Yangjiabu New Year Wood-block Prints 杨家埠木版年画

时间:2006年
Time: 2006
类别:民间美术
Category: Folk Art
地区:山东
Region: Shandong Province
编号:Ⅶ—5
Ref. No.: Ⅶ—5
申报地区或单位:山东省潍坊市
Nominating unit[s]: Weifang City, Shandong Province
杨家埠木版年画是流传于山东省潍坊市杨家埠的一种民间版画。明代隆庆二年后,杨家埠年画艺人创立了“恒顺”、“同顺堂”、“万曾城”、“天和永”等四家画店。清代乾嘉年间,杨家埠木版年画开始兴盛,至咸丰年间达到鼎盛,一时间,当地出现了画店百家、画种上千的盛况,年画人才辈出,杨家埠木版年画曾行销大半个中国。1949年后,因战乱而一度萧条的杨家埠木版年画枯木逢春,重新焕发了生机。1952年,杨家埠木版年画印制780万张。1979年,原潍县政府成立了杨家埠木版年画研究所,专门对杨家埠木版年画进行挖掘整理、研究创新。
Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints are a type of popular folk print from Yangjiabu, Weifang City, Shandong Province. Since the second year of the reign of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints artists had started up four art stores, namely the "Hengshun", "Tongshuntang", "Wanzengcheng" and "Tianheyong" stores. During the reign of the Qianlong and Jiaqing Emperors in the Qing Dynasty, the Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints began to flourish and reached its peak in the reign of Xianfeng, when hundreds of local art stores emerged along with thousands of painting types and a large number of talented New Year wood-block prints painters, with Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints being sold across over half of China. Since 1949, the Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints, once diminished because of the wars, were revived with vigor. In 1952, 7.8 million Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints were printed. In 1979, the former Wei County Government set up the Research Institute of Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints, devoted to the excavation, sorting, research and innovation of Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints.
杨家埠木版年画制作方法简便,工艺精湛,色彩鲜艳,内容丰富。每年春节年画题材都会更换一次,许多新思想、新事物出现之后,马上就能够在年画中反映出来,对社会的进步起到一定的促进作用。另外,杨家埠木版年画还间接地记录下了中国民居和民间社会生活的情况,对于中国古代文化的研究有一定的参考价值。
Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints feature simple processes, exquisite craftmanshipe, bright colors and rich content. Painting themes are different for every Spring Festival, and many new ideas and new subjects are immediately reflected in the New Year wood-block prints, contributing to social progress. In addition, Yangjiabu New Year wood-block prints have indirectly recorded the Chinese residence and living conditions which are valuable for the study of ancient Chinese culture.

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