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Pu Hui Painting

Pu Hui Painting

Pu hui posters are unique to Gaomi, Shandong Province and are influenced by the half-drawn, half-printed folk art technique and wood-block New Year posters. The Pu Hui technique for making New Year posters involves drawing with burnt willow twigs. Depictions on the posters include daily life, folk customs, and family lineage.

Wang Shu Hua

Pu Hui Painting: Wang Shu Hua

Wang Shu Hua learned the pu hui craft at age fourteen from her grandfather, a farmer who painted New Year pictures as a hobby. Pu hui paintings are Wang's primary source of income. She has two children and anticipates that she will eventually teach them to paint as well.

Lu Zhen Li

Pu Hui Painting: Lu Zhen Li

Lu Zhen Li is a fifth generation pu hui artist working out of his home in Gaomi Village. Lu learned the craft from his father as a child. His daughter has carried on the tradition and has her own workshop in the village. Lu traces his family's practice of the pu hui back to the Qing dynasty.

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