年画兴盛初探

年画在明末清初盛行，并在全国形成了若干生产中心。纵观年画兴盛的原因，大致可以看出：一是避邪祈福的功用；二是印刷技术的推广；三是物美价廉；四是庙会、赶集的推动；五是世代相袭的形式。

The First Approach to Flourish of Spring Festival Pictures

Spring Festival pictures were in full flourish from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty,and a number of manufacturing centres were set up all over the country.Having made a general survey of the flourish of Spring Festival pictures,we could more or less find out the following causes:1.the function of exorcising evil spirits and praying for happiness;2.the spread of technique of printing;3.The pictures were inexpensive but elegant;4.Going to temple fair and market pushed them forward;5.There existed the form of passing on from generation to generation.;