This photo taken on January 4, 2023 shows Rong Weichen, an inheritor of Dongchangfu New Year woodblock prints, checking prints in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. /CNSPHOTO
This photo taken on January 4, 2023 shows Rong Weichen, an inheritor of Dongchangfu New Year woodblock prints, checking prints in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. /CNSPHOTO
This photo taken on January 4, 2023 shows Rong Weichen, an inheritor of Dongchangfu New Year woodblock prints, checking prints in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. /CNSPHOTO
This photo taken on January 4, 2023 shows New Year woodblock prints being produced in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. /CNSPHOTO
The New Year woodblock prints are showed in Liaocheng, Shandong Province on January 4, 2023. /CNSPHOTO
New Year woodblock prints are a popular traditional art form in China, and are a widely circulated folk custom seen during the Chinese Lunar New Year festival to bestow blessings of prosperity and good fortune.
Dongchangfu New Year woodblock prints, as a style of folk-art, have been passed down through the generations for over 300 years in Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province. They draw inspiration from a wide range of sources, including real-life scenarios, historical figures, opera stories, and mythology and legend. They usually feature themes of auspiciousness such as blessings, wealth, longevity and joy.