, it is also a frontier position for the protection, inheritance and promotion of folk art. Walking into the exhibition hall, it seems like a time tunnel, a series of New Year paintings vividly present the farming culture, making you feel as if you are in the fields. Don't forget to take a photo and make your friends circle explode!
The visiting time is a bit particular, the museum is closed on Monday, don't miss it. You are welcome at any other time. The address of the exhibition hall is No. 1, Xinkai Street, Wuqiang Town, Wuqiang County, Hebei Province, don't worry about not finding it. If you want to glimpse the mysterious world of New Year paintings, come on!
In short, the Wuqiang New Year Paintings Museum is a free, knowledgeable, artistically rich, and fun place. Not only can it satisfy your art appreciation, but also appreciate the rich cultural heritage. Maybe here, you will find fun that you can't feel elsewhere. Come on, let's swim in the ocean of New Year paintings together!
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Come visit Hengshui when you have time
Hengshui City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is located in the southeastern part of Hebei Province. It borders Cangzhou City and Dezhou City of Shandong Province to the east, borders Shijiazhuang City and Xinji City to the west, connects with Xingtai City to the south, and is adjacent to Baoding City and Cangzhou City to the north, covering a total area of 8,836 square kilometers.
Hengshui City's jurisdictional Jizhou was the foremost of the Nine Provinces. Hebei Province is called Ji, also because of this, and has produced well-known figures such as Dong Zhongshu, Kong Yingda, Gao Shi, and Sun Li. Hengshui City is located on the Hebei alluvial plain, with the terrain gently sloping from southwest to northeast, with an altitude of 12-30 meters. It belongs to the continental monsoon climate zone and is characterized by a warm semi-arid climate.
Hengshui City is an important processing and supply base for agricultural and sideline products for Beijing and Tianjin, and has successively won honorary titles such as National Water-Saving City and Hebei Province Public Transportation Priority Development Demonstration City.
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Come visit Hengshui when you have time
Hengshui City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, is located in the southeastern part of Hebei Province. It borders Cangzhou City and Dezhou City of Shandong Province to the east, borders Shijiazhuang City and Xinji City to the west, connects with Xingtai City to the south, and is adjacent to Baoding City and Cangzhou City to the north, covering a total area of 8,836 square kilometers.
Hengshui City's jurisdictional Jizhou was the foremost of the Nine Provinces. Hebei Province is called Ji, also because of this, and has produced well-known figures such as Dong Zhongshu, Kong Yingda, Gao Shi, and Sun Li. Hengshui City is located on the Hebei alluvial plain, with the terrain gently sloping from southwest to northeast, with an altitude of 12-30 meters. It belongs to the continental monsoon climate zone and is characterized by a warm semi-arid climate.
Hengshui City is an important processing and supply base for agricultural and sideline products for Beijing and Tianjin, and has successively won honorary titles such as National Water-Saving City and Hebei Province Public Transportation Priority Development Demonstration City.
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