Research On Art Characteristics Of Fengxiang Six Gods Of The House Woodcut New Year Prints

Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints have been listed as one of the China's first national intangible cultural heritage,in which the original natural features and strong local folk aesthetic characteristics are well preserved.Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints — Six Gods of the house,as the representative of traditional Chinese New Year Culture,are the woodcut art used to decorate the New Year for the best wishes and express the yearning of a happier life in the future.Originated and developed in the folk,it is the condensation of the working people's wisdom.To meet the aesthetic needs of the people,it has formed unique and distinct artistic characteristics through the long history.It also shows the folk and regional characteristics of Fengxiang area,and records the people's thoughts and feelings,and faith and pursuit.However,due to the problems of inheriting,spreading and using,the traditional culture of Fengxiang Six Gods of the house has been forgotten.This research focuses on the artistic features and its application in book design of Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints —Six Gods of the house,and aims to make such culture alive and receive people's attention.This research carries on the artistic characteristic of Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints— Six Gods of the house from five aspects.The first part is the introduction,which introducing the basic situation of Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints.second part mainly introduces the evolution,background and inheritance status of Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints — Six Gods of the house.The third part is mainly about sorting the existing materials of Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints — Six Gods of the house to conclude the folk characteristics of its function and posting forms.The fourth part focuses on the content of Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints — Six Gods of the house,systematically analyzing its artistic characteristics from five aspects like composition,modeling,line,color and craft,summarizing its pattern composition,symbol characteristics and color rules,and clearly grasping its artistic and aesthetic characteristics.The fifth part is to design a book about Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints — Six Gods of the house combining this research results and visual arts design,seeking to better inherit and develop folk art in modern design.The study of the artistic characteristics of Fengxiang woodcut New Year prints — Six Gods of the house provides a theoretical guidance for meeting the needs of research,protecting the heritage and color matching of books.At the same time,it provides the basis of book design for book design,decoration and color matching design.