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Introduction of pyrography gourd

The gourd art of pyrography, also known as pyrography and fire painting, is a traditional arts and crafts of the Han nationality and a national intangible cultural heritage. The well-known producing areas are Shanxi and Anhui. Painted gourd artists paint objects with soldering irons, which can be permanently preserved and collected when they are integrated with the gourd, and have high artistic value. Pyrography has a long history and unique artistic style. Legends originated in the Han Dynasty, but were later lost, and revived in the Qing Dynasty. While grasping the temperature and intensity, pyrography creation pays attention to "writing first, putting pen to paper to form". Pyrography not only has the techniques of hook, pinch, point, dyeing, rubbing and painting in Chinese painting, but also can burn out rich layers and colors, which has a strong three-dimensional sense and resembles brown sketches and lithographs. Therefore, pyrography can not only maintain the national style of Chinese painting, but also achieve the rigorous realistic effect of western painting. You can also customize your own unique pictures or portraits to make them have unique artistic charm, thus giving people an artistic enjoyment of simplicity and elegance and endless aftertaste.