This print depicting a merry scene was produced in Taohuawu, a village in Suzhou province famous for its new year prints, characterised by vibrant colour schemes. Woodblock prints were in mass production across China until the Cultural Revolution. Traditional woodblock prints which depict images of gods or auspicious themes were deemed as objects of superstition and had to be destroyed with their printing moulds. Only propaganda prints designed by the authorities that depicted communist ideologies were printed and circulated.
