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New Year paintings decorate Shanghai

Updated: 2014-01-20 10:21 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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New Year paintings decorate Shanghai

A visitor takes a picture of a nianhua, or New Year painting, at the Shanghai Library, in Shanghai, January 19, 2013. [Photo/icpress]

More than 80 New Year paintings from Tianjin's famous Yiyongcheng painting shop in Yangliuqing and 28 from the Shanghai Library are currently on display. The Xiaojiaochang New Year wood-block prints, representing Shanghai's local culture, are just as well-known as the Yangliuqing New Year paintings from Tianjin.

Yangliuqing nianhua (New Year painting) is a kind of folk woodcut, named after its place of origin, Yangliuqing town in Tianjin. The traditional works are made mainly through a combination of woodblock carving and hand painting.

New Year paintings decorate Shanghai

New Year paintings decorate Shanghai

New Year paintings decorate Shanghai

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