On January 11, the intangible cultural heritage product " Shen Tu Yu Lei " Door God New Year Pictures sponsored by Fu "Luo" My Studio was released in Beijing. More than 100 collectors and many folk artists gathered together to celebrate the intangible cultural heritage "Shen Tu Yu Lei" door god New Year paintings they started to create in April 2019.
It is understood that Shen Tu Yulei is the oldest humanoid door god in China. The earliest record comes from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". From the time when woodblock New Year pictures appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty to the present day, the images of these two door gods will appear on the door of every household during the traditional Spring Festival. The New Year paintings of the door gods Shen Tu and Yu Lei are large in size, with plump figures and exquisite pattern details. Because the two gods Shen Tu and Yu Lei have the sun and moon on their heads respectively, they are also known as the "Sun and Moon Door Gods".
This traditional woodblock New Year painting activity of "Shen Tu Yu Lei" adopts high-end customization methods, selects ancient Qing Dynasty editions, and invites famous artists with superb skills in the New Year painting industry to complete the production. This limited edition door god lasted for 330 days and was printed using the ancient Wuding door god edition from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty collected by Mr. Zhang Dianying, an 85-year-old Chinese arts and crafts master and first-class folk arts and crafts artist. This form of customization completely solves the sales pressure on New Year painting artists when their works enter the market, making it possible to hand-make high-quality woodblock New Year paintings in strict accordance with ancient methods.
Woodblock New Year pictures as folk items have long been replaced by offset New Year pictures, but as prints woodblock New Year pictures as artworks have just opened a new market. The exquisite craftsmanship of folk artists has brought these ancient carvings to life. They are not only favored by professional collectors and researchers, but have also been spread as interior decorative arts at home and abroad, allowing modern urban home environments to exude a strong traditional artistic charm.
(pictures are authorized to be used by the organizer)
Source: China Daily website
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