In Jinzhong, there is a saying that is a household name: Three treasures of Pingyao ancient city, long yam with lacquered beef. Among the three treasures of the ancient city, lacquerware ranks first. Pingyao ancient city is located in the Loess Plateau. Before 2000 BC, in the Neolithic Age, there were a lot of trees covered here. There is a kind of tree called Rhus verniciflua which is widely distributed. The ancestors used lacquer tree pulp to smear food containers in order to be bright, beautiful and durable. In addition, lacquerware is also used as a text mark because of its automatic blackening. 3700 years ago, Yu made a sacrificial vessel, painted it with lacquer liquid, dyed it with ink, and dyed it inside first, which proved that mineral pigments had been used to modulate vermilion lacquer ornaments at that time.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Pingyao lacquerware took shape. In the Han Dynasty, lacquerware reached a peak. With the strengthening of Shanxi merchants, Pingyao lacquerware is exported to Mongolia, Russia and Southeast Asia.

By the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the lacquerware painting technology in Pingyao had reached a high level. Lacquerware made by this technique was well-known in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. Due to the rise of Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Tuiguang lacquerware made great progress and began to be exported to Britain, Russia and other countries.