开封地区年画业兴衰与周边河流的关系研究

Analysis of the Relationship between the Vicissitude of Wood Engraving New-year Painting Industry and the Rivers around Kaifeng Area

民间艺术木板年画在开封地区历经三次兴衰变化,制作中心也在开封城与朱仙镇之间做了一次回环,出现这种情况的因素,一方面是由年画业的行业性质所决定,另一方面是由开封地区的河流所决定——由水运而兴盛,也由洪涝而衰败。亦间接反映出中国历代政权的更迭与开封地区在历史上的地位变化。

The wood engraving new-year painting industry has vicissitude in Kaifeng area three times,its production center alternated between Kaifeng and Zhuxianzhen.The reasons of,one is the properties of the wood engraving new-year painting,another is the rivers around Kaifeng area——prosperity by water transport and downfall by floods.This situation also reflects the changes of China＇s policy and Kaifeng＇s status in history.