席子是我国古代最早的家具。古人吃饭、休息、睡觉全在铺垫的席子上，直到汉朝，席仍是人们生活中离不开的用具。席的原料一般用竹蔑、蒲苇之类编成。用竹篾编成的席称“筵”，用藁秸织成的席叫“荐”，用莞蒲织成的席才叫“席”。席的长短不一，长的可坐数人，短的仅坐一人。席和筵是同义词，都是铺在地上的坐具。区别在于：筵比席长一些，是铺在地上的垫席；席是加在筵上供人坐用的。古人饮食宴会均在席上，故酒席也 The mat is the earliest furniture in ancient China. The ancients ate, rested, and slept on mats that were laid on the floor. Until the Han Dynasty, seats were still indispensable to people’s lives. The raw materials for the mats are generally made from bamboo poles and puddles. The seat called “筵” made of bamboo 篾 , is called “荐” and the woven mat is called “席”. The length of the seats varies from long seats to short seats, short seats only to one seat. Xi and Xi are synonymous, and they are seats laid on the ground. The difference lies in the fact that they are somewhat longer than the seats, and they are mats laid on the floor; the seats are added to the seats for people to sit on. The ancients had a banquet at the banquet, so the banquet was also