While most liquids dry as the result of water evaporation, lacquer ware dries in a very different way--by absorbing large quantities of oxygen. The resulting chemical reaction gradually turns the liquid-state lacquer into a solid.
漆液的乾燥過程非常特殊，與一般因水份蒸發而乾燥者不同，它必須吸入大量的氧氣，與之起化學作用，才漸漸變為固體。