Study On The Stylistic Innovation Of Ancient Chinese Furniture

Chinese furniture has a long history, and shares international credit. The ancient Chinese furniture innovated in thousands of years, and formed different styles due to both time and region. The paper explores the affective factors that caused the innovation. The most directly factor should be the change of sitting and living styles. In ancient China, people used to sit on the ground, but things changed in Wei and Jin Period, and sitting-high living style did not popularize until in Song Dynasty, which decided the promising future of ancient furniture.Living style meets the demands of human being, in Wei and Jin period the new sitting ware of the minority people and from the Buddhist culture, suited the need and furthered it. As for the furniture, the innovation of the form based on material and technique, and the innovation requires technique improvement.Besides the practical purpose, the aesthetic pursuit further the furniture culture, which contains aesthetics, literati awareness, etc. Architecture, which suits different demands, closely connected with and greatly affected furniture on the technique and its culture.