Introduction of lacquer painting techniques in Pingyao.

Pingyao Tuiguang lacquer painting technology originated in Pingyao County in central Shanxi Province and spread to the vast areas in the north. Push-light lacquerware is a kind of advanced painting equipment with technical properties, which is one of the traditional manual skills of Han nationality in Pingyao, Shanxi Province, and is named after the shiny palm. Pingyao Tuiguang lacquerware, a famous handicraft in Shanxi Province, is of simple and elegant shape, bright and shining, magnificent painting, delicate and smooth feel, heat-resistant and moisture-proof, durable, and is a fine product in lacquerware. Paint pushing technology is also widely used in the decoration of palaces, temples, halls and study rooms, and has achieved good artistic results. Lacquerware made by this technique was very famous in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. Due to the rise of Shanxi merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties, lacquerware developed greatly. On May 20th, 2006, Pingyao Tuiguang lacquerware painting technique was approved by the State Council and included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.