Gold lacquer inlays are an important category of traditional Chinese lacquer wares, dating back thousands of years. It is a jewel of glory and grace, reflecting the royal atmosphere and crafts with a strong "Beijing flavor". Beijing Golden Paint inlaid and developed the Ming and Qing court art, forming a simple and elegant, dignified and luxurious Beijing style, unique in China's lacquer garden.

In 1956, 16 hand workshops scattered throughout Beijing jointly established the “Beijing Golden Paint Inlay Factory” in a public-private partnership. This ancient traditional craft was preserved.

The technician made the palace lanterns according to ancient techniques.

The master of arts and crafts Wang Xuebing is drawing the base map of the lacquer painting.

Master of Arts and Crafts Wang Xuebing (left) exchanges lacquer paintings with technicians.

Master of Arts and Crafts Hu Wei (right) is teaching lacquer painting skills to students.

The technician is making a lacquer bottle.

Master of Arts and Crafts Hu Wei is creating a lacquer screen.

The master of arts and crafts, Ming Ming, is creating gold lacquer paintings.

The technician is making jade carvings.

The technician is making lacquer art.

Technicians use the technique of gold-painting to create screens.

The technician is creating lacquer painting.

Gold paint is inlaid with finished products.

For more than 60 years, the old generation of technicians from Beijing Jinzhuang Inlay Factory has cultivated non-genetic inheritors such as Bai Qun, Hu Yu, Yu Ming and a large number of masters of arts and crafts. These new generations of non-genetic inheritors and masters of arts and crafts are promoting and On the basis of innovating the skills of the predecessors, the gold lacquer inlay technology is more suitable for the development of the times. At the same time, it has cultivated more young generations while creating art, and opened a new chapter in the history of China's precious traditional craft inheritance and development. Editor / Zhao Jing