Folk artist in his 80s revives age-old woodblock printing
China DailyA craftsperson paints a print featuring a plump baby holding a large fish with a lotus in the background－a classic image of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year prints. Yangliuqing Woodblock Printing was one of the most popular forms of New Year decorations in China, which flourished in Tianjin and the surrounding areas during a period between the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. Wang, an inheritor of the Yangliuqing Woodblock Printing in North China's Tianjin municipality, was one of the few artists dedicated to fish paintings which were traditionally hung on people's walls beside the water vats to express good wishes for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Fish painting for water vat, featuring bright colors, was one of the most traditional types of Yangliuqing Woodblock Printing," Wang said, adding that it was popular among the common families. Now the Yangliuqing Woodblock Printing has become an art and is not unique to the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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