A Furniture Study Based On WuYue Culture

Culture of Wu and Yue originated from the Spring and Autumn period of Wu and Yue States, due to they both located the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in a long-term historical development, the absorption and effects of each other and eventually become a strong local region Community.Wu Yue has large waters , known as the Five Lakes and the three rivers, having their own unique local customs and higher art achievements, such as Jiangnan gardens, Suzhou and Hangzhou embroidery, temple pagoda, fishing boat, the famous Hemudu culture and the Liangzhu culture are in HereSince reform and opening up, China's furniture industry has developed rapidly, and have maintained rapid growth, but under the impact of global economy, lacking of the competition increase apparently. like the regional product is very similar to each other, lack of cultural connotation and so on .Now the Jiangsu-Zhejiang is the main area of the furniture industry. in the domestic furniture industry, it has a pivotal position. Therefore, based on Wu Yue area has excellent traditional culture, I feel that its research is necessary.Wu Yue Culture is an important component of the traditional Chinese culture , the Wuyue furniture in its culture, has a close relationship with the local architecture, landscape. This article on a brief basis of traditional Chinese furniture's development and its basic shapeIntroduces the main areas--plains of Ningbo and Shaoxing,Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou plain, and southern Jiangsu of the Taihu Lake area.Their geography, natural Conditions and folk customsHave play a very important part for the formation of Wu Yue furniture, the development of the culture and other creatures on the furniture design. In the latter part of the paper, on the type of furniture, timber, structure, design features, decorative arts makes a more comprehensive analysis to the surrounding culture and foreign culture .generally speaking, Wu Yue area furniture maintain both a unified characteristics of the times and their own artistic characteristics.Lastly, by some samples, carefully analyze that how to put the elements of wuyue culture into the modern furniture design.also propose some questions that should be solved in future days ,and hope that more and more people will focous on the development of WuYue furniture.