In later times poets continued to admire the gourd. Song dynasty poet Su Shi wrote of two friends enjoying the simple life-symbolized by the gourd-in his poem "Ode to the Red Cliff." Ink painters have also fallen in love with gourds 'simple, elegant form. It is against this rich historical backdrop that gourdwork has developed.
及後，瓠常得詩人寄情吟詠，宋朝蘇軾在〈前赤壁賦〉中寫道：「駕一葉之扁舟，舉匏樽以相屬」，更有墨客揮灑丹青，「順其質樸之性、暢其雅致之姿」，甚而結合雕刻技巧，發展出獨具韻味的「瓠雕」藝術。