Research On Modern Shandong Current Events New Year Paintings

Traditional New Year paintings are an artistic form used by the people to drive away evil and welcome good luck,express their ideals of a better life,and decorate holiday life.The difference between Shandong current event themed New Year paintings and traditional themed New Year paintings is that they reflect social changes,highlight the aesthetic trends of the people,and serve as a record of current events and social education function of folk art,with strong modernity.Shandong current events and New Year paintings have undergone changes with the development of the times.Since modern times,there were significant changes in Chinese society,with new cultures and concepts flooding into the public’s view.The middle and lower classes accepted the Enlightenment Movement,and the people’s ideological concepts changed.At this time,the transformation of current affairs themed New Year paintings relative to traditional themed New Year paintings originated from the people’s attention to new things and the collision and fusion of new and old ideas.After the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan,the development of Shandong’s current affairs New Year paintings began to be driven by progressive forces.The identity of New Year artists was different from before,and professional art workers began to participate.They used traditional forms of New Year paintings to create current affairs New Year paintings,with the aim of serving the revolution and resistance,and had a strong national consciousness.The convening of the Third Plenary Session of the11 th Central Committee made current affairs New Year pictures a promotional tool to express the country’s will.This art form with a popular foundation combined with political concepts has become a powerful weapon for uniting the people and attacking the enemy,guiding the people to promote socialist construction.Entering the new era of reform and opening up,the commodity economy has been vigorously developed,and current affairs New Year paintings created by folk groups have also become products of the commodity economy,with a trend of meeting market demand.The functions of current affairs New Year paintings have also undergone fundamental changes.The creation of current affairs New Year paintings by a professional group of painters,and the theme creation of New Year paintings in national art exhibitions,the main theme of current affairs New Year paintings is more closely related to real life,and the forms ofexpression are also more diverse.The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the ideological concepts,cultural policies,social environment,and other factors that affect the development of current year paintings in different stages of development.It also explores the development of Shandong current year paintings and their era,and analyzes the different appearances that Shandong current year paintings have presented with the development of the times,in order to gain a deeper understanding of the historical significance of Shandong current year paintings.