Tongyu New Year Painting, a folk art rooted in the Horqin grasslands of western Jilin, is a miniature of China’s new year painting. It adds to a festive atmosphere, stands for people’s wishes for blessings, and signifies a peaceful new year. Its rich historical and cultural accumulation has a profound social impact. Its unique content shows strong ethical characteristics and simple local flavor. Its full shape, dynamic lines and bright colors present infinite artistic enchantment and aesthetic pleasure. Through this course, students can not only learn and master such theoretical knowledge as the historical evolution, regional features, subject matters, artistic characteristics and value and influence of Tongyu New Year Painting but also get to know the practical application of traditional folk new year painting art techniques.