Innovative Design And Application Of Characters From The Water Margin In Yangjiabu Woodblock New Year Painting

Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures,as a highly regional form of traditional folk prints,are loved by people because of their exquisite production,colorful colors,and unique style.From the beginning of its development,Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures have recorded the colorful lifestyle of farmers in their unique forms,and people also place their pursuit and aspirations in their spiritual world,which is why,Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures have become an important part of the people’s spiritual and cultural life.The characterization of the characters in the classic novel "Outlaws of the Marsh" can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Every "hero" possesses unique skills and distinctive characteristics.Yang Luoshu,the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures,has also created four major masterwork subject matter picture books,but the development of the times has led to the continuous improvement of people’s pursuit of spiritual and cultural aspects.Most people’s understanding of Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures still remains in the works of door-god themes,Works with themes such as myths and legends are now rarely known.Therefore,this article uses Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures as a carrier,extracts and transforms elements such as their shapes,colors,and patterns,and applies them to the innovative design of the characters of the Water Margin,and extends them to cultural and creative products,allowing this folk art to be inherited and developed through new media.By studying the internal relationship between Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures and the characters of the Water Margin,this article takes the highly regional patterns,colors,and shapes of Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures as the starting point,and takes in-depth field investigation and practice as the foundation.It is rooted in the profound cultural history and spiritual and cultural connotations of Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures,and combines the characteristics depicted by the main characters in the Water Margin and related classic storylines,Combining the modeling and color characteristics of woodcut New Year pictures,we create images of characters in the form of woodcut New Year pictures that have a modern aesthetic sense.Based on tradition,we design cultural and creative products that are more in line with modern aesthetic concepts through modern design methods,building a communication bridge between traditional culture and modern forms.The development of the times should be coordinated with the inheritance and development of traditional folk art.However,the current Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures should not only stay in the creation of deities,let alone stay in a single channel of communication.Through today’s diverse creative and communication methods,those excellent and rich but rarely known Yangjiabu woodcut New Year pictures should be innovatively explored and developed in new forms,Thus,traditional folk art can build a fast and solid bridge to the development path of modern design.