Foshan woodblock New Year paintings are famous folk New Year paintings in South my country, and are named after they are produced in Foshan, Guangdong. They were first created in the Ming Dynasty, and flourished from the Qing Dynasty to before the Anti-Japanese War. They have a history of more than 500 years and enjoy a high reputation at home and abroad. The genre and form of Foshan woodblock New Year paintings have strong local characteristics of Lingnan culture. They mainly include door gods, New Year paintings, and gods, which are printed with red, green, yellow, and black woodblocks, absorbing the folk art characteristics of Foshan paper-cutting, embroidery, copper chiseling and gold flowers, etc. The lines are rough and strong, and the expression techniques such as fine brushwork and gold powder make the pictures magnificent. Among them, Foshan woodblock New Year paintings with cinnabar filling are the most distinctive. In May 2006, Foshan woodblock New Year paintings were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection projects.