Historical overview of the chinese traditional furniture

China, the world’s fastest growing nation and among the first three world’s ancient centers of civilization is celebrated for their knowledge in a diversity of specific visual craftwork. With long history of culture dating back to the rulers of remote ancient times, Chinese have excelled greatly in the furniture industry with an outstanding history. The long history of China hashelped the nation to constantly strive to innovate, explore, and create new approaches that are essential in one’s daily lives. The Chinese traditional furniture has come a very long way from the Shang dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasty; producing with a low-quality material, rigid furniture form, short-legged, outmoded construction techniques, archaic finishing and primitive furniture items to using quality hardwoods, exquisite furniture designs and decorations, long-legged, advanced construction techniques, long-lasting finishing and classical furniture pieces. Today, the Chinese furniture items are not only used by people in power or the affluents, but also, found in the homes of the ordinary Chinese and in temples. Aside the internal cultural influence, external cultures also influenced the activities of the craftmanship. Furniture items, especially beds, couches, cabinets, tables and desks have all migrated to a multifunctional artefact meeting the needs of customers. Till today, every furniture items produced has taken the shape and style of the Ming and Qing dynasty period of making furniture as those periods are the peak of China’s furniture culture.