These images are from the publication entitled “潍坊民间孤本年画” (Folk New Year pictures extant in Weifang) in our Rübel Asiatic Research Collection.
Weifang is one of the Creative Cities of Craft and Folk Art recognized by UNESCO. The first kite took flight in Weifang 2400 years ago, and it became the center of Buddha statue making around the 5th and 6th centuries. Since the 18th century, Weifang has been the capital for craft and folk art in northern China. It is famous for producing kites, Chinese New Year paintings, paper cuttings, peach pit carvings, and silver inlaid paintings. (Summarized from UNESCO website: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/weifang)
Image 1 & 2: Gold and Jade in Piles, detail
110 x 57 cm, Qing Dynasty, Wood block process printing
Image 3: Gold and Jade in Piles, full view
潍坊民间孤本年画
Title: Weifang min jian gu ben nian hua
潍坊市寒亭区文化局, 山东画报出版社编 = Folk New Year pictures extant in Weifang only / Edited by Hanting Distrist [i.e. District] Culture Bureau of Weifang City and Shandong Dictorial [i.e Pictorial] Publishing House.
Weifang Shi Hanting Qu wen hua ju, Shandong hua bao chu ban she bian = Folk New Year pictures extant in Weifang only
Edition: 第1版.
Published: 济南市 : 山東畫報出版社, 1999.
Jinan Shi: Shandong hua bao chu ban she, 1999.
276 p.: chiefly col. ill. ; 42 cm.
Language: Chinese & English
1999
HOLLIS number: 990084356020203941