An inheritor carves a gourd pyrography piece featuring a dragon. [Photo by Li Dandan for chinadaily.com.cn] The studio of Si Chun'e, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of the gourd ...

LINYI, China Mar 27, 2025 /AsiaNet-YONHAP/-- In Chinese culture, gourds (hulu) symbolize blessings and prosperity, as their name is phonetically similar to fulu. Traditionally, gourds are believed to ...

Long Changqing poses for a photo with pyrography gourds in Handan in North China's Hebei province, on July 14, 2021. [Photo/IC] Long Changqing earns big money with pyrography gourds, an intangible ...

In the farmyard of Chaohu Village, Dawukou District, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, several plump cyan gourds with exquisite gourd crafts hank on the vines. They are owned by Tao Ruizhen. She is a ...

BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alongside the rising enthusiasm for traditional Chinese culture, gourd pyrography in Zaozhuang City of east China's Shandong Province is catching more and more ...

Wang Hongmiao works on a gourd pyrography handicraft at his home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 4, 2019. Wang Hongmiao, a 57-year-old self-taught craftsman, has made over 1,000 ...

A tourist displays a pair of gourd pyrography handicrafts decorated with zodiac monkeys created by Wang Lanqi, a folk artist in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Dec 29, 2015. [Photo/China.com.cn] Gourd ...