1. What is Tibetan furniture?
The so-called Tibetan traditional furniture refers to the furniture that was born in Tibetan areas and made by Tibetan craftsmen, and conforms to the living needs and aesthetic habits of Tibetan people. Traditional Tibetan furniture has its own system, mainly made of wood, paying attention to decoration and having a unique snowy style. The decorative patterns of Tibetan furniture are colorful and beautiful, such as dragon pattern, animal pattern, plant pattern, thunder cloud pattern and geometric pattern. Patterns are mostly related to wealth and jewelry. Now buying Tibetan furniture mainly plays a decorative role at home.
Due to the lack of relevant information, the exact starting date of Tibetan traditional furniture is still inconclusive. After Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she brought a large number of excellent craftsmen and advanced skills from the Tang Dynasty, which greatly promoted the development of Tibet's productive forces. In order to meet the needs of aristocrats' daily life and religious etiquette in monasteries, Tibetan traditional furniture should be greatly improved during this period, initially forming styles and styles, but it must also be integrated into many cultural elements such as Central Plains culture and South Asian culture.
Second, the types of Tibetan furniture
Tibetan traditional furniture can be divided into temple furniture and civil furniture according to different functions and places of use. Temple furniture is mainly used for religious ceremonies and also for temple monks; Civil furniture is mainly used by Tibetans at home, but also for service activities in hotels and shops. Tibetan furniture is mainly divided into three categories: Tibetan beds, Tibetan tables and cabinets and Tibetan boxes.
Third, the characteristics of Tibetan furniture
1, simple
Tibetan furniture is monotonous in form and has few varieties. Because Tibetans like to sit on the floor, there are no stools and chairs, only boxes, cabinets and tables. The shape of Tibetan furniture does not beat around the bush, only rectangular or square. Among the Tibetan permanent residents, indoor furnishings are clearly defined and the key points are also prominent. The main part is the main room and the hall, and the other parts are relatively simple and simple. The main room is not only a dining room, but also a bedroom, or a hall for receiving guests.
Tibetan furniture is mostly made of cedar or ordinary pine, and furniture that needs carving should use rare plateau hardwood. Because they are all solid wood, Tibetan furniture is much heavier than modern plywood furniture.
2, practical and simple
Tibetan furniture has a lot of space, which can store large and small sundries. This cabinet is more than one meter high. If it has two doors, you can put some clothes and quilts. Tibetan furniture is simple and gorgeous, especially the metal decoration makes it have a luxurious style. In the description technique, it is rich in layers, bright in color, rich in folk interest and bold in pattern design.
Step 3 be practical
Tibetan furniture is calm and lively, and looks square. It is calm, and the bright colors and patterns are lively. The color of Tibetan furniture is as colorful as the skirts of women in Tibetan pastoral areas. Generally, the background color is red, yellow and brown, so the color matching and pattern style of the pattern are more colorful. The patterns of Tibetan furniture are basically religious, and the decorative techniques are also unique, with some ethnic characteristics such as animal skins and paintings. Mosaic is really simple and generous, wild and unrestrained.
Bian Xiao concluded: The above contents are about what Tibetan furniture is, the types and characteristics of Tibetan furniture. To some extent, traditional Tibetan furniture can be regarded as a miniature version of Tibetan architecture. Although this style of furniture is the greatest embodiment of practicality, its heavy appearance is inevitably dull and rigid, far less than the lightness and liveliness of traditional furniture in China.