China’s traditional furniture reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty and became a treasure of human civilization. The subsequent Qing-style furniture still had high artistic taste during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, but then it deteriorated and entered the The misunderstandings of thick scale but too large materials and vulgar and excessive decoration style have appeared in decline. The social reasons are that the feudal system is declining day by day, and official administration is corrupt and secretive. Corruption has become structural, and rulers are arrogant and extravagant, fighting for wealth. Economically, in a state of "isolation", the natural economy of agricultural society can no longer support the ever-expanding population. Population and productivity are low, let alone innovation and development. In fact, Eastern civilization is facing a huge crisis. It is weak and impoverished and unaware of the impending disaster. History lasted from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. Traditional society collapsed and the nation was in the abyss of bloodshed, death, struggle and disaster. Chinese furniture and design have declined from their former glory. From a historical perspective, it can be considered that the style of Chinese furniture stopped flowing in the middle of the 19th century, or 1851. The reasons are: (1) During the First Opium War in 1841 and the Second Opium War in 1850, Western civilization used "strong ships and powerful guns" to destroy the self-confidence of Eastern civilization. When the Qing emperor got married in 1851, the palace even imported furniture from the West. (2) In the mid-19th century, the Austrian Michael Thonet had mastered the solid wood bending technology and mass-produced bentwood furniture. At almost the same time, the American John Henry Belter developed the laminated wood technology, and the British Samuel Pratt was the first to obtain a patent for the "spring soft bag". These actually show the birth of modern furniture. (3) Since the mid-19th century, Western furniture has undergone many fundamental changes in the process of turmoil and transformation in furniture styles. It has begun to explore modern furniture, shifting from emphasizing decoration to emphasizing functionality, and from emphasizing handwork to emphasizing machinery. change. More importantly, European theorists such as John Ruskin, Cole and others put forward the idea of ??"industrial design" such as "the combination of art and technology". (4) In the early 19th century, various European countries completed the Industrial Revolution. In order to show off the great achievements brought about by the Industrial Revolution to the world, Britain proposed holding a World Expo in the mid-19th century, which quickly received responses from European countries. In 1851, the world's first international exposition opened in London. The exhibition hall is entirely made of steel and glass structures and is called the "Crystal Palace". From the mid-19th century, Western furniture began to realize modernization, while Chinese furniture declined. It is worth pointing out that although China's furniture style has stopped flowing in general, there are still bright spots in some areas. For example, Western-style furniture workshops such as Shui Mingchang that appeared in Shanghai have adopted the "Western style made in China" approach to make There is a good collection of Western-style furniture, and a large number of Chinese patterns are used in decoration. Another highlight is the "new furniture" produced in Shanghai and surrounding areas after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which is similar to the "practical furniture system" implemented in Britain after World War II. The Chinese furniture market only truly opened to the world after the reform and opening up, and consumers truly began to understand the styles and trends of international furniture. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the Chinese furniture industry eagerly imitates European furniture, American furniture and Japanese furniture