Introduction to Tiancheng Old Shop: As the only person in Zhuxian Town who can engrave woodblocks, Yin Guoquan has been engaged in woodblock printing for 42 years. He is the fifth generation descendant of the famous "Tiancheng Old Shop" for woodblock New Year paintings in Zhuxian Town. He started engraving at the age of 14. , more than 400 pieces have been carved so far. During the "Cultural Revolution", more than 5,000 of his family's ancestral engravings were burned, and more than 1,000 of them were secretly taken to the Kaifeng Museum, where they were preserved. These engravings later became the engravings of the New Year Painting Society, supporting the foundation of Zhuxian Town New Year Paintings.

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