Historical inheritance of pyrography gourd

Gourd not only occupies an important position in the material life of the working people of ancient Han nationality, but also has close relations with literature, art, religion, folk customs, myths and legends and even politics. The ideological system formed around gourd is undoubtedly an important part of China traditional culture. The splendid culture of China for thousands of years is extensive and profound, and the gourd culture has accumulated for thousands of years. With its unique historical origin, profound cultural connotation and broad mass base, it still occupies an important position in modern culture.

The gourd craft has been recorded in writing since the Ming Dynasty. The gourd has a beautiful shape, which gives people a happy and peaceful aesthetic feeling without manual carving. In the Qing Dynasty, Lanzhou's "Carved Gourd" and "Model Gourd" reached a high artistic level and became court tributes. At that time, the "fire stewing process" was to combine the wooden material of gourd with the traditional bronzing process in China, and use the techniques of line drawing, meticulous brushwork and freehand brushwork in Chinese painting to create works such as figures, landscapes, flowers, birds and animals on the smooth and hard wood skin of gourd. Due to the artist's understanding of art and skillful use of soldering iron, this painting appears burnt, black, brown, yellow and white. The true color of gourd has the tone of ancient painting. In the world, it is faced with masterpieces of Chinese painting, with smooth and accurate lines, vivid shapes and profound meanings. It gives people a refreshing but not flattering feeling. The pyrography art makes the gourd rise from the peasant melon to the art palace, and becomes a kind of Han folk art with simplicity, naturalness, elegance and exquisiteness, which has high appreciation value and collection value.

In a word, gourd has become a good product for viewing, collecting and practical use, and it is a representative symbol of Chinese auspicious culture.