Chinese Folk Arts

The birth of folk art almost concurred with that of humans. Its origin is intimately associated with their religious beliefs, ways of production and liviing customs. Folk art performs its functions in all areas of housing, eating, clothing and traveling, including wedding or funeral ceremonies. They can also ve found in the fields varying from rituals, praying toharvest and festivities. With a history of thousands of years, Chinese folk art is the tool which aids Chinese people to hold all kinds of festive activities and important rituals. It is also a kind of artisitic means to beautify life and express good wishes.

In the topics of Chinese folk New Year Pictures, Door God originates in the earliest time. In the era of unflourishing science, people can’t understand many phenomena of nature correetly, yhey used to think the abundant harvest, catastrophe, auspiciousness and evil are all dominated by the celestial being and ghost. Hence, they paste the Door God to expel the disaster and evil, bless the ease and safety of houses in the coming year. Foor God becomes one of the important species in the New Year Picture.

New Year Pictures is mainly produced in Yangliuqing-Tianjin, Taohuawu-Suzhou, Mainzhu city of Sichuan Provice and Weifang city of Shandong Province. etc.