中国新年年画的作用？

New Year pictures have a long history in China. They are folk works of art that welcome the New Year and pray for a bumper year. Historically, people have called New Year pictures in many ways: "paper paintings" in the Song Dynasty, "picture stickers" in the Ming Dynasty, and "pictorials" in the Qing Dynasty. The traditional New Year pictures are mainly woodcut watermarks, pursuing simple style and lively atmosphere, so the lines are simple and the colors are bright. The content includes flowers and birds, fat children, golden pheasants, spring cattle, myths, legends and historical stories, which express people's desire for a bumper harvest and their longing for a happy life, with strong national characteristics and local flavor.