There are lots of ideas of traditional furniture that contain the aesthetics of modern construction, for example, prefabricated part, trapezoidal centripetal force, and the reasonable use of friction in making furniture. Overall, it looks still pretty harmonious to furnish the Chinese traditional furniture in a modern indoors.
Chinese traditional furniture is not only practical but artistic in shape. Furthermore, it is not only a daily use, but a work of art that bears connotation of history and culture, and its beauty has won universally admitted. In modern time, we still live with the furniture day and night since it not only supplies us a way of life, but represents the continuation of national culture and spirit. Therefore, it embodies the diversity of human culture in the globalized today. Meanwhile, lots of furniture can still be used after having gone though hundreds of years because of its suitable material and frame structure. Hence, it is accorded with the modern idea, which highlights environmental protection and low carbon. Although life has been changed greatly from ancient to nowadays, the life philosophy of Chinese has still not gotten rid of the affection of Confucianism, sakyamuni and Taoists. On the other hand, there is a great change in aesthetic standards, view of life and individual taste; consequently, people have new demands for the function of furniture. Thus, only traditional furniture has innovation can it meets today’s construction and life.