China has over 5000 years of written history in the world, but the history of furniture can be traced back to seven thousand years ago in Zhejiang, Yuyao, Hemudu Site culture, it can be said that the history of furniture is longer and more serious than the history of the text.

China classical furniture by the use of different functions, in principle, can be divided into five categories: chairs, desks, beds, cupboards and miscellaneous.

Chair stool

Before the Han Dynasty, there was no seats, usually made of straw, leaves, fur mat, sit on the floor. Until one called "Hu Chuang" sitting outside into the Central Plains from the domain, is the true sense of the chair. After all the development of the Tang Dynasty, the chair was separated from the Huchuang name, address him as chair.

Square stool

Round stool

Bench

Top spot

Old-fashioned wooden armchair

Mandarin chair

Rose Chair

Throne

Table

The table in the Chinese ancient culture status of higher education, is a product of Chinese etiquette nation of culture heritage, it is also an important tool for ceremonial reception indispensable. In Chinese ancient times, has a strict system of classification table. For example, the table for the case is mainly applied to commemorate dead elders and respect for the ancestors; eight square table is mainly used in the reception of important guests, such as "please sit" refers to the eight square table South left seat; garden table is mainly used in family meals, a reunion of italy.

Round table

Square table

Crescent table

Piano table

Altar

Donor case

Bed

Babu bed

arhat bed

Recliner

Cabinet rack

The cabinet use began about the Xia and Shang Dynasties, the ancient "Ark", is not that we see today's cabinet, as we now see in the box, and the ancient "box", is refers to indoor storage places. The unearthed cultural relics, as of now the earliest cabinet should be Henan Xinyang Changtaiguan the Warring States Chu's casket and with the county of Hubei of the tomb of Ceng Houyi painted wooden suitcase. We say here is a box, is according to modern people's view, if according to the Warring States period of call, should be called "cabinet"".

Corner cabinet

闷户橱

Top cabinet

Light cabinet

Other

In addition, desks, chairs, bed type cabinet type furniture, there are many types of items, such as books, printed box, pail, screen, frame, mirror and so on, all this is summed up as "other classes".

Cartridge

Bookcase

Official suitcase

Coat hanger

Basin frame

Pail

The mirror

Pan Cheng pan

Ground screen

Hanging panel