Folk and Cultural Features of Tongyu New Year Picture

New Year picture is a product of Chinese year culture and it is derived from folk culture like other folk arts. In terms of its theme, New Year picture reflects folk life, contains the national cultural information and reflects traditional Chinese folk belief, aesthetic view and value system and thus folk culture can be regarded as the core of New Year picture. As the brand and bright spot of Horqin Grassland culture, Tongyu New Year picture is a typical example of intangible heritage of Western Jilin and it originates from the skills and inheritance of brave journey to northeast China and is influenced by Horqin Grassland culture and thus it is a product of exchange and collision between Qilu culture and grassland culture. Both the themes and artistic styles of Tongyu New Year picture are equipped with distinct folk features.