What does carpenter mean?

Pronounced mùjiang

English name [carpenter], also known as "woodworker". A person who works with hand or machine tools in the manufacture of furniture parts, door and window frames, or other wood products.

[edit]Characteristics of the occupation

Carpentry is an ancient trade. Carpenters use wood as a material, they stretch rope and ink, draw lines with a pen, then take a planer to flatten it, and then measure it with a gauge to make various kinds of furniture and handicrafts. Carpenters are engaged in a wide range of industries, not only can they make all kinds of furniture, but also in the construction industry, decorative industry, advertising industry and so on are inseparable from the carpenter. For example, in the construction industry the essential doors and windows are made by carpenters.

[edit]The ancestor of the carpenter

Lu Ban

Lu Ban: Spring and Autumn Lu people, the ancient famous building craftsmen, architects. This Gongfu clan, the name of the general, later known as Lu Ban. He was not only able to build "palaces and pavilions", but also in the era of frequent conquests, had made "ladders", "hook strong" and other siege equipment, boat station. Legend has it that he created the "wooden carriage" which was "equipped with organs"; he invented many kinds of wooden tools such as curved wheel and ink bucket; he also invented mill and grinder, etc. He was indeed a rare hardworking and skillful craftsman, and was generally praised by the society, calling him the "Saint of Machinery". "The Saint of Machinery". Great influence on later generations, for thousands of years, has been worshipped as carpentry, masonry, masonry and other crafts sector *** with the ancestor, called him "Master Lu Ban".