
Artist Yin Dongxiang makes copies of nianhua, a type of centuries-old Chinese woodcut New Year picture, at a workshop in Tantou Township of Longhui County, Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. It is a tradition for Chinese people to paste New Year pictures to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Tantou-style New Year picture, with a history of more than 300 years, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

Artist Yin Dongxiang makes copies of nianhua, a type of centuries-old Chinese woodcut New Year picture, at a workshop in Tantou Township of Longhui County, Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. It is a tradition for Chinese people to paste New Year pictures to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Tantou-style New Year picture, with a history of more than 300 years, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

This photo shows a copy of nianhua (below), a type of centuries-old Chinese woodcut New Year picture, and the woodcuts used to create this copy (above), in Tantou Township of Longhui County, Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. It is a tradition for Chinese people to paste New Year pictures to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Tantou-style New Year picture, with a history of more than 300 years, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

Xiao Yang, daughter of artist Yin Dongxiang, dots the eyes of a portrait in a copy of nianhua, a type of centuries-old Chinese woodcut New Year picture, in Tantou Township of Longhui County, Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. It is a tradition for Chinese people to paste New Year pictures to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Tantou-style New Year picture, with a history of more than 300 years, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

Xiao Yang, daughter of artist Yin Dongxiang, makes a woodcut at a workshop in Tantou Township of Longhui County, Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. It is a tradition for Chinese people to paste New Year pictures to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Tantou-style New Year picture, with a history of more than 300 years, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

Artist Yin Dongxiang (R) and her daughter Xiao Yang make copies of nianhua, a type of centuries-old Chinese woodcut New Year picture, at a workshop in Tantou Township of Longhui County, Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. It is a tradition for Chinese people to paste New Year pictures to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Tantou-style New Year picture, with a history of more than 300 years, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)



