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In ancient China, people used to sit or kneel on straw mats on the floor. When people began to spend their lives from the floor to the top of a high place. From that moment, straw mats mainly used on beds and couches.

Not only chairs and stools, various designs of furniture arrived at the top of the Ming and Qing. In the Ming Dynasty, smooth, flowing lines and elegant ornamentation were the motivations of those days. In the Ching Dynasty, furniture design has turned to the richest decoration with coordinated engraved details. Days and more modern furniture design most Chinese strongly influenced by two historical periods above.

Since furniture was created, it is used all the large wood material. Rich forests of China, it is not surprising. The most common species in the high-quality furniture huganhuali mu (yellow flower pear), Jichi mu (Phoenix tail or chicken wing wood) and Zitan mu (dark purple sandalwood).

Huanghuali mu has often been used in both the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Huanghuali mu is one of the most valuable wood in the world. It can reach 36 meters high with a diameter of 1 meter. This wood is commonly found in Thailand, Burma and Vietnam. In ancient China, and mu Huanghuali Zitan were so valuable and precious as gold and precious stones. Jichi mu is a kind of very hard wood. It is often found in Burma, Thailand, India and Vietnam. This type of wood is even rarer and whether Huganhuali Zitan. The name arose because the spring model which resembles that of birds. Zitan mu is an extremely hard rosewood. It has a trunk of the yellow color. But with sufficient exposure to air, changing from yellow to dark red. It gives them flavor and is one of Chinese medicinal herbs. With a chair made of Zitan, people will have appropriate medical treatment on her.

For many years, Chinese furniture antiques lovers treasure. It was not until the Ming and Ching dynasties furniture was well appreciated and loved by people. Same in both periods was the room most of the furniture destroyed or looted by invaders from the West. In fact, the same situation continued until the recent China during the Communist revolution in cabinets destroyed city of chaos, chest and chairs for fuel and maintain the quality would be considered against the government for now .

Therefore, apart from a few elements that are able to maintain their diplomatic and expatriate families escape to places like Hong Kong or the West, a limited collection can be found in museums like the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Palace Museum in Beijing.