More than a hundred lacquerware objects have been unearthed from Fengpengling M1 in Changsha. In order to study the process of manufacturing, and the methods of protection and repair of these lacquers, multiple samples were analyzed to determine moisture content and paint film and lacquer ash composition, and wood tree germplasm, by variousmethods. These studies showed that the moisture content of woodbody lacquer wares is higher than bodiless lacquer wares,and that the wood in the woodbody lacquerware is Nan wood or Zi wood (catalpa) of several sizes. The paint film at the bottom is thicker than at the top. In paint films, the red pigment was HgS, the black pigment was C,the white pigments were mainly Ag, and the gray pigment was SiO₂ & CaO.