Woodcut, it is a of Chinese art important category. Archaic woodcut basically is to point to woodcarving, also graving of a few copper and chromatically leakage imprint. Unique knife flavor and wooden flavour make it is in China culture is artistic history on the artistic value that has independence and position. Traditional woodcut has in China write long history, according to historical data, archaic woodcut but restrospect to the Western Han Dynasty, arrived bright generation metaphase, civilian xylograph had unprecedented development. Three time are prime, chinese burgeoning woodcut is arisen, experienced the development of half many century, appeared the edition painter with a batch of remarkable success. 1949 after, burgeoning woodcut develops quickly, professional woodcut home and author of woodcut of Yu of course of study spread all over countrywide each estate. A picture printed from an engraved or etched plate that this period produces besides woodcarving, etching, lithograph, webby woodcut also obtains new development. Develop a children woodcut, farmer woodcut, woodcut to collect books again in recent years the ticket, acquire all walks of life reputably. Chinese woodcut is in new old below the joint efforts of home of two acting woodcut, formed area style and genre. Woodcut of Chinese ancient time has the development contrail of itself in historical endless flow, formed the artistic color that has distinguishing feature alone. Mr Zheng Zhenduo ever said: "Pear jujube drawing, to promote culture, work is expensive cannot get the better of character " . This is the proper assessment of artistic to woodcut position. (Author: Chen Chuan Jiang Chen Qian)




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