Period:Unknown Production date:1901-2000 (early 20th century)
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 31.60 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 27 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour on paper
IMG
![图片[1]-new year-print BM-1982-1217-0.113-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00295581_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-new year-print BM-1982-1217-0.113-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00693228_001.jpg)
Comments:This is the right-hand print of a pair. Its counterpart would be a mirror image bearing different Chinese characters. The characters on this print read ‘new spring,’ the equivalent of ‘New Year’. On the ground is a branch of three citrons (sanyuan), a visual pun expressing hopes that a candidate would achieve top ranking (yuan) in all three (san) examination levels (sanyuan). This would bring fame and wealth to his family. The characters in the left margin are the name of the print shop that produced this image. As early as the 6th century, it was customary in China to paste an image of a rooster on the door on the first day of the lunar New Year to protect the household. The rooster is associated with the sun because when the cock crows all the darkness of evil is thought to disappear.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 31.60 centimetres (Royal mount) Width: 27 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour on paper
IMG
Comments:This is the right-hand print of a pair. Its counterpart would be a mirror image bearing different Chinese characters. The characters on this print read ‘new spring,’ the equivalent of ‘New Year’. On the ground is a branch of three citrons (sanyuan), a visual pun expressing hopes that a candidate would achieve top ranking (yuan) in all three (san) examination levels (sanyuan). This would bring fame and wealth to his family. The characters in the left margin are the name of the print shop that produced this image. As early as the 6th century, it was customary in China to paste an image of a rooster on the door on the first day of the lunar New Year to protect the household. The rooster is associated with the sun because when the cock crows all the darkness of evil is thought to disappear.
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