Jiangzhou woodblock New Year pictures have a wide range of themes, including history, humanities, society and drama. And people prefer dramatic characters. There are pictures of ancient celebrities, which not only show the great aspirations of the sages and philosophers, but also depict the ancient heroism. Woodblock New Year pictures scattered among the people reflect people's prayers for happiness, bumper harvest, filial piety, longevity, sending children, teaching children, peace in the four seasons, happiness and prosperity. There were loyal ministers in ancient times, such as keeper, Guan Gong, Zhao Yun, Qin Qiong and Zhong Kui. With the theme of blessing, the fairy sends the child, the unicorn sends the child, the Eight Immortals celebrate their birthday, the ancient philosophers give birth to gold, and the four seasons are safe; Immortals with immortal themes, Eight Immortals, Liu Hai Opera Toad, Hehe Erxian, Ma Zao and Ma Wang; There are folk themes, such as mouse marriage, monkey robbery, five sons entering the topic, town house gods and tigers, filial piety, etc. There are practical themes such as computer room instructions, three mothers teaching children, spring cow pictures, and happy pictures of fishing and firewood; Tianhe Pei, Yellow Crane Tower and Zhao Yun, with the theme of traditional Chinese opera, were saved. Especially in ancient times, loyal people, the image of printmaking is mighty, which gives people great shock; Its beautiful women and ladies' luxurious clothes and appearance, as well as beautiful embroidered skirts give people a sense of intimacy. The cloud carved chair, coffee table, bronze ware, flower arrangement and wall clock in the living room give people an elegant and quiet aesthetic feeling.
Jiangzhou woodblock New Year pictures have a wide range of themes, which can be roughly divided into the following eight categories:
1, door gods. For example, Qin Qiong Jingde, Zhao Yun Nothing and Zhang Xi 'an Nothing, about a dozen categories, are posted in different locations according to different contents. For example, Zhao Yun nothing is posted on the daughter-in-law's door, while Zhong Kui is posted on both sides of the door.
2. Jesus Christ. Kitchen God, heaven and earth, land, ancestors, Zhong Kui, industry founder and God of life are the main factors. In this category, the worship of Guan Yu is also an important content, mainly reading Chunqiu at night to make money from Shangguan (Guan). The portrait of Guan Gong carved by this "Du Wuliu" painting shop is a masterpiece. In addition, there are money horses and beasts. Wealth horse evolved from paper horse, which is the most widely used type in Jiangzhou woodblock New Year pictures. At the end of the year, it is posted on all aspects of the family, representing good luck. The main contents are Yipin Deng Chao, God bless the people, Liu Hai fighting toad, Hehe Erxian and so on. God beast evolved from totem worship, with spring bull pictures and tigers as the main ones.
3, the lady map. It is not only the content of traditional painting, but also an important theme of Jiangzhou woodblock New Year pictures, which developed from ancient costumes to ladies' cheongsam paintings. Among them, there are many pictures of sending children, mostly relying on people's wishes to have children all over the house, mainly "Kirin sending children" and "Fairy sending children".
4. Drama stories. Most of them take China traditional operas as the theme, and in the form of expression, they are much smaller, with one couplet and four pictures. Others capture interesting things in life, such as "the monkey grabs the hat". Legend has it that an old man pushed a cart of straw hats past Monkey Mountain. The straw hat was snatched away by a group of monkeys, and the old man used his quick wits to lure the monkeys into a drunken state and recapture the straw hat. Have a wide influence.
5. Education. Mainly based on Twenty-four Filial Pieties and persuasion. Among them, Twenty-four Filial Piety has two versions: the late Ming and early Qing versions and the early Republic of China versions. There are mainly more than 20 pieces of advice, such as "Celebrity Map" and "Boudoir Educator".
6. Practical class. Mainly window painting, lamp painting and Bo Gu. The content is mostly opera characters, flowers and birds, etc. , there is a small amount. Bo Gu is mainly used for seal cutting, and is mostly used for the decoration of gentlemen's study. At the same time, there are couplets, mingbi, playing cards, advertising trademarks and so on.
7. blessing class. This kind of painting reflects people's ideal and pursuit of beautiful things. Borrow more flowers and fruits from the four seasons to express the auspicious peace of the four seasons.
8. The bottom of the box. This is a pornographic painting. In the past, it was used as a sexual enlightenment textbook for young women when they got married. Press it at the bottom of the box or hide it in the beam to ward off evil spirits.