[New Year Chronicle] Traditional woodblock New Year pictures incorporate epidemic prevention elements
【Explanation】February 4th coincides with the traditional festival in northern China, the New Year.
That night, dozens of students, led by Ren Tao, the inheritor of Kaifeng woodblock New Year pictures, started a joint drawing of New Year pictures.
Anti-epidemic elements such as "health code and thermometer" appear on the traditional New Year pictures, which means to avoid the epidemic.
[Explanation] At the event site, the students sat at intervals, some were painting "Auspicious Star Gao Zhaozhao Jun's Mansion", some were painting a woodcut New Year picture with anti-epidemic elements, and a group of people painted "Ding Sheng Fu Niu" New Year Painting, but in the end they all experienced the printing of a traditional woodblock New Year picture in turn.
[Concurrent] Student Zhou Jiaqi
The main purpose of my painting is to remind you to kill the virus every day, take your body temperature on time, and prepare a medical kit. If you are injured, you can use the contents in it to treat.
Because the virus is afraid of high temperatures, I specially painted it in red here, and I plan to put it at the door of my house to ward off evil spirits.
[Concurrent] Student Li Qingchang
There are all paintings in this New Year picture. Wheat means abundant grains, then dense trees, and carp.
There are also carp and carp (meaning that we have more than one year after year), there are also some auspicious birds, and the inverted blessing character means (福到), this ox means a happy year of the ox and good luck.
[Explanation] The small year on the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month of the lunar calendar is also called "sacrifice stove", which is a traditional custom that has been widely spread among Chinese people.
Legend has it that the "Stove King" is responsible for managing the stove fires of each family and is worshiped as the protector of the family.
Worshiping the stove king is also a reflection of the Chinese people's pursuit of the dream of "surplus food and clothing".
【Explanation】According to "Tokyo Dream Hualu" records, in recent years, the market all printed the door god Zhongkui, Taoban, Taofu and Caimen dumb donkey, turning back the deer and horse, and Tianxing posts, which truly reflect the Northern Song Dynasty, Kaifeng The printing and sale of woodblock New Year pictures.
[Explanation] Ren Tao's father, Ren Helin, is the inheritor of Kaifeng woodblock New Year pictures, a project for the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Henan Province.
Ren Tao not only inherited this skill, but also an art teacher.
This year, on the basis of traditional woodblock New Year pictures, Ren Tao created the "Prevention New Year Pictures".
The characters in the painting wear masks, and the weapons in the painting are replaced with anti-epidemic supplies such as "health codes, temperature detectors, and disinfectants" to bring traditional New Year pictures to life.
[Concurrent] Ren Tao, inheritor of Kaifeng woodblock New Year pictures, art teacher of Zhengzhou 51 Middle School
How to make our traditional culture radiate new vitality in the new era, we have the side of inheriting the tradition and the side of innovation.
In traditional New Year pictures, whether it was in the Song Dynasty more than a thousand years ago or in our modern era, the New Year is a wish for a better life. Despite the changes in time and space, this beautiful wish is eternal.
In the case of this year's epidemic (prevention and control), we have specially designed an epidemic prevention gatekeeper.
With traditional cultural elements, we took the Kaifeng woodblock New Year pictures of Yang Gun and Zhao Kuangyin as prototypes, and at the same time incorporated the theme of anti-epidemic.
Without losing the joyous and warm atmosphere of the Spring Festival, everyone should pay attention to epidemic prevention and spend a peaceful and peaceful Year of the Ox.
Li Chaoqing and Kan Li report from Zhengzhou, Henan
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】