按照习惯划分,中国古家具分为明清两式。明式家具以简约为其代表,概括了自宋以来国人对家具的总体认识。家具在实用的基础上,逐渐增加了装饰功能。半个多世纪以来,社会推崇的明式家具,其实早在宋朝就已经定型,与我们今天所看到的明式家具实物差异并不大,这说明家具在很长一段时期内,古人自觉遵守着实用为先的原则。 Divided according to custom, ancient Chinese furniture is divided into two types of Ming and Qing dynasties. Ming-style furniture for its simple representation, summed up since the Song Dynasty people’s general understanding of furniture. Furniture on a practical basis, gradually increasing the decorative features. More than half a century, Ming-style furniture respected by society, in fact, as early as the Song Dynasty has been stereotyped, and today we see the Ming-style furniture in physical differences is not large, indicating that furniture for a long period of time, the ancients consciously abide by A practical first principle.