American and British Assets: Collecting New Year paintings should start from three aspects

New Year painting is a unique traditional folk art form in China, which expresses people's joyful aesthetic taste through popular painting language. New Year paintings have a long history. The custom of sticking door gods emerged in the Han Dynasty and reached its peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In recent years, with the improvement of people's living standards and changes in home environments, New Year paintings have gradually withdrawn from modern life and entered the field of collection. With the entry of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, New Year paintings have become a promising stock in the Tibetan community. Due to the high collection and appreciation value of New Year paintings, their value has been continuously increasing in the Tibetan community in recent years, and their value has skyrocketed. At auctions, the value of the New Year painting "Longevity Star Picture" has reached7Ten thousand yuan, achieved in the "Three Star Map"12Ten thousand yuan. Based on the author's years of personal collection practice, it is recommended to focus on three aspects in collecting New Year paintings:

One is to start collecting from the subject matter. New Year paintings centered around deities(Such as the Gate God, Wealth God, Kitchen God, Guan King, Eight Immortals, etc)New Year paintings with auspicious patterns(Such as having surplus in auspicious occasions, giving birth to a noble son consecutively, and celebrating the birthday of a group of immortals, etc)New Year paintings featuring historical figures and stories(Such as the Peach Blossom Garden Confession, Wenji Returning to Han, Zhaojun Leaving the Frontier, etc)New Year paintings featuring traditional Chinese opera stories(Such as "The Empty City Plan", "The Red Lady's Biography", etc)Market style New Year paintings(Such as "Spring Tour", "Dragon Boat Race", "Money Tree Shake", etc)Collect several categories of themes.

The second is to start collecting from the place of origin. Focusing on the four major production areas of folk woodcut New Year paintings in China(Suzhou Taohuawu, Tianjin Yangliuqing, Shandong Weifang, Sichuan Mianzhu)Go on Taobao. Suzhou Taohuawu New Year paintings have a rich composition, bright colors, strong decoration, and a strong sense of life. They have always been favored by the domestic and foreign collection circles. Their representative works include "Spring Ox Painting", "Mouse Marries Woman Painting", "Hundred Birds Painting", "Three Friends of the Cold Year", "Harvest Painting", and so on. Tianjin Yangliu Youth Painting adopts a combination of woodblock printing and hand-painted painting, creating a unique style that is vivid, auspicious, and full of touching themes. It is called "South Peach and North Willow" along with Suzhou Taohuawu New Year Painting. His representative works include "Heting Xiaoxia", "Fu Shou Ping An", and so on. New Year painting is a unique traditional folk art form in China, which expresses people's joyful aesthetic taste through popular painting language. New Year paintings have a long history. The custom of sticking door gods emerged in the Han Dynasty and reached its peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In recent years, with the improvement of people's living standards and changes in home environments, New Year paintings have gradually withdrawn from modern life and entered the field of collection. With the entry of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, New Year paintings have become a promising stock in the Tibetan community.

Due to the high collection and appreciation value of New Year paintings, their value has been continuously increasing in the Tibetan community in recent years, and their value has skyrocketed. At auctions, the value of the New Year painting "Longevity Star Picture" has reached7Ten thousand yuan, achieved in the "Three Star Map"12Ten thousand yuan. Based on the author's years of personal collection practice, it is recommended to focus on three aspects in collecting New Year paintings:

One is to start collecting from the subject matter. New Year paintings centered around deities(Such as the Gate God, Wealth God, Kitchen God, Guan King, Eight Immortals, etc)New Year paintings with auspicious patterns(Such as having surplus in auspicious occasions, giving birth to a noble son consecutively, and celebrating the birthday of a group of immortals, etc)New Year paintings featuring historical figures and stories(Such as the Peach Blossom Garden Confession, Wenji Returning to Han, Zhaojun Leaving the Frontier, etc)New Year paintings featuring traditional Chinese opera stories(Such as "The Empty City Plan", "The Red Lady's Biography", etc)Market style New Year paintings(Such as "Spring Tour", "Dragon Boat Race", "Money Tree Shake", etc)Collect several categories of themes.

The second is to start collecting from the place of origin. Focusing on the four major production areas of folk woodcut New Year paintings in China(Suzhou Taohuawu, Tianjin Yangliuqing, Shandong Weifang, Sichuan Mianzhu)Go on Taobao. Suzhou Taohuawu New Year paintings have a rich composition, bright colors, strong decoration, and a strong sense of life. They have always been favored by the domestic and foreign collection circles. Their representative works include "Spring Ox Painting", "Mouse Marries Woman Painting", "Hundred Birds Painting", "Three Friends of the Cold Year", "Harvest Painting", and so on. Tianjin Yangliu Youth Painting adopts a combination of woodblock printing and hand-painted painting, creating a unique style that is vivid, auspicious, and full of touching themes. It is called "South Peach and North Willow" along with Suzhou Taohuawu New Year Painting. His representative works include "Heting Xiaoxia", "Fu Shou Ping An", and so on.