文/於世一

原野十年，

千刀剏痕无几斤，

研磨在沧海，

脱胎换骨处，

层层玄色隐龙纹，

百炼知匠心，

几载胜光华，

桼行苍茫！

《The Road to Creating Lacquer》

By Yu Shiyi

Lacquer is not easily come by. It requires thousands of cuts on the lacquer tree to obtain just a few catties. Then it needs to be refined and added with ground colored mineral powder to transform the utensils. The piling up of countless layers of lacquer shows the dragon pattern. It is the craftsmanship of going through hundreds of refinements that makes the utensils more dazzling and glorious as the years flow. This is the vast journey of innovation in lacquer!