Gourd painting (extended), a traditional art project of the sixth batch of representative extended projects of intangible cultural heritage at the municipal level in Lianyungang City. Gourd painting is also called "gourd art". In the Song Dynasty, folk craftsmen called the art of carving and decorating gourds "gourd painting". In the Tang Dynasty, the folk gourd culture emerged. People believed that gourd paintings had auspicious meanings such as having many children and blessings, passing on the family line, eliminating diseases and disasters, and ensuring safety. Gourd painting became an indispensable decoration in the daily life of many people, and gourd painting technology became the most popular folk craft form. It reached its heyday during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, during which many famous gourd painters emerged in various places. Among them, there was a gourd painter named Wang Yichuan in Jinan, Shandong. He was a famous gourd craftsman at that time. Later, he passed the gourd painting craftsmanship to his apprentice Ji Gongbao. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Ji Gongbao settled in Haizhou, Lianyungang City to do small business. He successively transported salt and did small business in Lianyungang, Ganyu, Banpu, Guanyun and other places for a living. At first, he branded "business name" on gourds and gourds. There were many fishermen along the coast of Ganyu. They worked from sunrise to sunset and rested. They drifted on the sea almost all day long. It was a good choice to use gourds to hold fresh water and liquor, but it was easy to confuse them after entering the port, so they asked Ji Gongbao to brand the gourds with marks for easy identification. Ji Gongbao would brand some patterns on them for aesthetic considerations. Later, he branded flowers and logos on gourd wine utensils and pharmacy medicine utensils, and gradually established the Ji family gourd painting craft. Ji Guanghui, a disciple of Ji's gourd painting, renamed Ji's gourd painting as "Yingzhou gourd art." Xu Jintao, the seventh-generation disciple of Yingzhou Gourd Art, studied under Ji Guanghui and has always insisted on the research and innovation of gourd painting skills. He not only inherited the gourd-making technology of his ancestors, but also changed the rigid and single line marks in the past gourd painting technology, and innovated gourd paintings that imitate the "Chinese painting" effect. His works, as well as "gourd art, gourd sculpture, carving and other new technologies" have been praised many times at national and provincial gourd painting artist exchange meetings, which has led to many gourd painting craft enthusiasts in the city.