中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第100期:木板年畫的藝術

The Art of Block-Printed Chinese New Year Pictures

As a unique form of folk art, block-printed Chinese New Year pictures stand out in its artistic expression. As far as their artistic creation is concerned,these pictures are free from the limitations of time and space,with masterly generalized themes and sensationally exaggerated images. In terms of their brushwork or style,these pictures have inherited the traditional Chinese sketching techniques,with an accurate and well-conceived composition, simple yet bold lines,unsophisticated yet exaggerated images,bright and lively colors. As regards printing, black, red, green, blue and yellow are the preferred colors. In short,with skillfully contrasted colors, characteristic themes, honest and graceful figures，these pictures give off a strong local flavor.

作爲民間藝術的獨特形式，中國木刻年畫的藝術表現力脫穎而出。對於它們的藝術創作而言，這些圖片都是不受時間和空間的限制，以精湛的通用主題及誇張的圖像繪製而成。對於他們的繪畫和風格而言，這些圖片都繼承了中國傳統的素描技術，具有準確，周密的組成，簡單而大膽的線條，單純而又誇張的圖片，鮮豔和生動的色彩。至於印刷，黑，紅，綠，藍和黃是優選的顏色。總之，隨着巧妙地對比的顏色，特色主題，誠實和優美的人物，這些照片散發出濃郁的鄉土氣息。