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When she was 10 years old, Sha Guihua moved with her family to Jinfen Township, Taitung. From a young age she learned traditional skills such as weaving, embroidery, and sewing from her family elders. Because her parents came from different lineages and social classes, Teacher Sha (Ms. Sha Guihua) is fluent in both Paiwan and Rukai cultures. In the early years she studied under Li Yongming and Wang Rongming (the "ceramics period") and later under Wang Yuxin (the "porcelain period"). She once enrolled in a bamboo weaving class at the Handicraft Research Institute, but she never left ceramics. In the early stages of her work she used the traditional “earth-strip method” to make ceramic jars, which is very different from the modern hand‑pulling technique in terms of production speed and quality. Nevertheless, she still prefers the “earth-strip method” because it feels more familiar. Compared with modern ceramics, the traditional ceramic jars hold much greater significance. She received a nomination for the 2001 Indigenous Crafts Award with an innovative ceramic jar, and in 2002 she again won second place in the inaugural China Motors Indigenous Ceramics Competition. She has also frequently served as a short‑course ceramics instructor at the Taitung Indigenous Development Association, becoming an outstanding talent cultivated during the revival of ceramics in the community.