The History of Bamboo Furniture

Bamboo is prolific in the provinces in southern my country. Bamboo is a perennial woody evergreen plant of the grass family. It grows quickly, has a tough texture, a smooth surface, and a comfortable touch. Therefore, since ancient times, folks have liked to use various bamboos to make various types of furniture, and most of them imitate the shape of wooden furniture. The products are full of distinctive national forms and traditional styles.

This kind of furniture is most famous for bamboo furniture in Yiyang, Hunan, Wuxue, Hubei, Gaoyou, Jiangsu, and Anhui. According to legend, bamboo furniture has a history of more than 600 years. It mainly uses high-quality wool and hemp bamboo as raw materials, and uses the different characteristics of bamboo materials such as smoothness, coolness, green bamboo, and inner yellow, and is made through processes such as depression, mosaic, decoration, and fire. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, bamboo artists were successively sent to countries such as Guinea, Ghana and Iran to teach skills.

Classification of bamboo furniture:

Bamboo furniture is an emerging low-carbon industry. Bamboo does not need to be planted, grows fast, has high hardness and super toughness. It is an ideal furniture material to replace solid wood, and has an obvious effect on forest protection. Bamboo industry integrates good ecological, economic and social benefits. China Bamboo Industry Association advocates: my country's bamboo industry should aim at green industry and low-carbon economy, and take the road of circular economy and green industry.

Many people have seen bamboo furniture. In addition to bamboo chairs and bamboo mats, there are also bamboo floors, bamboo tea tables, rattan sofas, restaurant furniture and so on. Because the level of craftsmanship was relatively low in the past, bamboo was rarely used for other purposes except for burning fire. With the emergence of high technology in recent years, bamboo has been transformed into a gorgeous shape, and its uses are becoming more and more extensive, involving clothing, home furnishing, food, construction, etc.