Ping Yao 
Ping Yao is also known for its exquisite lacquer wear. The streets are dotted with shops that glisten with shining wood surfaces
Check out this piece of lacquer ware, it's nice and shiny, and it鈥檚 got this nice black color to it, but once it was a piece of wood. How do you get there? Lets take a look, First you have to have a piece of wood, you have to make sure its dry, cause if it's wet, it'll warp, and nobody wants a warped box. After you get a nice piece of wood, you put some gauze on it. The Gauze is what picks up the layer of smooth finish you see on the lacquer ware. After you put on the gauze, you use pig鈥檚 blood powder, to rub into the gauze and it gets this smooth finish here. Each layer takes about a day to dry, and you put about 5 layers and after each layer, you sand it down so its smooth. After its smooth, you put a layer of black lacquer on it. Once it's black, its ready to be painted.
The elegant illustrations are first rendered on the lacquer object. The standard black background strongly contrasts the brightly colored painting and is part of the traditional lacquer ware aesthetic.
So this beautiful piece of artwork is pretty much finished, but if you look carefully, the shiny finish on this box isn't the same as the finished piece over here, so now we're gonna look at how this glossy finish is done. The shine is obtained by repeatedly rubbing the lacquered surface with a small amount of oil mixed with brick powder. Some people say they add a little female hair to the mix to give it an extra shine. The process produces quite a lot of heat, and can be quite hard on the hands, but the result is exquisite.
Chang Sheng Yuan huang jiu has been in business since the Qing Dynasty, when it is claimed that The Empress Dowager Cixi herself came to this winery and was impressed by the wine's taste.
Gu: How long is the history of this shop?
Lao tou: more than 300 years
Gu : Which generation are you from?
Lao tou: I鈥檓 the sixth generation
Gu: Your family has been making wine this whole time?
Lao tou: yes the tradition has been passed down through my family, Our huang jiu is a 鈥測in yang鈥 wine, It increases blood circulation and is good for your stomach, It鈥檚 a healthy alcohol.
This is called a "jiu gang" and it holds 700 bottles of "Huang Jiu" in this big bottle. It's really got a bite to that smell. You can drink it cold.
So this is the product, and this is the raw material. This is the "Luo Mi" which is a kind of rice, and his is the huang jiu, or Yellow wine, Its a kind of rice wine, and this looks kinda good, but, I'd rather drink the wine.
