Representative Works of Chinese Woodblock New Year Paintings
by Feng Jicai
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Woodblock new year painting is an old handicraft of China, going back thousands of years. People celebrate the Spring Festival by posting up woodblock new year paintings, praying for their good wishes. Chief edited by the contemporary Chinese author, artist, and cultural scholar Feng Jicai, the Representative Works of Chinese Woodblock New Year Paintings is a collection of the masterpieces selected out of over ten thousand woodblock new year paintings. It has two volumes, the Northern and the Southern, from which one can see the differences in the custom of the two regions. The book has received support from scholars and institutions worldwide, among which the Japanese museums' collections of Gusu woodblock new year paintings in the early Qing Dynasty and the Russian museums' collections of late Qing and early Republic China are disclosed to the world for the first time. So the book is not only a historical art collection, but also of high cultural heritage significance.
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The book won the 65th Premier Print Benny Award of America in 2014.
Qingdao Publishing House
Qingdao Publishing House is a state-owned publisher of China founded in 1987. It has published nearly 20,000 titles covering the complete publication spectrum.
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- Publisher Qingdao Publishing House
- Orginal LanguageChinese simplified
- ISBN/Identifier 9787543696327
- Publication Country or regionChina
- FormatHardback
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Title中国木版年画代表作
- Original Language Authors冯骥才
- Copyright Year2013
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