The history of handmade carpentry

Carpentry has a long history, dating back to the pre-Qin period, when it was regarded as an inferior occupation, so the upper classes did not learn the craft.

"Carpentry" is the most common name for woodworking, which appeared in the Spring and Autumn period. However, at that time it was still only an official name, indicating the scope of its duties. The Book of Rites, under the Rites of Qu, says: "The six workmen of the Son of Heaven were: earthworker, goldworker, stoneworker, woodworker, beastworker, and grassworker."

Lu Ban was known as a skillful woodworker, and under the guidance of his experience, China became one of the more developed countries in the wood industry at the time.

The term "zi smith" or "zi man" was also commonly used for carpenters. In ancient times, however, ziren was only one type of carpenter, specializing in making frames for drinking, bows and arrows, and bells. The ancients divided carpenters into three broad categories:

Big tools. Mainly repairing and building houses, erecting wooden frames and making things like rough and planting plows and harrows. Small tools. Mainly small and exquisite, with carvings and decorative patterns of wooden objects and statues and other things. Shipbuilding and other miscellaneous devices. Boat for the ancient daily transportation, high requirements, between the large and small ware work. Carpenters of large-artifact work may not necessarily make small and delicate utensils; conversely, small-artifact work may not necessarily build houses. In modern times, carpentry has become a very specialized type of work, and in Taiwan it is divided into large carpenters who build temples and decorative carpenters who decorate interior spaces. Interior decoration carpentry for interior space decoration. Furniture carpentry is a major direction for furniture carpentry. Carpentry is widely spread in Europe and America, and unlike China, Europeans and Americans regard carpentry as a job that can be done by all classes of people. In many European and American private schools there are carpentry courses.　Tools for hand carpentry: Hand carpentry does not use large machinery, and the tools used are generally: curved ruler (also called a moment or luban ruler), ink bucket, planer, drill, and chisel, shovel, saw, drill, planer, hammer, axe, etc.