一百多年来,中国的民间木版年画由于各种原因流传到海外,为西方国家的公私收藏机构和爱好者收藏,并被作了初步的研究。至20世纪初,一些国家的文化学者亦曾多次来到中国,在各地对木版年画的状况进行调查,对木版年画作收集,并在他们自己的国家整理、展示、出版,使国外的汉学家及爱好者对中国民间木版年画有所了解,一部分学者的研究成果已经成为汉学研究的重要组成部分。 For more than a hundred years, the Chinese folk woodcut has been circulated overseas for various reasons and has been collected by public and private institutions and enthusiasts in western countries and has been initially studied. By the early 20th century, some scholars of culture in various countries had also come to China many times to investigate the situation of woodcut New Year paintings in various places, collect woodcut New Year paintings and organize, display and publish in their own countries so that foreign Sinology Home and amateurs know about Chinese folk woodcut pictures, and some scholars’ research results have become an important part of Sinology.