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About the history of China's chair.
The name of the chair first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but the image of the chair can be traced back to the Hu bed introduced to the north during the Han and Wei Dynasties. There are two people sitting on chairs in the mural of Cave 285 in Dunhuang. There are women sitting on square stools and cross-legged stools in the murals of Cave 257. There are women sitting on round stools in the stone carving of Lianhua Cave in Longmen.

These images vividly reproduce the use of chairs and stools by bureaucrats and aristocratic families in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Although the furniture at that time had the shape of chairs and stools, people used to call it "Hu bed" because there were no chairs and stools at that time. In temples, it is often used for meditation, so it is also called a Zen bed.

After the Tang Dynasty, the use of chairs gradually increased, and the name of chairs was widely used and separated from the category of beds. Therefore, when it comes to the origin of chairs and stools, we should start with Hu Chuang in the Han and Wei Dynasties.

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Types of chairs

Coffee chair

The CoffeeChair designed by Korean designer Sunhankwon designs the back of the chair as a silhouette of a coffee cup, and the handle part of the cup can be used to hang clothes, bags and other things. There are three colors: black, white and brown, which are very suitable for coffee shops.

armchair

A general term for armchairs with armrests, except round back chairs and top chairs, the rest are called armchairs. Its style and decoration are simple and complicated, and it is often matched with the coffee table. There are four chairs and two chairs on both sides of the hall, which are displayed symmetrically.

Massage chair

The principle of massage chair is to imitate manual massage, but it uses mechanical rolling force and mechanical force to massage. The massage chair can massage deeply along the spine according to the curve of the human body, such as swinging, shiatsu, pinching, pushing and kneading. When people sit in massage chairs and enjoy the whole body relaxation, it is as if someone is rubbing their backs and shoulders for them.

Swing chair

The upper part is not much different from the general chair, except that there is a rotating shaft part called "one leg" under the chair surface, so the human chair.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Chair (furniture for daily life)