去年夏天,笔者之一曾与《美术》杂志社的同志一起到天津杨柳青、苏州桃花坞和上海的一个年画创作组进行了一个多月的参观访问,就年画的创作和发行等情况,作了一些调查,接触了不少从事年画创作或组织工作的同志并交换了意见,现就有关繁荣年画创作,满足群众需要的几个问题,谈谈自己粗浅的看法,以期引起重视和讨论。年画作为一个独立的画种,有它自己的产生和发展的特殊条件:它是在过年时贴在 Last summer, one of the authors worked with comrades from Fine Art magazine on more than one month’s visit to Tianjin’s Yangliuqing in Tianjin, Taohuawu in Suzhou and a New Year creation team in Shanghai to discuss the creation and distribution of New Year pictures Some investigations have come into contact with many comrades engaged in the creation or organization of the New Year pictures and exchanged opinions. We are now going to discuss some of the issues concerning the prosperity of New Year pictures and the needs of the masses and their own superficial views so as to draw attention and discussion. New Year paintings, as an independent painting, have its own special conditions for the birth and development: it was pasted during the Chinese New Year