年画（英文版）

TwentyyearsagoIchoseNewYearpaintings,themostimportantbranchofChinesefolkart,asthesubjectofmymaster'sdegreethesis.Atthattime,mytutorMr.WangShucuntoldme,"AmongallChinesefolkart,NewYearpaintingsaretherichest,mostartisticallyexpressiveandvisuall7appealing.InNewYearpaintings,storiesaretold,plotsaredesigned,charactersaredepicted,paintingstrokesareused,compositionandcolormatchingarestressed,and"rhymes'areadoptedforportrayingthecharacters,describingsceneries,colorsandmeanings."SincethenmypersonalinterestandmyresearchinNewYearpaintingshascontinuedtogrow.