北宋汴梁的版画刊印及其贡献

Printings and Contributions of Bianliang's Engraving in the Northern Song Dynasty

汴梁是北宋的绘画中心,同时也是北宋的刻书中心,汴梁绘画和汴梁雕版印刷事业的兴盛共同促进汴梁版画的繁荣。在汴梁,版画的雕印技术被广泛应用到生活中,佛经版画的刊印也较前代有很大的提高,版画作为书籍插图被成功运用,木版年画也因此得以发明。无论在题材开拓上,还是在应用形式的创新上汴梁版画都具有划时代的意义。

Being the center of paintings and carved books in the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang achieved prosperity of prints promoted by the flourish of paintings and engraving books. In Bialiang, print technology was widely used in daily life. The prints of Buddhist scriptures gained great development meanwhile prints were firstly used as illustrations for books and wood engraving new-year paintings were invented. Bianliang prints had epoch-making significance both in the development of the subject and in the application of this innovation.