Chinese traditional art: Comic strip

Chinese traditional art: Comic strip
Comic strip is an ancient Chinese traditional art, which is finally formed after the popularity of printing in the Song Dynasty. Describing the story in a continuous picture, characterization, the form of a wide range of topics, diverse content, is a popular book for all ages.
With the vicissitudes of life, the comic strip enter in all areas can be extended to the scrolls of the literati, temple murals, folk New Year paintings, wood carving and brick building. In the historical period when the comics flourished, people's entertainment life was relatively simple. The comic strip became an important reading for many teenagers and adults. Because of the diverse artistic forms of comic strips, the theme has Chinese traditional culture and certain characteristics of historical period, making it very different from the comic works of other countries. It has its own unique artistic expression.
Since 1932, it has began to get popular in China. After the founding of New China, the comics entered in a climax of development. At that time, most of the contents were based on the major events of the land reform, the war on resisting the United States and the North Korea, and the marriage law. Some classics also became the content of comics strip, the performance of the content, representatives are the "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and so on, and very popular with people's favorite.