Any art has its own social basis of generation.To understand the art of a period and an area,one has first to understand the living enviroment and cultural background of that period and that area.Gansu province in Qin and Han Dynasties was situated in the only path of the ancient Silk Road.Influenced by the special geographical and social enviroment,its culture has the characteristics of diversity.The culture combines the factors of advanced culture in all directions,which makes its culture take on the characteristics of diversity.The connotation of the culture is diverse.The styles and engraved patterns of the art of lacquerware in Qin and Han Dynasties in Gansu Province are combined with other factors of Culture of Chu and the ideologies of Confucianism and Taoism.The art is the joint combination of many different cultural factors.