Lacquer art is the art of using raw lacquer to dye objects. China is the birthplace of lacquer art in the world. The red lacquer wooden bowl unearthed in Hemudu is more than 7,000 years old. In the Western Han Dynasty, Guanghan in Shu had a royal family, "who made lacquerware." "Han Shu Gong Yu Zhuan" says: "When lacquer art was introduced to An County, no exact historical data has been found." Judging from the unearthed coffins and objects, An County lacquer art had reached perfection as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Li Diaoyuan's poem "Revisiting Jushui Pass" describes the poem "The Old Man Cutting Lacquer Mountain", which is also a circumstantial evidence of the existence of lacquer art at that time. Raw lacquer, also known as earth lacquer and national lacquer, is cut from the bark of lacquer trees. It has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, wear resistance, acid resistance, solvent resistance, heat resistance, water insulation and insulation, so it is called the king of coatings. Lacquer trees are important economic trees in An County, mainly distributed in mountainous towns such as Gaochuan, Tuping, Xiaoba, Feishui, and Yong'an. The lacquer making process is complicated and requires professional craftsmen to operate: add cinnabar and tung oil to the raw lacquer, fry it and cool it, then scrape the lacquer (mixture of lacquer and plaster) on the utensils to be painted, then sand it with sandpaper, and then evenly apply the fried lacquer on the utensils (painting), and apply it a second time after one or two days, generally three times is appropriate. Raw lacquer is milky white and black after oxidation, but due to the effect of additives such as cinnabar, craftsmen can mix various colors. After lacquering, the utensils are not easy to corrode, not easy to be moth-eaten, durable, and bright and clean. During the Republic of China, wealthy families in An County generally used lacquer furniture, doors and windows, and handicrafts. Since the reform and opening up, people who cut lacquer and do lacquer business are mainly concentrated in the Tashui area. They not only purchase raw lacquer in this county, but also purchase a large amount of raw lacquer from Beichuan, Pingwu and other places, and then sell it to other places as industrial raw materials for the production of submarine cables, enameled guides and ships. The cost of raw lacquer is too high, and lacquer furniture, doors and windows, etc. have been replaced by paint products, so lacquer art is now endangered. Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)