水印版画技术肇始于中国。水印版画在历史上经历了数次技术变革,特别是经过明代胡正言创造饾版技术,使得水印版画的表现力得到了飞跃。时至今日,水印版画由于手工性和古朴材质所表现的特殊美感,而被很多版画家所采用。在过去的几十年里,国内诸多版画家的作品入选国际版画展,不是以铜版画、石版画等 Watermark printing technology originated in China. Watermark prints have undergone several technological changes in history, especially through the creation of the Ming version of Hu Zhengban version technology, making the expressiveness of watermark prints leap. To date, watermark prints have been adopted by many print artists due to the special beauty of handmade and quaint materials. In the past few decades, the works of many Chinese painters have been selected for international printmaking exhibitions, not copperplate prints, lithographs, etc.