Originating during the Warring States period, Yangzhou lacquerware flourished during the Qin and Han Dynasties and prospered during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has won a high reputation at home and abroad for its equsite artistic style and wonderful workmanship for more thanone thousand years.
Founded in 1955, Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory is a key enterprise among the national lacquerware industry and has the right of self-operating import and export business. The factory's decorative techniques can be classified into ten categories-"lacquer carving", "lacquer carving inlaid with jade", "lacquer engraving", "bone and stone inlaying", "mother-of-pearl polishing", "mother of pearl dotting", "decoration with colored drawings", "filling up knife", "polished lacquer painting" and "wood carving inlaying", which have established its irreplaceable position in China's arts and crafts circles. We have traditional eccellent products such as floor screens, screens, hanging panels, desk screens, furniture and so on, with no lack of lacquerware paintings, wall paintings, gifts, indoor artwork, tourist souvenirs,etc., which conform to the modern men's aesthetic appeal and practical demands and have various kinds and are magnificent. The lacquer handicraft articles of "Lacquer Flower" brand (famous trade mark of Jiangsu Province) have won many international and domestic Gold and Silver Medal and are sold to over 60 countries and rigions in the world. Our products also sell well on the domestic tourist, gift and large construction decoration markets. Over the years, about 100 pieces of Yangzhou lacquerware excellent products have been selected as natinal gifts or displayed and collected in the Great Hall of the People and other important places.
Now the staffs of Yangzhou Lacquer Factory are emancipating their thinking and keen on innovation to dig up the cultural details of the traditional craftsmanship deeply. In order to comprise the tourist industry and the strategy of the local government's cultural famous city, the factory built Yangzhou Arts and Crafts Village where Yangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum and Yangzhou Handicrafts Market are located. Putting demonstration. shopping, performance, food and beverage and rest together, the Village provides and ideal tourist spot for the tourists and guests to Yangzhou.
Passing through the history, Yangzhou lacquerware will embrace the times.
