Chongqing, a mountain city, is located in the subtropical monsoon climate zone. It is hot in summer and cool in autumn, and it is humid and foggy, which is particularly conducive to the production of lacquer trees. It is one of the regions with the largest production and the best quality of natural lacquer in the country and even in the world. Chongqing has thus become one of the four major lacquerware production bases in my country. The long-standing Chongqing lacquerware painting and decoration skills were selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list in my country in 2008. Chongqing lacquerware painting and decoration skills have a long history, dating back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, developed in the Qin and Han dynasties, flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and continued to the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. It is a traditional handicraft skill that has lasted for thousands of years and has strong characteristics. The painting and decoration techniques of Chongqing lacquerware are complex, mainly including: (1) lacquer making process, including transparent lacquer, black polishing lacquer, thick material lacquer, bright lacquer, gold foot lacquer, quick-drying lacquer, etc.; (2) base making process, including wood base process, debonding process, bamboo basket weaving base process, leather base process, pressed base process, vase process, portrait process, large relief process, etc.; (3) lacquering process, including gray base making, lacquering, etc.; (4) decoration process, including grinding and painting process, gold and silver powder lacquer process, pile lacquer process, inlay process, flat painting process, printing lacquer process, pattern filling lacquer process, etc.; (5) grinding process, including grinding process, polishing process, etc. In the process of implementing these processes, it is required to master the properties of lacquer and the three degrees (temperature, humidity, and dryness). There are dozens of processes before and after, which takes a long time. It is praised as "hundreds of plans and thousands of workers" and is amazing. Chongqing lacquerware produced through these processes is smooth, bright, colorful, rich in decorative patterns, exquisite in craftsmanship, and well-known throughout the country. Chongqing lacquerware decoration techniques are especially famous for their local characteristics such as grinding and painting, gold and silver powder light-shading lacquer, colored eggshell inlay, clamping, and lacquer sculptures. It combines art and practicality, and has a rich variety of categories, mainly including daily necessities, tourist souvenirs, display collections, and architectural decoration. From the 1950s to the early 1960s, Chongqing lacquerware was mainly exported to the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, and participated in international cultural exchange activities in Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa many times. Dozens of lacquer art works are collected by the Palace Museum, the National Museum of Victoria in the United Kingdom, and the China National Museum of Arts and Crafts, and are also used as national gifts to foreign heads of state and international friends.