农民画展前言

前 言

日照因“日出初光先照”而得名，地处中国大陆海岸线中部，东临黄海，与日本、韩国隔海相望，总面积5310平方公里，海岸线100公里，总人口283万。

日照是一座年轻而又古老的城市，境内大汶口文化、龙山文化等史前文化遗址众多，历史文化灿烂辉煌，是中国古代文明的发源地之一。
日照是中国国家文化部1988年首批命名的中国现代民间绘画画乡，是全国三大重点画乡之一。日照农民画是一种极具民族、民俗艺术特色的乡土绘画艺术。在色彩上吸收了木板年画和民间刺绣的用色特点，色彩质朴，艳而不俗。在表现形式上借鉴了剪纸和汉画像石刻的手法，构图饱满，不讲透视，不重比例，以意造形，以形抒情，洋溢着浓郁的乡土气息，给人以回归自然的生活感受。“碧海蓝天，乡土风情，渔家生活”构成了日照农民画鲜明的艺术风格。
多年来，日照农民画有200多件作品先后在美国、法国、墨西哥、土耳其、马来西亚等数十个国家和地区展出；有几十件作品在全国大展中获奖，有33件作品被国家收藏。日照农民画长卷《魅力日照》被誉为日照现代版“清明上河图”。2004年，日照农民画作为“日照城市瑰宝”在中央电视台全国魅力城市展播中展示，日照农民画已经成为日照市靓丽的城市文化名片。
日照发展潜力巨大、发展前景广阔。迈入新的世纪，日照市以做深“昨天文化”、做实“今天文化”、做活“明天文化”为主题，坚持经济文化一体化，加快培育文化创意产业等新的经济增长点，增强文化“软实力”，提升城市文化内涵，全力建设具有日照特色的国际滨海文化名城。

Preface
The city Rizhao gets its name according to the old saying “it is the first to get the sunshine”. It is located in central part of China's coastline, and facing Japan, Korea across the Yellow sea. Covering a land area of 5310 square kilometers, Rizhao has a 100-kilometer-long coastline and a population of 2,830,000.
Rizhao is a young city with a long and glorious history. There are many prehistoric cultural relics, such as Dawenkou Culture, Longshan Culture. It is one of the birth-place of ancient Chinese civilizations.
Rizhao is named one of the modern Chinese folk Painting Hometowns by the Chinese Ministry of Culture in 1988. Folk painting is a great art with national and local characteristics. The use of color absorbed the features of the wood engraving new-year pictures and embroidery, simple but beautiful. Paper-cutting and the Han Dynasty stone carving are used for reference in the form of manifestations. It pays little attention on perspective and proportion, but focuses more on meaning and emotions. Blue sky and jade sea, local characteristics, life of fishing family, all of these features constitute the distinctive artistic style of Rizhao folk painting.
These years, there are more than 200 paintings have been shown in several countries such as United States, France, Mexico, Turkey, Malaysia and others. Many won prizes in shows in China. 33 works have been collected by the national museums. The folk painting named “Charming Rizhao” is called as the modern version of Qingming Shanghe Tu (Along the River During the Qingming Festival, a famous painting in Song Dynasty, the title of several panoramic paintings). As the treasure of Rizhao city, the folk paintings have been shown on CCTV in the Charming City National Show in 2004. It has become a beautiful cultural card of Rizhao.
Rizhao has tremendous potential for development. In the new century, there is a lot to do about the culture of yesterday, the culture of today and the culture of tomorrow. The integration of economic and culture will accelerate the development of cultural and creative industries as a new economic growth point. The city will enhance the cultural "soft power" to build a special international cultural city along the coast.