Huxian Farmer Painting Travel Guide

About 25 miles away from Xian city, Huxian County is famous as the home of farmer painting art. Bordering Qingling Mt. and Wei River, it has splendid landscapes and a long history.

The first farmer painting appeared in 1950s, which is originated from the local folk art like paper cutting, embroidering and so on. Now, there are thousands of paintings were worked out every year. Most of the paintings are shows their daily life, such as, farmer working, children playing, local festival, fishing and so on. The local farmers use it to record their life vividly.

In 1973, the State Council cultural group hosted "Huxian peasant painting exhibition" in some capital cities, like Beijing, Xian and Shanghai and more than 70 overseas cities. There is a Gallery of Farmer Paintings with a good selection of paintings in the eastern outskirts of Xian City. Visitors can appreciate a great selection of Farmer Painting, enjoy the performance of folk artists and even try to paint for you yourself!