◎Wuqiang New Year Pictures Museum

As the first museum of New Year pictures in China,the Wuqiang New Year Pictures Museum was established with the approval of Hebei Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage in 1985.It covers a land area of 25,100 square meters and a building area of 4,700 square meters.It has a simple and elegant architectural style with the characteristics of folk houses of northern China.It has collected more than 10,000 ancient New Year pictures and materials in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,including more than 1,000 cultural relics of Grade III or above.With five exhibition halls and one operation and demonstration hall,it is the largest museum of New Year pictures in the world.The Wuqiang New Year Pictures Museum reproduces the historical features of Wuqiang New Year pictures and is known as “Dunhuang of Folk Fine Arts.”

The Wuqiang New Year Pictures Museum has been tilted National Key Museum,National AA Tourist Attraction,Hebei Provincial Base for Patriotism Education,Hebei Provincial Base for National Defense Education,and selected as the standing station by the Chinese Research Association of Woodcut New Year Painting.Also it has been designated as an educational and practice base by 17 colleges and universities such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts.(https://www.daowen.com)

Since its establishment,the Wuqiang New Year Pictures Museum has successfully held three sessions of New Year Picture Festival,hosted the 17th Annual Meeting of the Folk Arts & Crafts Committee of China National Arts and Crafts Society,and held art exhibitions of New Year pictures at the Palace Museum,Nanjing Museum,National Art Museum of China,Capital Museum,National Museum of China,etc.,and went abroad to the United States,Singapore,Belgium,Spain and South Korea for the cultural exchange between China and other places,winning a high reputation.