But its place on the market as a piece of artwork got started on Taiwan just seven or eight years ago. That was when Chung Sheng, "the Old Gourd Man," began to take an interest in selling decorated gourds.
但是壺蘆在台灣成為藝術品，於加工後銷售，還是近幾年的事。七、八年前，有一位名叫鍾盛的「壺蘆老人」，自從栽種了一顆匏樹之後，對壺蘆深感興趣，從此，就忙著種壺蘆、賣壺蘆，和壺蘆結下不解之緣。