Xinji Folk Custom I: Peasant Painting
Xinji peasant painting has a long history. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xinji had folk traditions such as painting, embroidery, cutting and weaving. In 1950s, Xinji farmers' paintings, with frescoes as the main form, were fresh, simple and extensive. In 1960s, Xinji peasant paintings tended to be elegant, meticulous and focused on modeling. Since the 1970s, Xinji's peasant paintings mainly show life, with mellow, rough, naive and gorgeous local characteristics, forming a unique style of "naive, simple, elegant and vulgar * * *".
1February, 987, Xinji peasant paintings were first exhibited in China Art Museum, and then exhibited in French and Mexican embassies in China, as well as in more than 30 countries and regions such as Germany, Austria, the United States, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Australia, which aroused strong repercussions. 1988 xinji city was named "the hometown of modern folk painting in China" by the Ministry of Culture.
Xinji Folk Custom II: Skin Sticking
Xinji leather stickers have a long history. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xinji was called Shu County at that time. At that time, Shulu leather industry developed unprecedentedly. Leather shops, leather workshops, white leather, furs, horses and chariots, and the most famous ones are Shulu sheep fur coat and millet leather (special leather for boot surface). Later, leather coloring and dyeing and tanning techniques were developed. Xinji leather stickers are a collection of painting, sculpture, embroidery, paper-cutting and other technological features in one. The picture is colorful, delicate and realistic, with both simple folk customs and modern relief effect. The people, scenery and things in each work are lifelike, which truly reproduces the local customs and has strong ornamental value, practical value and aesthetic value.