The Technique Research For Carriage Of Design In Pre-Qin Period

Design is a discipline of creation which has been getting maturing accompanied by the development of human beings since the appearance of human. In our country ,our Chinese ancestors created gorgeous ancient civilization, including lots of outstanding design projects whose fine material and exquisite technology have marveled modern people. Those masterpieces not only provided art assets for modern design but also work up the designers' inspiration continuously.The subject of this paper is ancient cart. The author makes a in-depth research on the historical background,functional characteristics,manufacturing processes and technique,standards in choosing material of ancient cart component and the test standard.In Xia Dynasty, some transportation included vehicle for different uses had been appeared as Shi-ji Xiaben discipline had record Da Yu by vehice on land, boat on water, sled in mud and nian on the hills during he controlled the flood. The use and development of ancient cart have been gone through a long term, even at nowadays the vehicle mainly droved by people or livestock which have the similar design with ancient cart can be found in remote area. In terms of the manufacturing processes and technique, it had been achieve to quite a high standard. Ancient cart, the product of hand period, its design,manufacture,finishing technique and a series of material choosing and testing standards had represented the highest design level in that days. The widely use of vehicle gave a great promotion for political, economic , military , production and living Activities in ancient time, which also effected development of the vehicle itself. With the strengthening production capacity, Bronze Age made an indelible promotion for the manufacturing processes and technique of ancient cart. Adding metal parts to the key position of wood vehicle could fix the carriage body and be favorable for driving. the appearance of joiner's techniques also provided a set of scientific manufacturing method.The design and manufacture of ancient cart implies a integrated set of scientific method, so it's worthy a deeply research. In the Pre-Qin period, the development of the type and standard of vehicle was stable, as well as the manufacturing standard. Cause few technological innovations had been taken since that time, so the study of ancient cart in the Pre-Qin period means a lot not only in recognizing and excavating the design origin of Chinese Nation, but also in understanding the design method and characteristic of traditional design.