Ingenuity of a national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor of bodiless lacquerware(1/11)

Ding Guokun works on a piece of lacquerware at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun, 76, a national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor, has been making bodiless lacquerware since he was 16. Lacquerwares are objects decoratively covered with lacquer. After several steps of handicraft techniques, they are decorated with various colorful patterns and installed with ornaments. The surface of finished lacquerwares are smooth and lustrous. "Keep doing one thing and do it well. You will eventually earn people's recognition, " says Ding.

Ding Guokun works on a piece of lacquerware at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun examines newly-made lacquerwares at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun examines newly made lacquerware at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun paints on a piece of lacquerware at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun shows his favourite work at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun inlays metal pattern on a piece of lacquerware at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun and his apprentice work at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun works at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun polishes a lacquerware at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Ding Guokun (2nd L) poses for a photo with his apprentices at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)