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Words describing lacquerware
Lacquerware manufacturing industry in Qin dynasty was very developed. First of all, there are various shapes, including round boxes, Meng boxes, long boxes with ears, round trays, oval trays, barrels, chicken spoons, daggers, flat pots, vases, ear cups, ear cups and sticks. Secondly, all kinds of lacquerware unearthed, except a few unearthed in the coffin cover, were unearthed in the head compartment, reflecting the customs and habits of Qin people who buried lacquerware with them.

Lacquerware in Qin dynasty is mainly daily necessities, and there are also some imitation animal images and bronze and pottery shapes. Ear cups are the most common utensils. Ear cups have been popular since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Ear cups in Qin Dynasty were all oval, crescent-shaped and flat-bottomed, with roughly the same shape, but different specifications. Round lacquer box, long box with two ears, round casket, etc. It is also a common variety of lacquerware in Qin Dynasty.

Circular urns were very common in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before Qin Dynasty. As a kind of daily necessities, they were also produced and used in large quantities in the Qin Dynasty. Although there were many long boxes with two ears in Qin dynasty, they were not seen on lacquerware before Qin dynasty. Lacquer knives in Qin lacquerware are actually evolved from daggers in weapons, not practical products, but only used for furnishings, dances and tombs. Phoenix-shaped spoon with strong Chu culture.

Lacquerware in Qin dynasty was basically made of wood tire, and the main methods of making tire bone were digging, rolling and baking. Plant patterns, natural scenery and geometric patterns are widely used in decoration. Although there are few scenes reflecting banquets, songs and dances (such as lacquer combs and grates unearthed from the Qin tomb in Fenghuang Mountain in Jiangling), they have a high level of grasping the proportion of the human body and handling the lines. Zhu, black and brown are the most commonly used paint colors in Qin Dynasty, while gold and silver are rare. Generally, containers are painted with red paint inside and black paint on the surface, and a few inside and outside are painted with black paint. Most of the artifacts are painted with reddish-brown pigments on the black painted floor, including bird's head, bird moire, Feng Niaowen, fish pattern, plum pattern, cirrus pattern and geometric pattern. These patterns are beautiful, vivid, ingenious and smooth, and they are still as beautiful as new.