Ancient Chinese Furniture

Ancient people's way of living can be divided into two ways of sitting on the ground and sitting with their feet hanging down, and the change of furniture shape mainly centers around two series of low furniture and high type furniture.

The furniture of the Qin and Han Dynasties is typical of the low furniture. At that time, people sat on the ground, the furniture used is generally low, such as: mat, lacquer case, lacquer and so on. With the use of the place, and there is no fixed position.

To the Three Kingdoms period, from the ethnic minorities imported a high type of sitting furniture: Hu bed. After the evolution of the Central Plains appeared gradually high furniture round stools, square stools and so on. Sleeping furniture beds, couches, etc. also gradually become higher. But the dominant furniture was still low.

Then to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the majority of people sitting with their feet hanging down, high type of furniture quickly developed into a complete stereotypes, the formation of a complete combination of new high type of furniture. Typical high furniture chairs, stools, tables, etc., have appeared and popular among the upper class. It was not until the Song Dynasty that it became fully popularized.

Ancient Chinese furniture development to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the basic stereotypes for high furniture, and can be based on the different body shape and furniture modeling. The development of ancient Chinese furniture is fully mature.