年画作为我国特有的一种民间美术形式,是为适应传统的年节庆贺风俗活动而产生并发展起来的。由于它在春节前张贴于千家万户,对人们的思想情操和审美情趣有着巨大的潜移默化作用。年画也是由当时的桃符、门神演变来的。大约在秦汉时期,当时的人们就有了除夕在门户上画神荼、郁垒及虎以驱鬼魅等不祥之物的习俗。到宋代,在汴京(今开封)、临安(今杭州)的岁末市场上已有预先画好的门 New Year paintings, as a peculiar form of folk art in our country, are produced and developed to meet the needs of traditional customs. Since it was posted on thousands of households before the Spring Festival, it has a huge subtle influence on people’s sentiments and aesthetic taste. New Year paintings are also from the peach Fu, door god evolved. Around the Qin and Han dynasties, people at that time had the custom of painting the New Year’s Eve on the portal, Yu Lei and the tiger to exorcise the ghosts and other ominous things. To the Song Dynasty, there was a pre-painted door at the end of the year in Beijing (now Kaifeng) and Lin’an (now Hangzhou)