Yangliuqing New Year Picture is a main kind of folk woodcut New Year Picture, which is named after its production place - Yangliuqing Town of Tianjin. With a history of 600 years Yangliuqing New Year Picture inherited the painting traditions of the Song and Yuan dynasties and absorbed the essences of woodcut paintings, craftworks and stage arts of the Ming dynasties. Thanks to its rich themes, elegant patterns and comely color, the Yangliuqing New Year Picture is very popular among. One main variety is the chubby and lovely babies with either lotus in their hands or carps in their arms, which symbolizes the auspices. For example, the picture Liannianyouyu features a boy holding a lotus in his hand and a goldfish in his arms. ��lian�� in ��lianhua�� (lotus) stands for its homophone ��lian�� in ��liannian��( successive years) and ��yu�� (fish) for its homophone ��yu�� (surplus). Taken together, ��lianianyouyu�� gives the meaning of ��enjoying prosperity year after year. 

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