What are the characteristics of ancient furniture in China?

What are the characteristics of prehistoric Xia, Shang and Zhou furniture?

This period is the initial furniture stage. The earliest known furniture in China was produced in the Neolithic Age. The woodworking technology and pole socket structure in building and repairing wells in prehistoric times laid the foundation for the appearance of furniture. At that time, the lifestyle was to sit on the floor, and the furniture was very simple. Every household appliance had the function of furniture. After entering the slave society, the biggest feature of furniture is the function of ritual vessels.

What are the characteristics of furniture in the Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties?

The general characteristics of furniture in this period are low-key, low-key furniture with complete floors for living. The furniture is low and has no fixed position, so it can be arranged differently according to different occasions. The functionality of furniture is constantly strengthened, and at the same time it has the function of ritual vessels.

Lacquer furniture is the mainstream furniture in this period. In addition to traditional lacquer painting, oil painting, needle painting, silver foil gilding and silver inlay, there are also some techniques such as Russian gold (needle painting to supplement gold) and painting (stacking patterns with thick paint). After lacquer decoration, some of them are decorated with real gold and copper ornaments, which is more luxurious.

What are the characteristics of furniture in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties?

During this period, the cultural and artistic exchanges between various ethnic groups and sects made the furniture of various ethnic groups penetrate each other in shape and function. Although people are still used to sitting on the floor, Hu Chuang has become more common among the people in the Central Plains, and various forms of high furniture have appeared, which has brought an impact on the traditional lifestyle and further influenced the production of traditional furniture, and the bud of high furniture has appeared.

At that time, the new furniture mainly included armchairs, waist-tied stools, square stools, round tables, long chairs, cabinets, and bamboo and rattan furniture such as urns and boxes.

Lacquered furniture was still the mainstream of high-end furniture at that time, and new decorative techniques such as point painting, green heavy painting, lacquer painting and gold and silver ribbons appeared.

What are the characteristics of furniture in Sui and Tang Dynasties?

This period is the climax of the development and transformation from sitting on the floor to sitting on the feet, and from low-type furniture to high-type furniture. The traditional custom of living on the floor has gradually been abandoned, sitting with feet down has become increasingly popular, and the form of furniture has developed from low to high.

In the Five Dynasties, people basically entered a new era of sitting high and feet low. Moreover, the variety of furniture increased during this period, and the furniture style changed from elegance and beauty in Sui and Tang Dynasties to simplicity in Five Dynasties, which laid a good foundation for the formation of furniture style in Song Dynasty.

What are the characteristics of Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan furniture?

The Song Dynasty was a prosperous period of furniture art. After the Northern Song Dynasty, China's high-type furniture gradually matured and developed rapidly. The types of high-type furniture are increasing, and the varieties are basically complete. At the same time, many changes have taken place in manufacturing technology, and various decoration technologies have been used.

In the Song Dynasty, Yanji, the earliest combination furniture in China, appeared. This is a set of several sizes made to scale. * * * There are 3 specifications and 7 single pieces, which can be changed and combined into 25 samples and 76 patterns. According to the number of people, you can combine them at will. Yanji is also the earliest combination furniture in the history of world furniture.

What are the characteristics of Ming Dynasty furniture?

This period is the heyday of classical furniture in China. Due to the progress of handicraft industry, the development of overseas trade, the emergence of budding capitalism and other social factors, Ming Dynasty furniture reached the peak of the development of Chinese classical furniture. Ming Dynasty furniture not only has complete types and styles, but also has exquisite materials, simple and elegant shapes, rigorous and accurate production, reasonable and standardized structure, and gradually formed a stable and unique "Ming style" furniture style, which is also an important symbol of China classical furniture entering the practical and scientific stage. The furniture in this period reached its peak in production technology and artistic attainments, and became the most artistic boutique in the history of furniture art development in the world.

What are the characteristics of qing dynasty furniture? What production centers have emerged?

This period is the last period of the prosperity of classical furniture in China, and qing dynasty furniture basically retains the style characteristics of the Ming Dynasty in the early Kangxi period. From Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty to the late Qianlong period, due to the further development of society, qing dynasty furniture also developed correspondingly, forming a A Qing style with solemn modeling, heavy carving, huge volume and great tolerance. Qing dynasty furniture's workshops are mainly located in Yangzhou, Jizhou and Huizhou, forming three major production centers in China, with different artistic styles such as "Su Zuo", "Jing Zuo" and "Guang Zuo". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the decline of national strength and imperialist aggression, civil wars were frequent, handicrafts of various nationalities were seriously damaged, and furniture art went from bad to worse and entered a period of decline.