Xue also set up a gourd pyrography association and has taught more than 100 residents how to create pyrographic art for free. Around 2010, as the popularity of gourd pyrography began to grow and gain ...

Over the past 20 years, 65-year-old Xue Gailian has used pyrography－a form of intangible cultural heritage in Shanxi province－to decorate gourds and help fellow villagers make money. Two decades ago, ...