China Furniture Museum

China Furniture Museum

Located in the basement of the cultural center, the China Furniture Museum covers an area of about 1000 square meters, presenting the elegance of the past dynasties' home furnishings. According to the characteristics of craftsmen and artists and the types of furniture, there are garden and rest furniture, figures and furniture in ancient paintings and so on. The simple and simple style of Ming Dynasty furniture and the gorgeous and complicated style of Qing Dynasty furniture are compared by arrangement and comparison. Among them, a mahogany chair of the Yuan Dynasty is the only furniture imitating the Yuan Dynasty in the museum. The arc-shaped back is carved with fine Ruyi pattern, double life holding and rolling grass lotus and other relief carvings. It is exquisite and beautiful, like the honor of a tiny sitting person. China Furniture Museum, founded in 1989 in Taoyuan County Cultural Center, is a museum of traditional Chinese furniture, early Taiwan furniture and Taoyuan Daxi Tang wood furniture.

brief introduction

Name of scenic spot: China home address: No.21, Xianfu Road, Taoyuan City (basement of cultural center)

Development history

Daxi town is located on the Bank of the Dahan river. Since the Qing Dynasty, because of its convenient waterway transportation, Daxi town has become a prosperous commercial port and a gathering place for immigrants from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. At this time, traditional Chinese furniture making method, which emphasizes workmanship and painting technology, was introduced into Daxi town with the immigrants from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou,

Daxi has always been an important town in Taiwan's traditional furniture industry because of the continuous supply of wood in the mountainous areas of the upper reaches of the Dahan River and the skills of Tangshan masters handed down from generation to generation. Under such a geographical and historical background, the first Chinese furniture museum in Taiwan was established in Taoyuan County Cultural Center in 1989. With the theme of displaying Chinese traditional furniture, Taiwan early furniture and Taoyuan Daxi Tang wood furniture, it is of great significance for collection and biography.

Located in the basement of the cultural center, the China Furniture Museum covers an area of about 1000 square meters, presenting the elegance of the past dynasties' home furnishings. According to the characteristics of craftsmen and artists and the types of furniture, there are garden and rest furniture, figures and furniture in ancient paintings and so on. The simple and simple style of Ming Dynasty furniture and the gorgeous and complicated style of Qing Dynasty furniture are compared by arrangement and comparison. Among them, a mahogany chair of the Yuan Dynasty is the only furniture imitating the Yuan Dynasty in the museum. The arc-shaped back is carved with fine Ruyi pattern, double life holding and rolling grass lotus and other relief carvings. It is exquisite and beautiful, like the honor of a tiny sitting person.

Taiwan's early furniture inherits the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the furnishings of ancestral hall abide by the traditional style and scale. At the same time, due to the rich wood, the furniture is mostly made of local materials, showing a strong local color. The exhibition area is designed as five theme units, including the main hall, dormitory, library and accounting room, kitchen (kitchen) and dining room, and Mencheng And with other small furniture, reproduce the appearance of ancient home life. Whether it's the waist bucket, foot basin or the dresser, bed, mirror box and washstand with gorgeous colors and changeable curves, all of them show the characteristics of the coexistence of heavy, simple and prosperous furniture in Taiwan.

Visit information

Opening Hours

08：30-11：50、13：00-16：50

rest time

Monday, Tuesday morning, the next day of legal holiday, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid Autumn Festival

Address: B1 / F, 21 Xianfu Road, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Longitude: 121.30029964724

Latitude: 24.993987961218

Tel. + 886 3 332 2592