Peasant paintings are a bright folk art wonder in the long gallery of Chinese painting art. We can feel the achievements of new rural construction, understand the living conditions of farmers today, and discover the aesthetic tastes of farmers from the gorgeous pictures. These touching life pictures contain the labor scenes of farmers throughout the year, their efforts to pursue a new life, and their dreams for the future. Russian sinologist Alekseyev once lamented about Chinese folk paintings: I don't know which nation in the world can fully express itself with such plain pictures like the Chinese. They cleverly use color composition to express their strong desire for a happy life, and its content is closely related to their entire life content. It can be recognized by the general public, and even understood and favored by farmers with little literacy, becoming a fashion. Huangzhong peasant paintings, which grew up in the Hehuang Valley of Qinghai, are gorgeous mountain flowers blooming on the loess. I have long gazed at the artistic treasures left by my ancestors and devoutly pondered the truth in them. Generation after generation of folk artists have laid a solid foundation for the popularization and development of Huangzhong folk paintings. Speaking of Huangzhong peasant paintings, we cannot help but associate them with ancient temples. As early as the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of folk artists were active around the Ta'er Temple. They were often invited by the temples to carve beams and paint pillars, paint clay sculptures, repair murals, and repair temples; as well as to carve cave rock paintings on the surrounding rocks. At that time, lacquer painting was also widely used in folk architecture. Rich families often invited artists to their homes to paint boxes and coffins. On this basis, folk artists passed down the folk painting skills from generation to generation in the form of apprenticeship. In the early 1970s, a folk painting craze arose in the Xiaonanchuan area of Huangzhong. At that time, many people competed to become a craftsman. In 1974, Qingfeng Village, Tumenguan Township, Huangzhong County, spontaneously started a peasant art night school. This was the first time in history that Huangzhong folk painting artists spontaneously organized a relatively standardized folk teaching activity, which laid a foundation for the popularization and development of Huangzhong folk painting. Gradually, "Qingfeng Village Peasant Painting" has had a certain influence in the surrounding areas of Huangzhong. With such a folk foundation, with the development of society, the continuous improvement of material life, and the continuous enrichment of spiritual life, a growing team of peasant painting creators has gradually formed in Huangzhong. Huangzhong folk painting is mainly classified into three types: Huangzhong peasant painting, architectural murals, and folk lacquer painting. Huangzhong peasant painting is the most important type of painting. It inherits the basic painting methods of folk murals and lacquer paintings, and at the same time absorbs the nutrition of folk arts such as thangka, shadow puppets, embroidery, and paper-cutting, forming a unique artistic charm. Its content mainly expresses mountain villages, fields, and the life and labor scenes of farmers themselves, most of which have distinct regional characteristics and strong national colors. In March 1983, the National Art Museum of China held the "Qinghai Huangzhong National Folk Painting Art Exhibition", which created the history of Qinghai folk art entering the national art hall since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Then, a large number of works created by Huangzhong farmers were exhibited and won awards at the National Folk Painting Exhibition. Many works were introduced abroad and collected by foreign art galleries; some farmer painters were even invited by foreign cultural institutions to participate in cultural exchange activities abroad. Huangzhong farmer paintings have a history of nearly 40 years from spontaneous formation, popularization, and development to today. Now there is a creative team of hundreds of people, who have created more than 2,000 works. Some works are known for the decorative style of Tibetan "Thangka"; some are known for the exaggerated deformation of embroidery and paper-cutting; some are known for the bright colors of lacquer painting. In 1988, the Ministry of Culture awarded Huangzhong County as "China's Modern Folk Painting Town".