What was the furniture like before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?

At that time, people still understood life very well and were very particular.

In ancient China, before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the furniture of the common people was made by a special carpenter, and the furniture in the palace was made by trained carpenters.

The furniture before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was generally solid wood furniture. It's just a different style.

From the "Three Rites", we can understand that the mat for people to sit and lie down, the few for people to rely on, and the figurines for people to carry animals and hold food, their actual use functions are no different from furniture.

At that time, the furniture was all wooden, smooth in color, very charming, and the bronze cups were also very exquisite.

What is the correct statement about the development of furniture in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?

a.The "well field system" was gradually established, the number of private fields decreased, and the landlord class arose.

b.Slavery methods have been a good motivator for producers.

c.The rise of private lectures and hands-on activities has produced a number of "scholars" who have been educated in the "six arts" in society

d.During the Warring States Period, Lu Ban, who defended the country, was known as the "Ancestor of the Skillful Banquet Potato Demolition".

Correct answer: The rise of private lectures has produced a group of "scholars" who have been educated in the "six arts" in society

1. Lacquered wood furniture.

Furniture in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with lacquered wood furniture as a typical representative, formed the main source of China's lacquered wood furniture system, with a wide range of categories.

From a large number of unearthed objects, it is known that the lacquer furniture of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period not only has the original varieties such as lacquer figurines and lacquer tables, but also new varieties such as lacquered wooden beds, lacquered clothes boxes, and lacquer cases.

Painted wooden bed: the earliest bedding in China, the ancestor of various types of beds in later generations.

Chu-style small seat screen:

It marks the beginning of Chinese furniture to have a pure decorative appreciation value.

2. Lamps and lanterns. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, lamps and lanterns for lighting began to appear, and beans were the tools used for lighting at that time, which were made according to the shape of the beans, the food utensils at that time.

At that time, people used soybean fat as fuel, and put it in a small pottery bowl, put a wick, and light the light. It can be seen from the ancient character "lamp" that the lamp evolved from the bean. It is recorded in ancient books: the lamp comes from the bean, and the tile bean is called the Deng.

Bronze was a status symbol at the time. Research suggests that at that time, the use of bronze as lighting tools should have been the right of the aristocracy, and the crude pottery beans were probably used by ordinary people.

3. Eating utensils. Tables and chairs had not yet been invented, and people were still sitting on the floor when eating, and the utensils containing the food were placed on the table in front of the diners. The shape of the table is generally rectangular, with four short legs underneath, and a protruding perimeter on all sides of the table to prevent the tableware from slipping out.

A pair of bamboo chopsticks placed on the short-footed lacquer case unearthed from the above-mentioned Mawangdui No. 1 Han Tomb. It shows that the chopsticks have become the main utensils in daily life at that time. According to pre-Qin documents, the chopsticks were used to pick up food in soup.

The utensils of food are mainly dings, pots, gongs, franciums, boxes, basins, plates, etc.

The main features of furniture in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period:

1) Luban and the seven departments of carpentry appeared. The appearance of the fenced bed and the large rectangular box made of the Warring States period.

2) The revolution of woodworking tools has made a qualitative leap in furniture making. It is mainly manifested in: the use of making tools and the differentiation of various types of work, resulting in measuring instruments such as rules, moments, suspensions, horizontals, and ropes; Dovetail tenon, convex and concave tenon, lattice shoulder tenon Kaihua Temple appeared.

There has been a qualitative leap in furniture making; Dovetail tenons, convex and concave tenons, and lattice angle tenons combined with lap joints and tenons began to be used more reasonably.

3) The rise of furniture decoration. advances in lacquer and painting techniques; The carving and carving in the carved decorative furniture penetrate and complement each other; The abundance of weaving techniques.

Han Dynasty furniture, 1 lacquer.

Painting on furniture is a new process that appeared after the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was very popular in the Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, lacquer furniture began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and flourished in the Han Dynasty. Adopt black ground red painting, bright color, bright lacquer, fine workmanship, chic and light shape, is a typical Han Dynasty furniture decoration technique, fully embodies the glorious Han style.

2.Decorative patterns.

The decorative pattern mostly uses cloud patterns, which has many variations, is very rich, and the lines are smooth and extremely vivid. The vivid reds and blacks and the glittering lacquer are truly exquisite and exhilarating.

3 Combination of screen and couch.

The emergence of the screen couch announced the advent of a new variety of screen and couch combination. The Han Dynasty screen couch has a single leaf and a double fan, the couch can be set up a tent, the couch edge is pendant, rich and elegant, very exquisite.

Table, a long table or a long wooden board used to replace a table.

Four-legged square bronze or wood lacquer plates used for sacrifices or banquets, often displayed with beef and mutton.

It is a kind of furniture for people to lean on, with a narrow shape and a height suitable for sitting on the side or in front of it.

Forbidden, the seat of the wine can be divided into rectangular and square, with and without feet. Among them, those with feet are called "forbidden", and those without feet are called "forbidden".

Wareware, a type of storage furniture used to store clothing. Warring States utensils were mainly boxes, made of bamboo or wood, and in the early days they were hewn from two pieces of solid wood and buckled together at the top and bottom.

Seat screens, screens with a base but not foldable, were often used as a barrier behind the main seats in the room in ancient times, or placed at the entrance of a larger space building to block the view.

The bed, the earliest physical object was unearthed in the Chu tomb of the Warring States of Changtaiguan, 225 cm long and 136 cm wide. The bed drawer is low, only 21 cm high. The bed is made of square wood vertically and horizontally three to form a rectangular frame, and each wooden piece is picked out outward to make a beast head shape after lapping.

Four horizontal pillars are placed on the wooden frame, and then bamboo pieces are laid on top to facilitate ventilation. It is speculated that there should also be a recommendation mat and a bamboo mat on the bamboo slices. The bed frame is pitch black throughout, with a vermilion lacquer painted back pattern above, one layer of façade and two layers above.

The bed is set with six legs, one at the four corners and one in the middle of the front and back, and each foot is carved with two groups of cloud patterns that are symmetrical, and the top is convex and tenoned, which is inserted into the bed. The bed is also completely dark. The tree rails around the bed are made of bamboo and wooden strips in the shape of a checkered, and the middle of the front and back of the bed rails is left with a gap for up and down, and the whole body is pitch black.

The furniture of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with Chu-style lacquered wood furniture as a typical representative, formed the main source of China's lacquered wood furniture system. There are many types of Chu-style furniture: all kinds of Chu national figurines, exquisite Chu-style lacquer tables, characteristic Chu-style small seat screens, and the oldest bed ...... so farChu-style home has gorgeous colors, romantic and magical patterns, with the theme of dragon, phoenix, cloud and bird patterns, full of strong witchcraft concepts.

As an early form of arts and crafts, Chu-style furniture has a profound influence on later generations of furniture with its concise shape. The full name is Chu-style small seat screen.

It marks the beginning of Chinese furniture to have a pure decorative appreciation value. It is widely used in furniture decoration, including relief and openwork. It is a precedent for furniture carving in later generations.

Chinese furniture Warring States H-shaped with a few:

Its shape is thick and ancient, marking the development of arts and crafts from heavy bronze art to light lacquer art.

Process flow. The bronze casting process has developed greatly, and the lost-wax casting method has appeared.