The Study On Western Sichuan Folk Furniture

China retains a lot of local artistic folk furniture with strong features, western Sichuan folk furniture is one of them. Western Sichuan folk furniture was influenced deeply by the local culture developed under the unique geographical and historical conditions, which has different characteristic from Chinese central plains culture. It is important to promoting the cultural heritage of western Sichuan folk furniture and improving the study scope of Chinese traditional folk furniture by studying on western Sichuan folk furniture.In this research, the folk furniture used by Han Nationality person of western Sichuan was appointed as the object of study. The study on the forming background of western Sichuan folk furniture shows that western Sichuan folk furniture has formed under the influence of natural environment, socio-economic environment, cultural environment and local houses of western Sichuan region by documentary research. The categories, technical features and decorative features of western Sichuan folk furniture were analyzed and discussed by documentary research and field survey method, which was based on the investigation of western Sichuan folk furniture used by Han nationality people. The categories could be divided into:lying, chair and stool, display, hold, installation and decoration. The technical features were materials and structures, the main materials were wood, bamboo, rattan and decorative materials; the main structures were mortise and tenon, nail, glue and hardware. The main decoration methods were engraving, mosaic, and paint. And relief, openwork carving, flat carving, line engraving were the common engraving techniques decorated furniture. The boxwood and gall wood were the characteristic materials used in mosaic. Outlining in gold on black paint and red paint was the general decorative paint method. The common decorative patterns were animal patterns, plant patterns, people patterns and geometric patterns. The worship of the culture and the sun was founded in decoration of western Sichuan folk furniture after research.Based on the above theoretical study and investigation research, it shows that the theory of "unity of heaven and man", patriarchal etiquette, multi-cultural blend and religion characteristics were discovered in western Sichuan folk furniture by induction and analysis methods, which highlights the cultural connotations of western Sichuan regional characteristics.