An Investigation And Study On The Graphic Arts Of Zongjia Hamlet In Pingdu

This paper aims to find out the development process of Zongjia Hamlet’s Graphic Artsand its current situation,and the trend of Pingdu’s Graphic Arts development,to be familiarwith the wonderful and outstanding aspects of folk art,to call for the protection andinheritance of excellent traditional folk culture of Chinese.This paper is mainly divided into six parts,the first, the overview of Zongjia Hamlet’sGraphic Arts.The second,the printing process and its skill improvement. The third,thekind,theme and sticking customs of Zongjia Hamlet’s Graphic Arts.The fourth,the pictures ofGraphic Arts that are being printed and sold also its painting meaning.The fifth,the presentpractitioner of the Graphic Arts and its state of running.In the first part this paper mainly talk about the the geography,cultural environment andits development process from Qing Dynasty to nowadays.This part records and neaten awhole history of the Graphic Arts’emergence,prosperity, decline and recovery of Pingdu’sGraphic Arts.The second part elaborated the traditional theme and technological process of pingduzongjiazhuang New Year wood-block printing, reducing the historical condition ofzongjiazhuang woodblock New Year wood-block print, lay a foundation for the research inzongjiazhuang New Year wood-block print development situation in detail.The third part mainly expounds the post custom and process aspects of pingduzongjiazhuang pictures in recent decade, including the change in traditional theme postcustom and technological process of pingdu zongjiazhuang New Year wood-block print in eradevelopment, as well as the explanation of artistic inspiration in "pingdu zongjiazhuangresearch center” printed posters and pingdu region post pictures nowdays, for furtherunderstanding the pingdu pictures. This chapter has certain help to understand and study thechange of the pingdu area New Year folk habits.The fourth part mainly records the development of zongjiazhuang New Year wood-blockprinting’s practitioners, analyzes the reason that why pingdu zongjiazhuang woodblock NewYear pictures scale atrophy and the market shrink, as well as the changes of new salesapproach for New Year pictures. Through the investigation and study on the Graphic Arts of Zongjia Hamlet in Pingdu,itis easy to see the rough development process of Zongjia Hamlet’s Graphic Arts in Pingdu,andthe changes of it with the development of the society.When admireing the wonderful andoutstanding aspects I also feel afraid of the further development of Zongjia Hamlet’s GraphicArts.I really hope that our goverment and people can tactions to save and protect ZongjiaHamlet’s Graphic Arts as soon as possible,I alos hope the flower of folk arts will not wither.