There are two pictures of Dunhuang 285 cave murals sitting on the chair; 257 cave murals have women sitting on benches and cross-legged benches; there are women sitting on the bench in the lotus stone cave of Longmen. These images vividly reproduce the use of chairs and stools in the Shifang noble family during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Although the seat has the shape of a chair and a stool at the time, because there is no such thing as a chair or a stool, people are used to calling it a "hu bed". In the temple, it is often used for meditation, so it is also called a zen bed. After the Tang Dynasty, the use of chairs gradually increased, and the name of the chair was widely used before it was separated from the category of the bed. Therefore, when it comes to the origin of chairs and stools, we must talk about the bed from the Han and Wei dynasties.
There was also an explanation for the word "chair" before the Tang Dynasty. It was called "by the car", that is, the fence of the car. Its role is to rely on people when riding a car. The later chair, in the form of a fence mounted on a four-legged platform, was inspired by the fence beside the car and used the name as a "chair". Judging from the existing information, the Tang Dynasty has quite a chair.
From the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, the high-profile seats were unprecedentedly popular, and the form of the chairs was also increased. There were armchairs, armchairs, and chairs. At the same time, depending on the level of honor, the shape, material and function of the chair are also different.
The furniture from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty generally retained the legacy of the Tang Dynasty, but high-grade furniture was more popular than before.
