Qualla: Yangliuqing https://qualla.com/yangliuqing en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/g/n/yangliuqing-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Yangliuqing https://qualla.com/yangliuqing Yangliuqing: Introduction https://qualla.com/yangliuqing/ Photo credit Xylener, CC BY-SA 3.0. Every year, as the Chinese New Year approaches, woodblock prints emerge from Yangliuqing in vivid reds, golds, and greens -- scenes of laughing children at play, woven through with symbols of fortune and prosperity. For more than 400 years, this market town in the western suburbs of Tianjin has specialized in creating nianhua, the traditional New Year prints that Chinese families hang in their homes to welcome good luck and ward off misfortune. The tradition is so central to Yangliuqing's identity that the town and the art form have become inseparable: say the name Yangliuqing anywhere in China, and people think of these prints before they think of anything else.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/g/n/yangliuqing-wp/wwgn-yangliuqing-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Yangliuqing: Ink, Wood, and Celebration https://qualla.com/yangliuqing/ Photo credit Trz1118, CC0. Yangliuqing nianhua are woodblock prints, carved and pressed by hand using techniques that have been refined across centuries. The images favor vivid color schemes and traditional subject matter: children playing games, fish symbolizing abundance, peaches representing longevity, ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/g/n/yangliuqing-wp/wwgn-yangliuqing-ink-wood-and-celebration.mp3 0:06 2 full Yangliuqing: A Town Between Rivers and Roads https://qualla.com/yangliuqing/ Photo credit Tutwakhamoe, CC BY-SA 4.0. Yangliuqing sits at the northwestern corner of Xiqing District, where the Ziya and Zhongqing rivers flow through the middle of town. National Highway 112 and National Highway 104 both pass through, connecting the town to the broader transportation network of northern China. Despi...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/g/n/yangliuqing-wp/wwgn-yangliuqing-a-town-between-rivers-and-roads.mp3 0:06 3 full Yangliuqing: The Mansion at Its Heart https://qualla.com/yangliuqing/ Photo credit HaziiDozen, CC BY-SA 4.0. At the center of Yangliuqing stands the Shi Family Grand Courtyard, a sprawling merchant's estate built in 1875 that now serves as a folk custom museum. The courtyard, which expanded to cover 10,000 square meters following a 2003 renovation, has been called the First Mansion in N...

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