Ancient carpenters in the furniture which practice, known as "Jedi work"?

Ancient Chinese handicrafts are exquisite, in the world of crafts in the leading position, Ancient carpenters are even more dexterous, of which the pins, closing the door nails, semi-glue board with nails, etc. is also known as? The ancient carpenters were even more skillful. because the production of these furniture parts require extremely high technology, so it is difficult to pass down.

Most modern furniture will use iron nails to connect furniture parts, but in ancient times people rarely use iron nails. This is because iron nails are prone to rust when exposed to water and can easily crack and damage the wood. A good piece of furniture, the use of nails should be the less the better. It is in this kind of excellence, the ancient carpenter's craftsmanship is more and more advanced. One of the connecting parts is called pin, which is a good substitute for the role of nails. One of the ? pin? is not an iron nail, but a bamboo nail. Pins? refers to a small removable wooden block. The pins are very small and delicate and can be flexibly controlled during the process of building furniture, thus replacing the iron nails to connect various parts of the furniture.

Shutting the door nail in the Ming furniture is more widely used, in the slap together mortise and tenon, nailed into a bamboo nail can make the original activities of the switch completely fixed. And this kind of door closing ding is equivalent to a layer of lock for furniture, if you want to crack the furniture or old furniture repair, you need to remove the door closing nail first.

There is also a production process, known as semi-glued dental plate with nails, dental plate is used for furniture foot parts of the plate, in playing a role in connecting at the same time, semi-glued dental plate with nails can also play a supporting role . Ming Dynasty, some furniture, without the use of any nails, relying solely on semi-glued board with nails to complete a fine piece of furniture, and such furniture after hundreds of years is still intact, which can also be seen in the ancient craftsmanship is how superb.

Ancient technology is not as developed as modern, but some handicrafts are more exquisite than today, is the craftsman's excellence to make those exquisite handicrafts to complete the test of time.