Ma Weidu talks about the development of Chinese furniture

As part of a series of five consecutive years of exhibitions of "Chisel Workmanship", this exhibition is a continuation of last year's "Chinese Ancient Bedding Art Exhibition", and will also display the theme of rides, furniture and miscellaneous items in the next three years. In this year's joint exhibition jointly organized by the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China Yanhuang Culture Research Association, China Century Altar World Art Museum, Guanfu Classical Furniture Museum and other units, Ma Weidu played the role of general planner.

 

 

Reporter from Beiqing Daily: Why do seats have a unique position in ancient Chinese furniture?

 

Ma Weidu: In the entire Asian region, only our Chinese nation has completely bid farewell to the living habits of sitting on the floor. Other ethnic groups such as Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, India, Nepal, and even Iran and Iraq have more or less retained the customs of sitting on the floor. The importance of is that it changed the initial state of the Chinese, a people who sat on the ground into a people who sat on their feet, how much human information is contained here, many of which are not usable to perceive.

 

Reporter from Beijing Youth Daily: So, from the perspective of furniture, what kind of national consciousness can you glimpse?

 

Ma Weidu: Furniture plays a decisive role in a country where farming nations dominate, reflecting the nation ’s sense of survival. In traditional Chinese furniture, the functional categories-rest bedding, seats, work harnesses, and furniture all contain the most essential survival principles of farming nations. The survival of the fittest, in the production of furniture in China, conveys not only the material of a nation, but also the spirit of a nation. This spirit is dignity first, comfort second. In any conflict situation, comfort must give way to dignity.

 

In the eyes of Westerners, this lacks the scientific spirit, which is also the root cause of the collision between East and West forever. The Chinese believe that the spirit is always superior to the material, the metaphysical means the way, and the metaphysical means the tool. The same is true for making furniture. This runs counter to the scientific spirit, and for thousands of years, it is this humanistic spirit that runs counter to each other, creating the unique cultural temperament of the Chinese, and the furniture culture is nothing more than a tree in the forest.

 

Reporter from Beiqing Daily: This series of exhibitions has some new ways of display classification. It is not based on the model of the traditional Chinese classical furniture exhibitions according to the age and material, but is divided into bedding, seating, rides, and seating by using functions. Tools, miscellaneous tools, what is the purpose of this?

 

Ma Weidu: Furniture is different from other artworks. It is something everyone will use and it is easy to understand. Displaying ancient furniture can well display the essence of traditional culture in a way close to life, convey the traditional Chinese lifestyle and cultural conception, so that the public can correctly understand the furniture culture and understand the art of furniture.

 

We are a series of exhibitions that last for five years, just like a drama, divided into five scenes and appear one after another. According to the function classification, we hope to make the exhibition thorough, let everyone enjoy it, improve the public's overall understanding of ancient furniture, and let people pay attention to and understand the evolution of Chinese furniture in the past from a more academic perspective.

 

Reporter from Beijing Youth Daily: You have always advocated the original meaning of returning to collection. As the chief planner this time, how to embody this concept?

 

Ma Weidu: There are various "conditions" for the exhibits this time, some are original and intact, some are restored, and some are disassembled and displayed. The design of the exhibition completed by the team of the Central Academy of Art Design School, the final exhibition is the result of many efforts. For some time, the furniture collection field has focused on materials, so red sandalwood, mahogany, Huanghuali and other woods have attracted the attention of many people. We hope that the exhibits in this exhibition will be richer, not just exhibiting some high-priced items. Of course, there are also very valuable seats. For example, the Palace Museum provides a throne of Qianlong, but there are also seats that are very common, ordinary, and used by ordinary people in ancient times. The providers of these seats are private, as well as other museums, units, and We look at the museum's own things.

 

Reporter from Beiqing Daily: But now it seems that the measurement standard of "price equals value" is difficult to change in a short time.

 

Ma Weidu: The collection can't be eaten as a meal, nor can it be lived in. The collection is to add a life interest to the boring days. Ancient literati, no matter what the emperor said, through collection, know life, know the world, and then know yourself. Therefore, the ancients only regarded collection as a kind of "addiction" to support their spiritual world. Most people today see "money", so the media talks about investment and appreciation every day, but it is unwilling to talk about culture, because culture is worthless in front of money.

 

We hope to promote a correct concept of collection and appreciate and collect a piece of furniture, not because its wood is expensive, but to appreciate its shape and taste the cultural connotation behind it. It is hoped that collection lovers will not be entangled in money, only concerned about the price rise and fall, which is not the original intention of collecting cultural relics. Although the current situation is not very good, but after a while, everyone will grow a little bit. We hold professional exhibitions, not commercial ones.

 

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