Once the gourds had ripened, his uncle sent him to the amusement park to paint them up and decorate the park with them. He found this much less fun than his childhood bamboo-strip engraving, just painting pictures onto the skinned and dried gourds, then lacquering and tying cords around them. But they looked wonderful, and visitors to the park absolutely adored them.
這項工作對從小就喜歡在竹片上雕繪蟲鳥花木的他而言，倒也輕鬆自在，當時他只是將瓠瓜刮皮曬乾後畫上圖案，然後塗上透明漆，以一條紅繩子簡單綁住，葫蘆可愛的造型甚受遊客喜愛。