The Yangliuqing New Year Painting Gallery integrates display and production. It is located on the west side of Shijia Courtyard in Xiqing District, Tianjin, the first house in North China. It was originally the ancestral hall of An Wenzhong, the founder of Yangliuqing people's Western Camp (An's Ancestral Hall). The restored and renovated Yangliuqing New Year Painting Gallery covers an area of 623 square meters and a construction area of 396 square meters. The gallery building is quite distinctive, consisting of 24 houses in 5 two-entry quadrangle courtyards. There is a hall in the middle, which divides the entire building into two courtyards in the north and south. The layout is the same, all of which are quadrangle-style, with a width of five rooms, east and west wing rooms, raised beam style, and two-slope roofs; all the houses have four-leaf and five-painted partition doors in the main room, and the lower part of the secondary room and the end room is a begonia pool-style sill wall, and the upper part is a supporting window; the main ridge of the house is a clear water ridge, and the ground is made of antique blue bricks, reflecting the simple and elegant style.
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Interpretation of Yangliuqing New Year Picture Gallery from the perspective of Eastern philosophy In Eastern philosophy, especially Chinese philosophy, Yangliuqing New Year Picture Gallery can be regarded as a microcosm of Chinese traditional culture and art. New Year pictures, as a kind of Chinese folk art, carry rich cultural connotations and philosophical thoughts. From the perspective of Taoism, the natural elements and auspicious patterns in New Year pictures embody the concept of "harmony between man and nature" and emphasize the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. From the perspective of Confucianism, the themes of family reunion, filial piety, and harmonious society in New Year pictures reflect Confucian ethics and social ideals. Buddhists may seek the embodiment of Buddhist philosophy such as karma, reincarnation, etc. from New Year pictures. The existence of New Year Picture Gallery is not only the preservation of traditional art, but also the inheritance and display of Eastern philosophical thoughts. Interpretation of Yangliuqing New Year Picture Gallery from the perspective of Western philosophy From the perspective of Western philosophy, Yangliuqing New Year Picture Gallery can be regarded as an example of cultural phenomenology. Phenomenology emphasizes direct experience and subjective feelings. Each work in the New Year Picture Gallery may trigger different feelings and thoughts of the viewer. This experience is personalized, reflecting the emphasis of phenomenology on individual experience. From an aesthetic point of view, the New Year Picture Gallery demonstrates the integration of art and life, and reflects the practicality and decorativeness of art, which echoes the view of "art is life" in Western art theory. At the same time, as a cultural space, the New Year Picture Gallery also reflects the concept of "field" in sociology, that is, the influence of a specific cultural and social environment on individual behavior and cultural practice. In summary, whether from the perspective of Eastern philosophy or Western philosophy, the Yangliuqing New Year Picture Gallery has rich philosophical connotations. It is not only a display of art, but also a manifestation of philosophical thought and the inheritance of cultural values.