The Book of Plum Blossoms in Xi Shen is divided into two volumes, which is the first woodcut book in China that describes various patterns of plum blossoms. Song Ernian (126 1), now in Shanghai Museum. The author is Song Boren (real name Xueyan) of Southern Song Dynasty. He is now from Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. He used to be a salt transportation officer, and he was good at poetry and plum painting. Wu Changshuo, a modern historian, once said in a poem that he "handed down from generation to generation and copied Mei in Song Dynasty".

Play god, commonly known as the portrait of the Song Dynasty. This book contains 100 pictures, which respectively depict various forms of plum blossom, such as bud, small pistil, large pistil, blooming, blooming, thanks and perfection. Each painting has more than one branch and one core, and the pitch is open and closed, and the image is vivid and changeable. Each product is accompanied by a poem, which complements each other. At present, this kind of knife method is simple and lively, and the engraving level is very high, which also occupies an important position in the history of printmaking.