Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum

Wuqiang New Year pictures museum is the first professional museum of New Year pictures established in 1985. It is located in Wuqiang County on the roadside of Cangshi in the North China Plain. Its buildings are simple and elegant, full of traditional ethnic characteristics. It is not only the characteristic of the hometown of New Year pictures, but also an art palace to display and study traditional art and folk culture. It is the youth patriotism education base named by Hebei Province and Hengshui City. In 1993, Wu Qiang was honored as the "hometown of Chinese woodcut New Year pictures" by the Ministry of culture. "Chinese Folk Woodcut New Year pictures Publishing Research Association" is located in Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum. Wuqiang New Year pictures museum is the largest museum with the most abundant collection and the most popular display form in China. Covering a total area of 25100 square meters, the exhibition area is 2500 square meters, with a total of 9 exhibition halls and two galleries, as well as traditional craft restoration exhibition workshop and folk arts and Crafts Service Department. It has collected 3788 fine new year pictures of the past dynasties since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Chen Lei is divided into four parts: ① the historical evolution of Wuqiang New Year pictures; ② the traditional artistic style and characteristics of Wuqiang New Year pictures; ③ the traditional crafts of Wuqiang New Year pictures; ④ the traditional management of Wuqiang New Year pictures. The display is mainly based on original works, and also has restoration display, with various forms, so as to achieve the coordination and unity of history and reality, art and politics, traditional display and modern technology. The whole display is novel and unique, full of the flavor of the times, and has strong national and folk characteristics. It has strong knowledge, artistry, interest and participation. Since its opening, the museum has been highly praised by experts and visitors at home and abroad.

Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum

Wuqiang New Year pictures museum is the first special Museum of New Year pictures in China. Located in Wuqiang County, it is not only a symbol of the art town of New Year pictures, but also an art palace for displaying and studying agricultural culture.

Wuqiang New Year pictures museum is the protection unit of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative project "Wuqiang woodcut New Year pictures".

architectural composition

The Museum covers a total area of 25100 square meters, with a construction area of more than 5400 square meters. There are five exhibition halls and an antique New Year Painting Workshop.

Collection

There are more than 10000 cultural relics in the collection. At present, there are five exhibition halls and an antique new year painting workshop, which can protect and inherit the ancient craft of woodblock printing, one of the "four great inventions" in the past dynasties. The exhibition is divided into six parts: (1) the origin and development of New Year pictures; (2) the brilliant achievements in history; (3) the modern and modern Wuqiang New Year pictures with revolutionary tradition; (4) the new pattern of New Year pictures development; (5) the brilliant new year pictures in various places; (6) traditional craft workshops. The whole display is novel and unique, full of new era atmosphere, and strong national and folk characteristics.

Venue features

The whole display is novel and unique, full of new era atmosphere, and strong national and folk characteristics. With strong knowledge, artistry, interest and participation, it is not only a special place for patriotism education with excellent traditional culture, but also an outpost for protecting, inheriting and promoting folk art

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Function value

Since its opening in 1992, Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum has received attention and support from all walks of life at home and abroad. In 1993, it was named "the hometown of woodcut New Year pictures" by the Ministry of culture, and was introduced by nearly 100 news media. Wuqiang New Year picture Museum has become a window of Hengshui and even Hebei Province for foreign cultural exchange, receiving more than 100000 tourists annually, which has a great influence at home and abroad.

Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum has always paid attention to strengthening the research and protection of traditional culture, and successively compiled books such as Hebei Wuqiang New Year pictures, Wuqiang ancient folk door paintings, Wuqiang ancient lantern New Year pictures, Chinese Wuqiang folk god horse, Chinese Wuqiang New Year pictures art, Chinese woodcut New Year pictures integration · Wuqiang volume, etc. At the same time, more than 100 papers have been published at home and abroad. The R & D center has successively developed dozens of marketable products, such as New Year picture calendar, screen, porcelain plate, Zhang Da, gift hardcover painting, etc. In 2006, a set of 4 special stamps for Wuqiang woodblock New Year pictures was issued, opening up a new market for New Year pictures. In 2007, we jointly developed and printed the rare ancient books of Wuqiang New Year pictures with Beijing Library. Now we are working with Hebei University of science and technology to produce 100 episodes of Wuqiang New Year picture animation film "Legend of the painting village", and 50 episodes of CCTV TV series "New Year picture from Wuqiang", which will soon be on the market. With the museum as the leader, it has driven the production and sales of more than 40 new year painting workshops in the county. The annual output value reaches 10 million yuan

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Important events

Wuqiang New Year pictures museum's foreign cultural exchange activities are increasing year by year. It has successfully held special exhibitions of Wuqiang New Year pictures in China Art Museum, National Museum, Central Academy of fine arts, Tianjin Academy of fine arts, Hebei Normal University, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and other places. It has also held exhibitions of New Year pictures in Singapore, France, Spain, Belgium, South Korea, Japan and other countries, which have attracted hundreds of millions of domestic visitors People. Qigong, he Jingzhi and Zhang Ding inscribed the name of the museum. Ding Cong, Fang Cheng, Feng Jicai and other famous artists praised Wuqiang New Year pictures

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Cultural relics protection

Wuqiang New Year pictures have a long history, broad and profound. In 2003, they were selected into the first ten pilot projects of Chinese national and folk culture protection project. In 2006, they were selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list. More than ten artists of Wuqiang New Year pictures have been rated as folk arts and crafts artists, Ma Xiqin has been rated as an outstanding inheritor of Chinese folk culture, and Guo Shurong has been rated as a national master of Arts and crafts. More than 100 news media, such as CCTV, Tianjin TV, Hebei TV, Phoenix Satellite TV of Hong Kong and Japan Broadcasting Association, have successively shot special films on Wuqiang New Year pictures, which have been broadcast in prime time. Wuqiang New Year pictures enjoy a growing reputation and far-reaching influence

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Honors

Since 1999, Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum has been designated as Hebei patriotism education base, national key Museum, Hebei national defense education base, Central Academy of fine arts and other 17 higher art education practice bases. It successfully held three new year art festivals and hosted the 17th annual meeting of folk arts committee of China Arts and Crafts Association. On August 23, 2011, the national quality rating committee of tourist attractions approved Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum as a national 4A tourist attraction.

In November 2019, Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum won the protection unit of national intangible cultural heritage representative project "Wuqiang woodcut New Year pictures".

Practical information

30 yuan, free of charge for group visit of primary and secondary school students; half ticket for individual visit of students; free of charge for children less than 120 cm in height.

Traffic information

① Wuqiang county government to Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum

From the starting point to the south, drive 460 meters, straight into Fuxi road

Drive 180 meters along Fuxi road and turn right into Xinkai East Street

Drive 110 meters along Xinkai East Street to the terminal

② Wuqiang bus station to Wuqiang New Year pictures Museum

From the starting point to Fengcai South Road 1) from the starting point to due south, drive 110 meters along Anmin South Road, turn left 2) drive 300 meters, turn left into Fengcai South Road 3) drive 510 meters along Fengcai South Road, turn right into Xinkai East Street 4) drive 210 meters along Xinkai East street to the terminal.

Address: No.1 Xinkai street, Wuqiang County, Hebei Province

Longitude: 115.69778564453

Latitude: 37.70980054643

Tel: 0318-3822491

Ticket information: 30 yuan, free of charge for group visit of primary and secondary school students; half ticket for individual visit of students; free of charge for children less than 120 cm in height.

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