Chinese New Year's wood block painting is a type of picture posted during the Spring Festival. In the past, you may find them on the windows and doors of every home as the Spring Festival approached. The natural and simple strokes, created by farmer, expresses their simple desires,
like wishing for good luck for the coming year and warding off evil spirits.

Color Together, located in Drum Tower, is a newly opened shop selling the Chinese specialty. The shop owner, Mr Yi, developed love for this art because he was born in a town famous for Spring Festival painting. Mr Yi told me almost every painting has its story, like this "Door God". According to legends, two brothers called Shen Tu and Yu Lei supervised ghosts and monsters. If a monster wanted to harm a human, they would tie him up to feed the tiger. Later people drew portraits of Shen Tu and Yu Lei on windows and doors, to ward off unwelcome guests.

I found the delicate Chinese doll very attractive. It depicts a smiling Chinese doll with a scroll in her hand. The words on the scroll means harmony. This design came from the beautiful city of Su Zhou, and one of the most famous wood block paintings in China. This is difficult to find Su Zhou's painting nowadays.