河南木版年画特点及活态传承研究

Research on the characteristics and living inheritance of Henan New Year wood-block paintings

通过对河南六大产区木版年画活态现状的调查研究以及与国内其他地区年画工艺特征的综合对比,分析了河南木版年画的特点、发展历史、文化内涵和面临的传承困境。概括得出:河南木版年画是中原大地人们审美观念的物化凝结,是华夏文明中民俗文化的活化石,是人们审美愿望与信仰寄托的物化形态。在此基础上,从六个方面对河南木版年画的活态传承进行论证,即丰富的文化内涵、久远的历史起源与传承、现实中面临的问题、地域分布与特点、与国内其他地区年画对比的文化异同、挽救河南木版年画传承危机的对策。

Based on the investigation of the living conditions of the six major wood-block New Year painting producing areas in Henan Province and a comprehensive comparision of the technical features in wood-block New Year paintings with other areas,this paper analyzes the characteristics,development history,cultural connotation and inheritance dilemma of this painting form in Henan province.It is concluded that Henan New Year wood-block paintings show the aesthetic concept of the people living in central China and they are the living fossils of the folk culture in the Chinese civilization,embodying people’s aesthetic desire and belief.The related six issues about Henan New Year wood-block paintings are discussed in this paper,namely the cultural connotation,the long history of origin and inheritance,current problems,geographical distribution and characteristics,similarites and differences with such paintings in other places,and measues of saving and inheriting Henan New Year wood-block paintings.