Tourists tried their hands at making rubbings of the Tantou wooden New Year paintings at Taohuaping Neighborhood, Longhui County, Shaoyang, on February 4, 2024. (Photo/Zeng Yong, Xinhua)

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the artists of Tantou woodcut New Year paintings are busy producing the New Year painting rubbings to ensure an adequate supply to the market during Spring Festival. The Tantou woodcut New Year paintings have been listed as one of the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage items in 2006.

People purchased New Year paintings at a Tantou New Year painting workshop in Longhui County, Shaoyang on February 4, 2024. (Photo/Zeng Yong, Xinhua)

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the artists of Tantou woodcut New Year paintings are busy producing the New Year painting rubbings to ensure an adequate supply to the market during Spring Festival. The Tantou woodcut New Year paintings have been listed as one of the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage items in 2006.

Workers processed the paper for the New Year paintings at a Tantou New Year painting workshop in Tantou Town, Longhui County, Shaoyang. (Photo/Zeng Yong, Xinhua)

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the artists of Tantou woodcut New Year paintings are busy producing the New Year painting rubbings to ensure an adequate supply to the market during Spring Festival. The Tantou woodcut New Year paintings have been listed as one of the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage items in 2006.

Yin Dongxiang (R), a New Year painting artist, and her daughter Xiao Yang, made Tantou New Year paintings at a New Year painting workshop in Tantou Town, Longhui County, Shaoyang. (Photo/Zeng Yong, Xinhua)

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the artists of Tantou woodcut New Year paintings are busy producing the New Year painting rubbings to ensure an adequate supply to the market during Spring Festival. The Tantou woodcut New Year paintings have been listed as one of the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage items in 2006.

New Year painting artist Xiao Yang (1st, R) and her family pasted New Year paintings of Chinese Door Gods onto the doors of a New Year painting workshop in Tantou Town, Longhui County, Shaoyang. (Photo/Zeng Yong, Xinhua)

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the artists of Tantou woodcut New Year paintings are busy producing the New Year painting rubbings to ensure an adequate supply to the market during Spring Festival. The Tantou woodcut New Year paintings have been listed as one of the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage items in 2006.