Paper Lanterns Greeting the Springtime
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Some children have crafted these paper lanterns by themselves and now celebrate the early Spring.

Paper Lanterns Greeting the Springtime
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Some children have crafted these paper lanterns by themselves and now celebrate the early Spring.

Autumn Fields
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

A nice painting featuring a woman and her oxen. She also carries a "backpack basket" full of wood or vegetables that she's collected.

Bamboo Village
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This painting depicts a group of villagers as they leave their bamboo-growing village.

Chickens and Pumpkins Folk Painting Painting

Certainly this painting is done with a lot of fantasy at heart. Even though China is a big country, the pumpkins do not quite dwarf the chickens like this.

Jujube Village
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This is a nice village scene with everyone working together to pick and harvest jujubes from this grove of trees.

Collecting the Bounty of the Mountain
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

The berries, fruits, nuts, and vegetables the grow on the mountain above this village are being gathered.

New Look for Mountain Village
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Lots of work happening here in this mountain village. It looks like this old village is finally getting electricity.

Husking Rice
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Here a stone roller is used to husk this harvest of rice in the very traditional way. You can still find this done in villages around the rice paddies of Southern China.

Persimmons Ready to Eat
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

These are Chinese persimmons which are a bit different than the ones we enjoy in the west. They have a leather-like orange skin, and are filled with jelly-like juice that you can squeeze directly into your mouth to enjoy.

Bull Fight
South Chinese Folk Painting Painting

The title written on this painting means "Bull Fight". But it's a little different than what a bull fight normally means...

Autumn Contemplation
Goats and Shepard Girl Folk Painting Painting

A young girl relaxes with her goats, as she meditates and contemplates her life.

Gathering of Birds
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Lotus and Geese
South China Peasant Folk Painting Painting

This painting depicts either white ducks or white geese floating through a tangle of huge lotus flowers.

Jujube Village
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This is a nice village scene with everyone working together to pick and harvest jujubes from this grove of trees.

Lucky Gold Fish
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This depicts some "good luck gold fish" swimming though the lotus.

Persimmons Ready to Eat
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

These are Chinese persimmons which are a bit different than the ones we enjoy in the west. They have a leather-like orange skin, and are filled with jelly-like juice that you can squeeze directly into your mouth to enjoy.

Picking Jujubes
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This is a nice village scene with everyone working together to pick and harvest jujubes from this grove trees.

Winter Hunting
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This young Chinese chap is out with his dogs for some hunting in the cold and snowy winter.

Pumpkin Harvest
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

The Chinese title is "Nangua Fengshou" which literally means "Pumpkin Harvest". Pumpkin is actually known as "Nan Gua" which means "South Melon" (or melon of the south).

Husking Rice
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Here a stone roller is used to husk this harvest of rice in the very traditional way. You can still find this done in villages around the rice paddies of Southern China.

The Good Life
Chinese Peasant Folk Painting Painting

The Chinese title of this painting means "Good Life", "Great Life" or "Happy Life". As you can see, they are able to provide plenty of food for the family, and have a healthy and happy son.

Autumn Fields
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

A nice painting featuring a woman and her oxen. She also carries a "backpack basket" full of wood or vegetables that she's collected.

Autumn Grazing
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Ducks swim in the foreground, and cattle graze on the rolling slopes. In the back, the rancher relaxes with a book while her cows eat.

Bull Fight
South Chinese Folk Painting Painting

The title written on this painting means "Bull Fight". But it's a little different than what a bull fight normally means...

Autumn Feeling
Chickens Folk Painting Painting

The title written on this painting means "Autumn Feeling" or "Autumn Sentiment". It's a great barnyard scene that could be found on any farm, anywhere in the world.

Dragon Dancing Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This painting is full of people playing drums, horns, and holding Chinese lanterns. And of course, two dancing dragons that leap in to action.

Returning Home From Grazing
Folk Painting Painting

The title written on this painting means "Return from Grazing Picture". It's a great scene of goats returning from the pasture.

Winter Hunting
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This young Chinese chap is out with his dogs for some hunting in the cold and snowy winter.

Drying Peppers
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This painting seems to depict the work of harvesting and drying red papers.

Mountain Area Pig Pen
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This painting features a young man sloping his pigs.

Oxen Shepard
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This young buy is in control of 5 oxen as he takes them to work the fields.

Weaving
Chinese Loom Folk Painting Painting

This painting features a scene of weaving cloth on a loom in a small south Chinese village.

Abundant Year
Good Harvest
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Peppers are harvested and hung in bunches up in the trees to dry out. All year long, these peppers will be used to season the tasty cooking of south China.

New Look for Mountain Village
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

Lots of work happening here in this mountain village. It looks like this old village is finally getting electricity.

Fragrance of Canola
Southern Chinese Folk Painting Painting

This painting depicts peasant children of southern China traversing a field of canola. This plant, known as rapeseed by farmers in England and the USA, has a pleasant smell. It's like a light perfume that makes you want to eat some tasty food.

Village Theater
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

The artist did not title this painting, but it obviously depicts the scene of a live theatre performance in a small peasant village of southern China.

Swan
Catching Breath
Chinese Folk Painting Painting

These white swan geese are taking a breath under these fantasy-sized yellow lotus flowers.

Autumn Feeling
Chickens Folk Painting Painting

The title written on this painting means "Autumn Sentiment" or "Autumn Feeling". It's a great barnyard scene that could be found on any farm, anywhere in the world.

Weaving
Chinese Loom Folk Painting Painting

This painting features a scene of weaving cloth on a loom in a small south Chinese village.