Yangliuqing
Yangliuqing Town
杨柳青镇 | |
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Xiqing Road within Yangliuqing, 2011 | |
Location in Xiqing District | |
| Coordinates: 39°07′48″N 117°00′51″E / 39.13000°N 117.01417°E | |
| Country | China |
| Municipality | Tianjin |
| District | Xiqing District |
| Village-level divisions | 20 residential communities 25 villages |
| Area | |
• Total | 65.61 km2 (25.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 118,291 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 120111 |
| Area code | 022 |
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Yangliuqing Town (simplified Chinese: 杨柳青镇; traditional Chinese: 楊柳青鎮; pinyin: Yángliǔqīng Zhèn) is a market town in Xiqing District, in the western suburbs of Tianjin, People's Republic of China. Despite its relatively small size, it has been named since 2006 in the "famous historical and cultural market towns in China".
It is best known in China for creating nianhua or Yangliuqing nianhua. For more than 400 years, Yangliuqing has in effect specialised in the creation of these woodcuts for the New Year. wood block prints using vivid colourschemes to portray traditional scenes of children's games often interwoven with auspiciouse objects.
As of 2010, it had a total population of 118,291.