What are the woods for Chinese classical furniture, and the introduction of commonly used wood for C

What kind of wood is there for classical Chinese furniture.

1. Rosewood.

Rosewood is mainly abundant in India, the Malay Peninsula, Thailand and other places, and is also produced in Yunnan and Guangdong in China. Considered to be the most precious wood since ancient times, chairs and sofas made of rosewood are said to be healing. Rosewood is the hardest and heaviest of all hardwoods.

The method of identifying rosewood is said to be to use the wood flowers of rosewood in white wine, and the wood flowers will immediately decompose into pink, and the wine will form a sticky gelatinous substance, which can be connected into a line when poured.

2. Cypress. Cypress belongs to the cypress family, and there are two kinds of cypresses, one is the southern cypress, and the other is the northern cypress, and the texture of the southern cypress is better than the northern cypress. Its color is orange yellow, the texture is fine, it is more water-resistant, it has a fragrance, it is also a kind of medicinal material, it has the advantages of resistance to decay, no cracking, etc., it is very practical for carving boards, and it is a more valuable material species other than hardwood.

3. Old mahogany.

Rosewood is produced in India, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian regions, and now rosewood is the most common hardwood, and it is also one of the more precious tree species. Mahogany is divided into new and old, the color of new mahogany is red yellow, there are patterns, quite similar to huanghuali, and the old mahogany is similar to red sandalwood, but the luster is darker and the color is lighter. There are dozens of varieties of rosewood, such as sour branches, old rosewood, fragrant rosewood, rosewood, etc.

4. Huanghuali.

Huanghua pear, also known as fragrant sandalwood, belongs to the leguminous plant butterfly flower subfamily Dalbergia genus, the wood is solid, the color is from light yellow to purple red, the texture is clear, and when sawing, the fragrance is overflowing. It is the preferred material in Qingming furniture materials.

5. Wenge.

Wenge wood is produced in Guangdong, Yunnan, Fujian, Southeast Asia, Africa and other places in China, and the wood has some white and black chapters, and some colors are yellow and purple, which is unique. Wenge wood is produced less than other woods, and practical wenge furniture is rare.

6. Beech. Beech wood is also called South Elm in the north, beech wood is hard, there are large patterns, such as mountain love overlap, called "pagoda pattern", layer by layer overlapping like mountains, occupies an important position in the furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, the wood is firm, the color and luster are beautiful, the use is very wide, and it is quite valuable.

7. Nanmu. Nanmu color is elegant and even, easy to operate, is the best kind of non-hard wood, Nanmu has three kinds: one is fragrant Nan, the second is Jinsi Nan, the third is Shuinan, Shuinanmu wood is softer, and it is used to make furniture.

8. Tieli wood.

Tieli wood is the tallest of several hardwood species, Tieli wood is strong and heavy, the pith line is fine, the material is large, and it is used to make furniture, durable, and many large pieces of furniture are made from it.