New Year picture

'Honourable Offspring after Another'. Yangliuqing New Year Picture. Kangxi Period (1661-1722). National Art Museum of China
New Year picture of the Qing dynasty
New Year picture. Unknown. 1900.
New Year picture. Three Deities colored woodblock print. 1900s
New Year picture. The Spirit of the Doors woodblock print. 1900s

A New Year picture (Chinese: 年画; pinyin: níanhùa) is a popular Banhua in China. It is a form of colored woodblock print, used for decoration and the performance of rituals during the Chinese New Year Holiday. In the 19th and 20th centuries some printers began to use the genre to depict current events.