{"id":14633,"date":"2019-02-04T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14633"},"modified":"2019-02-02T06:18:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T10:18:12","slug":"chinese-folk-art-new-year-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-folk-art-new-year-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Folk Art: New Year Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese New Year will be celebrated this year on February 5th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Ayana<\/p><\/div>\n

Chinese New Year (\u6625\u8282, ch\u016bn ji\u00e9, literally means \u201cspring festival\u201d) has a lot of customs: New Year dinner, firecrackers, spring festival couplets, dumplings, and red envelopes, just to name a few. Among them is also the custom of hanging New Year paintings \u5e74\u753b (ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0).<\/p>\n

\u5e74 (ni\u00e1n) = year<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u753b (hu\u00e0) = painting<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u5e74\u753b (ni\u00e1nhu\u00e0) = New Year paintings<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Year paintings are a form of antique folk art that became a New Year tradition. It appeared in literature for the first time during the Song dynasty (960\u20131279 CE), but some believe it originated much earlier. The paintings are festive, and used as decoration for the house, but their original purpose was to ward off evil spirits. During ancient time they were called \u95e8\u795e\u753b (m\u00e9n sh\u00e9n hu\u00e0). \u95e8\u795e are door gods and they were frequently the focus of the New Year paintings. They were hung on doors and entrances to protect the house from ominous spirits.<\/p>\n

\u95e8 (m\u00e9n) =door<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u795e (sh\u00e9n) = god, spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u95e8\u795e\u753b (m\u00e9n sh\u00e9n hu\u00e0) = door gods paintings<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the beginning of a new year people wish for more than just driving away demons. They pray for rain and a good harvest, and wish for wealth and good luck. Naturally the content of New Year paintings diversified. A famous painting, for example, is called \u4e00\u56e2\u548c\u6c14<\/strong> (y\u012b tu\u00e1n h\u00e9 q\u00ec). \u4e00\u56e2\u548c\u6c14 is a round portrait of the smiling Chenghua Emperor from the Ming dynasty, representing harmonious and peaceful coexistence. During the Qing dynasty the auspicious decorative paintings reached their peak. Paintings with historical stories, myths and legends, opera figures, and romance novels prevailed on doors in cities and country sides around China.<\/p>\n

The classical paintings are manually printed on wood blocks. They are called \u6728\u7248\u5e74\u753b<\/strong> (m\u00f9 b\u01cen ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0), and their manufacturing composed of three steps: sketching the paint on paper, painstakingly engraving it on several wood blocks (one for each of the colors appearing in the painting), and then printing it to a rice paper with different brush for every wood block. The delicate outcome is worth the long process. Watch the process of making these woodcuts:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p7VpQH7jEB0<\/p>\n

Try to read this short text about \u5e74\u753b. Assist the vocabulary list if you need.<\/p>\n

\u6625\u8282\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u8282\u65e5\u3002\u5728\u8fc7\u5e74\u7684\u65f6\u5019\u5bb6\u5bb6\u6237\u6237\u653e\u97ad\u70ae\uff0c\u8d34\u6625\u8054\uff0c\u5403\u5e74\u996d\u3002\u8fd8\u6709\u4e00\u9879\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u4e8b\u60c5\uff0c\u5c31\u662f\u8d34\u5e74\u753b\u3002\u5e74\u753b\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u6c11\u95f4\u827a\u672f\u4e4b\u4e00\uff0c\u59cb\u4e8e\u53e4\u4ee3\u7684\u201c\u95e8\u795e\u753b\u201d\u3002\u5e74\u753b\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u7279\u6709\u7684\u4e00\u79cd\u7ed8\u753b\u4f53\u88c1\u3002\u6bcf\u503c\u5c81\u672b\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u6709\u5f20\u8d34\u5e74\u753b\u7684\u4e60\u4fd7\u3002\u5bb6\u5bb6\u6237\u6237\u90fd\u8981\u8d34\u4e0a\u559c\u5e86\u56fe\u6848\u7684\u5e74\u753b\uff0c\u5bd3\u610f\u5409\u7965\u5e78\u798f\u3002\u6728\u7248\u5e74\u753b\u6700\u8d1f\u76db\u540d\u3002\u6728\u7248\u5e74\u753b\u6e90\u4e8e\u5b8b\u4ee3\u7684\u96d5\u7248\u5370\u5237\u5de5\u827a\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ch\u016bn ji\u00e9 sh\u00ec zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n zu\u00ec zh\u00f2ng y\u00e0o de ji\u00e9 r\u00ec. Z\u00e0i gu\u00f2 ni\u00e1n de sh\u00ed h\u00f2u ji\u0101 ji\u0101 h\u00f9 h\u00f9 f\u00e0ng bi\u0101n p\u00e0o, ti\u0113 ch\u016bn li\u00e1n, ch\u012b ni\u00e1n f\u00e0n. H\u00e1i y\u01d2u y\u012b xi\u00e0ng zh\u00f2ng y\u00e0o de sh\u00ec q\u00edng, ji\u00f9 sh\u00ec ti\u0113 ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0. Ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0 sh\u00ec zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 m\u00edn ji\u0101n y\u00ec sh\u00f9 zh\u012b y\u012b, sh\u01d0 y\u00fa g\u01d4 d\u00e0i de \u201cm\u00e9n sh\u00e9n hu\u00e0\u201d. Ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0 sh\u00ec zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 t\u00e8 y\u01d2u de y\u012b zh\u01d2ng hu\u00ec hu\u00e0 t\u01d0 c\u00e1i. M\u011bi zh\u00ed su\u00ec m\u00f2 zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n y\u01d2u zh\u0101ng ti\u0113 ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0 de x\u00eds\u00fa. Ji\u0101 ji\u0101 h\u00f9 h\u00f9 d\u014du y\u00e0o ti\u0113 sh\u00e0ng x\u01d0 q\u00ecng t\u00fa \u00e0n de ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0, y\u00f9 y\u00ec j\u00ed xi\u00e1ng x\u00ecng f\u00fa. M\u00f9 b\u01cen ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0 zu\u00ec f\u00f9 sh\u00e8ng m\u00edng. M\u00f9 b\u01cen ni\u00e1n hu\u00e0 yu\u00e1n y\u00fa s\u00f2ng d\u00e0i de di\u0101o b\u01cen y\u00ecn shu\u0101 g\u014dng y\u00ec.<\/p>\n

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Chinese New Year will be celebrated this year on February 5th. Chinese New Year (\u6625\u8282, ch\u016bn ji\u00e9, literally means \u201cspring festival\u201d) has a lot of customs: New Year dinner, firecrackers, spring festival couplets, dumplings, and red envelopes, just to name a few. Among them is also the custom of hanging New Year paintings \u5e74\u753b (ni\u00e1n…<\/p>\n

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