Significance of tenon-mortise structure

Significance of tenon and mortise design of Chinese classical furniture: It is different from other traditional handicrafts in China, such as jade carving, tooth carving and snuff bottle painting. The tenon and mortise structure is completely ingenious, decorated for decoration and pleasing people's vision. Furniture design should not only satisfy people's visual beauty, but also require scientific rationality in order to be durable for a long time. This requires that in the visual experience of ancient carpenters for many years, we must accurately judge the tenon and mortise of each wood according to the modeling combination of furniture and the mechanical bearing capacity of each wood.

Mortise-and-tenon structure, the ancient buildings in China are mainly made of wood, brick and tile, and the wooden frame structure is the main structural mode, which is composed of columns, beams, purlins and other main components, and the joints between the components are equipped with tenons and tenons to form an elastic frame.

Mortise and tenon are a very ingenious invention. This connection mode of members makes the traditional wood structure in China a special flexible structure that surpasses the bent, frame or rigid frame of contemporary buildings. It can not only bear a large load, but also allow some deformation, which can offset some seismic energy under earthquake load and reduce the seismic response of the structure.