Wuqiang Resolution, Of The New Year Of The Nature Of Changes

Wuqiang in Hebei, as famous as Tianjin Yangliuqing, Jiangsu Taohuawu and Sichuan Mianzhu, is the habitat of the new year picture in China. The new year picture of Wuqiang with rough style, chiefly draw materials from the traditional operas. The object of history has more than 700 years old. through thousands of years of development, the new year picture of Wuqiang is a reflection of aesthetic standards and painting thought of the common people, and a part of life style as well. From the historical and cultural point of view, the new year pictures of Wuqiang are not only pictures but also representation of both local culture and history.The new year picture of Wuqiang, which is born from local culture, is a large kind of Chinese folk arts with a long history. All of the subjects of the pictures, the techniques of block printing and the art styles have distinctive national features. The original subject of the new year picture of Wuqiang appeared in the New Year to exorcise evil spirits. With the development of society, the local culture flourish gradually. The theme became fairly wide, from the story of history to folk story ,from mythos and legend to fable. The pictures are thriving. The pictures drew their material from many fields such as traditional operas, novels, real life, landscape painting and flower-and-bird paintings. The new year picture became an essential part of local goods for the common people, for it embodied their the pursue and dream.The new year picture of Wuqiang is not only a piece of beautiful folk picture,but also reveals our national tough recolution history. And the patriotism meaning is profound. During the War against Japanese and Liberation War, the revolutionary and the artistes in Wuqiang conjoined and created a lot of new picture with revolution meaning. From then on servicing for politics became the mean guite idea of the new year picture's composition. And it didn't gradually return the practical art until 1980s.This task refers folk art, aesthetics and history. Compared the different art style and idea meaning, it explores the art and nature and culture intension, and reveals the relationship of the new year picture of Wuqiang and the changing of era.