Research On Folk Furniture Inheritance Of Dangjia Village In Shaanxi Province

Dangjia village of Xizhuang town in Hancheng City, which is located on Guanzhong area in Shaanxi Province, is the best preserved ancient village even in the nationwide. Some residents still live in the village which retained a lot of good quality folk furniture.This study analyzed the features of folk furniture in Shaanxi Dangjia village, and discussed the cultural factors that affect the formation of the furniture. As the range of study was extended to Guanzhong region, more universal decorative rule in Guanzhong folk furniture has been researched. Based on this research and combined with the existing achievements, the inheritance system of folk furniture was formed. From the perspective of the emotional heritage, the folk furniture heritage system was used for exploring. The study of folk furniture was placed among the dynamic development of "history-present-future", whose purpose was to explore how to research and innovate folk furniture. The study draws some conclusions that:(1) The unique natural conditions and historical cultural environment make the residential buildings in Shaanxi Dangjia village are unique have their own features. Different from the Beijing courtyard, Shaanxi caves and Huizhou ancient dwellings, the furniture in Dangjia village has its distinct characteristics, in some aspects such as layout, category, shape, decoration, timber, construction and production. The artistic style of Dangjia village furniture can be summarized as follows:concise style, suitable decoration, beautiful square, aided curve, dignified appearance, economical practice, accurate production, simple, fresh, regional features, refined and popular tastes.(2) Dangjia village is located in Guanzhong Hancheng region, and its furniture is certainly affected by Guanzhong culture and local folk custom. The furniture of Dangjia village is mainly used in people’s dairy life and is the product of farming culture. Affected by agriculture-commerce developing model of Dangjia village, people abide by the old adage:rich for house, morality for self. Building houses and enhancing education are both taken seriously together. Dangjia furniture is affected by confucianist, scholar and business culture. Dangjia’s furniture is also influenced by two clan cultures of Dang and Jia.(3) There’re general characteristics of Shaanxi Guanzhong folk furniture such as the decoration style of firmness and flexibility, obvious painted decoration, formal decorative forms. It is in black and red colors. And the furniture mainly uses five decoration methods, such as painting, carving and so on. Its content is extensive. Its meaning is rich and it has a variety of styles. It can be divided into seven groups. The main decorated parts have its own styles. The important decorated parts are the backrest, legs, feet, and so on. In addition, there is also full-carving and some special parts. (4) The structure of the system of folk furniture heritage can provide an effective link between the research of folk furniture and development of the new Chinese style furniture. The system includes the value of heritage, its content and method. Heritage value includes seven aspects:history, culture, sprite, science, society, aesthetic, education and economic. Heritage content covers seven aspects, such as national symbol, national spirit, emotional treasures and so on. Heritage method has educational heritage, media heritage, industrial heritage, social heritage and folk heritage.(5) In modern design theory, emotional design theory can effectively achieve emotional heritage between the folk furniture and the new Chinese style furniture.