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Zhuxian Town New Year Pictures originated in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is said that Kaifeng Zhuxian Town is the birthplace of China's "woodblock watermark New Year Pictures". This kind of New Year pictures are full of local flavor, with rough and unrestrained engraving lines, full and compact composition, romantic and exaggerated character modeling, and have distinct local characteristics and ancient artistic style. The varieties of New Year pictures include door gods, stove paintings, central halls, couplets, etc., most of which are based on familiar characters, stories and legends, and are deeply welcomed by the masses.