An inconspicuous seasoning shop in Weihai's Chucun town hides a treasure trove of traditional Chinese paintings, pyrography, and painted gourds. [Photo by Gao Xin for chinadaily.com.cn] Pyrography, a ...

Guo Shunling works on a straw pyrograph in Junying village, Guangping county, Handan city, Hebei province, June 12, 2016. [Photo/IC] Folk artist Guo Shunling has created a new art form, "straw ...

Li Zhe makes a wooden pyrography at a studio of Nanyang Pyrography Factory in Nanyang City, central China's Henan Province, March 15, 2024. Nanyang Pyrography, a traditional Chinese art originated ...

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 ...

But pyrography was something coined during the 19th century in England. They used a hot poker and then burnt the designs into the wood. APPRAISER: By about 1890 in America, the interest was just ...

Traditional culture enthusiasts make gourd pyrography works at the Emin County memory museum in Emin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 13, 2025. While showcasing ...

If we do this, with a simple hinge, it converts from a, a table to a chair. And this is actually what we call pyrography. It's the art of carving and burning these designs into wood. I would probably ...

This undated photo shows Li Zhe making a wooden pyrography at a studio of Nanyang Pyrography Factory in Nanyang City, central China's Henan Province. Nanyang Pyrography, a traditional Chinese art ...