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(Chinese New Year Folk Woodblock Print — Nianhua) A traditional Chinese New Year folk woodblock print depicting a festive family celebration. Fourteen figures fill the composition. At the center, an elderly patriarch with a white beard sits at a banquet table, smiling and holding a cup. Around him are adults drinking and sharing food, while one adult holds a laughing baby. In the foreground, six children play energetically: two perform a dragon dance, one holds a lotus flower, two ignite firecrackers, and others engage in lively New Year games. Sparks, motion, and joyful chaos contrast with the calm adults above. The interior is richly decorated with red lanterns bearing double-happiness symbols, a central “fortune” character on the wall, patterned flooring, and festive objects. The scene is symmetrical, dense, and celebratory. Rendered in traditional Chinese nianhua woodblock style with bold black outlines, flat colour planes, naïve expressive faces, and symbolic scale. Colour palette dominated by warm yellow, vermilion red, purple, cream white, and jade green. No Western perspective, no shading, no realism. The image must read as an auspicious Chinese New Year folk print celebrating family unity, prosperity, fertility, and joy. Mood & Meaning Joy, abundance, generational continuity, and domestic harmony. A visual blessing for the coming year.
An intricate, traditional Chinese print depicting a vibrant scene of celebration, possibly for Chinese New Year, with 19 figures of varying ages dressed in traditional attire, set in an ornate indoor space. In the center, an elderly man with a long white beard, wearing a purple robe, is seated at a long yellow dining table laden with numerous dishes of food and small cups. He is surrounded by other adults and children, also seated at the table or standing nearby. A small, bare-chested child with a topknot hairstyle is standing on the table towards the right, seemingly reaching for something.
The background features red lanterns hanging on either side of a central red banner with a golden Chinese character, likely "福" (fú) meaning 'fortune' or 'good luck'. Vases filled with red-blossomed branches, possibly plum blossoms, are placed on ornate furniture to the left and right. Stacks of golden ingots are visible near the vases.
In the foreground, several children in colorful robes are engaged in playful activities on a checkered floor of green, red, and off-white. On the left, two children are holding a long, red dragon puppet, one at the head and one at the tail.
