桃花坞木刻年画.ppt

When celebrating the Christmas, people will cut down a pine tree as the Christmas tree and put the ornaments on it. Christmas tree ornaments Christmas in China But how do we Chinese people celebrate our New Year? We will usually put the new year pictures of door gods on the doors. Ordinary families soon adopted the imperial custom, putting woodblock prints of the ever-vigilant generals on their front gates in the hope of attracting good luck and fending off evil spirits. The Door God business soon spread throughout China, adding other folklore heroes and mythological figures to the repertoire. The door gods usually come in pairs, facing each other; it is considered bad luck to place the figures back-to-back. There are several different forms of door gods. The most frequently used are Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde (used on a pair of doors). The poster depicting?Wei Zheng?or?Zhong Kui?are used on single doors. nián huà 年 画 shì dōng yà de yī zhǒng mín jiān měi shù xíng shì 是 东 亚 的 一 种 民 间 美 术 形 式。 yīn bàn suí zhe 因 伴 随 着 xīn chūn qū jí bì xiōng de huó dòng ér chǎn shēng 新 春 趋 吉 避 凶 的 活 动 而 产 生 ， gù míng nián huà 故 名 年 画。 Its original form was a picture of a?door god?fashioned during the?Tang dynasty. Later, more subjects, such as fairs, the Kitchen God, women and babies were included. Customarily, as each?Chinese New Year?arrives, every family replaces its New Year picture in order to say goodbye to the Past and welcome the Future (Chinese:?辞旧迎新). The scenes sometimes were used to create patriotic sentiment. Many Nianhua were produced during the?Boxer Rebellion?depicting the Muslim Kansu Brave forces of General?Dong Fuxiang, showing them as victorious over the?Eight Nation Alliance?of the western powers and Japan. As times changed, people, especially those in cities, were influenced by modern arts to see New Year Pictures as traditional and staid. Moreover, people considered the door god was too menacing t