Newly-picked big gourds need to be picked, boiled, cut and dried before they can be handled properly.

1. Pick a gourd. Prepare a fresh gourd, a little weight is the best, such a gourd belongs to a better gourd, the leaves of the gourd can be removed, and the vines of the gourd should be left about 1 cm.

2. Boil the gourd. Put the gourd in the cold water, cook it for 5 minutes after the water boils, then take it out and wipe the surface moisture with a cloth with good water absorption.

3. peel the gourd. Scrape the outer skin of the gourd with bamboo chips. The boiled gourd is easy to peel, but you can't use iron, and you can't scrape it too early. If you scrape it too early, it will easily cause the gourd to lose water quickly and crack.

4. hang the gourd. Slowly peel off a layer of skin on the surface of the gourd, wipe off the dregs with a cloth, and then hang it in the house to dry. When the gourd is light, take it outside to dry, and then make the dried gourd.