Sedan chairs in China used to be popular in many areas. Since ancient times, generations have attacked each other. There are different names because of different times, regions and shapes. Such as shoulders, eaves, bags, sleeping cars, warm cars and so on. Most of the sedan chairs familiar to modern people are warm sedan chairs that have been used since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, also known as curtain sedan chairs. A rectangular wooden frame is fixed between two slender round wooden sedan chairs, which is very resilient. The bottom of the carriage is closed with wooden boards, and a backrest seat box for single or double people is placed on it. The top, left, right and back sides of the car are sealed with curtains, the front is a tiltable car curtain, there are small windows on both sides of the car curtain, and there are other curtains. The ruling class of past dynasties has formulated the shape and grade of sedan chair, which is reflected in the size of sedan chair, the quality of curtain material and the number of sedan chairs. There are two kinds of sedan chairs used by the people: small sedan chairs with plain curtains and sedan chairs. The former is for ordinary women to go out and the latter is for marriage. Since1mid-1980s, Solvay sedan chairs and sedan chairs have been used by tourism. Sedan chairs are mostly set in tourist attractions, which are used to receive Chinese and foreign tourists, hold the ancient wedding ceremony in China, or as props for taking pictures, and cooperate with the traditional wedding dress of Emperor China-rockhopper dress. As a folk means of transportation in the mountainous areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Suwei sedan chair is used to welcome Chinese and foreign tourists. Created by Liu Hongping.

Sedan chair is also one of the traditional means of transportation in old Beijing. Two people carry a "two-person sedan chair" and four people carry a "four-person sedan chair"; A cart carrying more than eight people is called a cart, such as an "eight-load cart". Under the hierarchical system of feudal society, sedan chairs, like other things, have strict hierarchical regulations on their use, and offenders will be prosecuted. This is clearly and strictly recorded in the history books of past dynasties. "History of the Ming Dynasty" contains: "In the seven years of Hongzhi, civil and military officials ruled, and four people had to sit in sedan chairs. The fifth house is in charge, guarding the public, uncles, princes, etc. Regardless of age, you are not allowed to sit in a sedan chair, illegally sitting in a sedan chair, and those who make good use of eight people are all heard. " In the second year of Qin Long, Sun Wendong, a native of Yingcheng, was accused of illegally sitting in a sedan chair and was immediately taken without pay. "The Draft of Qing History" also records: "Han officials have more than three products, and the imperial court uses silver and is covered with soap. There are four husbands in Beijing and eight people in Beijing. Below level 4, two civil servants and two husbands, which are made of tin. There are eight governors, governors and governors. A total of four people, below the division, above the faculty, above. Riding in various postures ... subaltern car, black oil, flushing, flat top, soap curtain. A car with a car system. It is forbidden to use cloud heads. " Officials need to follow the rules, and people with money can't go beyond the system. There are also restrictions on riding in today's society, but they only care about officials and people.