Printing and printing of the New Year picture of five sons seizing lotus

[Printing plate Wuzi Zhuolian New Year Painting]

Printing plate Wuzi Zhuolian New Year Painting, printing plate, color setting, vertical 60.5cm, horizontal 105cm
This picture is a typical folk New Year picture from northern China. Judging by its style, brushwork, and color, it seems to be a New Year picture produced in Weifang, Shandong Province. The painting shows five children playing and chasing for lotus seeds. The boy is simple and unsophisticated, with a charmingly naive manner. The traditional auspicious theme of “five sons seizing lotus” is mostly used in folk New Year paintings and utensils manufacturing techniques. “Lianzi” and “Lianzi” are homonymous, implying that the birth of a noble son is continuous and that many children are blessed
This painting was donated by Mr. Ye Youxin