桃花坞木刻年画作为传统手工艺品,是我国优秀的民间艺术,具有悠久的历史和丰富的遗存,也是引以为荣的苏州地方品牌艺术。(一)面对质疑传统桃花坞木刻年画是在特定的历史条件下,为满足人们辟邪祈福的精神需求而发展起来的。然而,随着时代的进步,人们的思想观念、居住条件、生活习俗发生了巨大转变,年画的传统功能也日渐消失。 As a traditional handicraft, Taohuawu Woodcut New Year Picture is an outstanding folk art in our country with a long history and abundant remains. It is also a proud local brand art in Suzhou. (A) Faced with the question that the traditional peach blossom woodcut New Year paintings have been developed to meet the spiritual needs of people’s evildoing and prayers under certain historical conditions. However, with the progress of the times, people’s ideas, living conditions and living customs have undergone tremendous changes, and the traditional functions of New Year paintings have gradually disappeared.