Birch is produced in Northeast China and North China, with delicate wood, pale white and yellowish color, poor fiber shear resistance and easy to "cut off". Its roots and knots have many patterns, which were often used by the ancients to decorate the door core. Birch bark is flexible and beautiful, but because its wood is juicy and will be deformed after processing, it is rare to see tables and chairs made entirely of birch.
Poplar is commonly used in northern China. Soft and steady, very common. In ancient furniture, it was mostly used as accessories of elm furniture and fetal bones of lacquer furniture. The poplar here is also called "Populus simonii", because it has satin-like luster, so it is also called "satin poplar". Poplar has a "coquettish taste", which is lighter and softer than birch. On the other hand, birch has a slight fragrance and often has very fine brown-black water stains. This is the difference between the two.
Du Mu Mu, also known as "Du Mu Li Mu", is grayish yellow, delicate and simple, with little difference in horizontal and vertical textures, and is suitable for carving. In the past, Du Mu was used to carve boards and stamps. There used to be micro-carved trademark prints used by Shanxi firms, figures, ships, mountains and rivers, houses and so on. It's very exquisite within one square inch, with hundreds of small words on it, which is amazing.
Cedar has a fragrance that can be used as medicine. Cedar can soothe the nerves and replenish the heart. Cedar is yellow, thin, fragrant, water-resistant and knotty, so people often regard it as "cypress". A good coffin is also made of cypress, because it is corrosion-resistant. The famous "Huangchang crossword puzzle" in the tomb of the ancient king unearthed in Dabaotai, Beijing, is a barrier made up of thousands of cypress squares, which shows its high position in wood planting.
Cinnamomum camphora is distributed in southern provinces of China, especially in Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces. This kind of tree has a large diameter, wide wood width, beautiful patterns, especially strong fragrance, which can drive away insects. China's camphor wood boxes are well-known at home and abroad, including suitcases, sleeping boxes (suitcases), top boxes and cabinets. There are many cases of camphor wood tables and chairs in Beijing. In the old wood industry, camphor wood is divided into several types according to its shape, such as camphor, camphor tree, camphor tree, camphor tree, camphor tree, camphor tree and so on.
Walnut is a superior material for furniture in Jin Dynasty. After water milling and waxing, it will have a hardwood luster. The wood is delicate and asexual, easy to carve, and the color is elegant and soft. There are many walnut products in Ming and Qing dynasties, most of which are excellent works, which can be used and hidden. Walnut has only fine needle-like brown eyes and yellowish filiform rings. Weight and elm, etc.
Juglans mandshurica is called Juglans mandshurica by the people. The brown eyes of Juglans mandshurica are flat and dull, and the dark color is soft and dull, but the shrinkage is small. It can be used as the core material of door core desktop, and is often used with Han wood and walnut. Compared with walnut, Catalpa bungeana is lighter in weight, darker in color, looser in texture, and large and scattered in brown eyes, which is the main difference.
Nanmu is a very high-grade wood, which is light orange yellow and slightly gray, with elegant and quiet texture, warm and soft texture, non-shrinking, and fragrant when it rains. All the southern provinces have production, but Sichuan is the best. In the Ming Dynasty, it was widely used by the imperial court. Now the Forbidden City in Beijing and the advanced ancient buildings in Beijing are mostly built of nanmu. Nanmu is not rotten and fragrant. The Royal Library, with its golden painted throne, is decorated mostly with nanmu. Such as Wenyuan Pavilion, Leshou Hall, Hall of Supreme Harmony, Changling and other important buildings have nanmu decoration and furniture, which are often used with rosewood. The insiders' comments on its texture are as follows: Jin Sinan, Minnan, Minnan and Gentiana.
Zelkova schneideriana mainly grows in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui in China. It can grow to more than 30 meters and its diameter can reach 1.5 meters. Beech is richer in texture than elm. Suzhou craftsmen call it "pagoda pattern", and its wood is harder than ordinary wood, but it is not hardwood. Beech occupies an important position in Ming and Qing furniture materials and has been paid attention to since ancient times. Beech is a common material for making furniture in Suzhou. There are also many beech furniture in the north, mostly of Ming style, with the same shape and technology as Huang Huali, which has always been valued by craftsmen and collectors. Jiangsu craftsmen often divide beech into three categories: beech, red beech and blood beech. Different tree ages lead to different colors and densities. Older people with redder colors are called "beech trees" and are most cherished.
Chinese fir is light yellow-brown, with straight texture, relatively easy to dry and good strength, but it is not resistant to moisture and moth. Chinese fir is often used as a building material. Some varieties with high hardness, dense density and uniform texture are also used to make furniture.
Gall wood is an unusually prominent part of the trunk or branch. There are different opinions about the causes of galls. Some people think that they are the result of logging, fire or forest disasters, including bacterial erosion and even being pecked by woodpeckers. Some tree species, such as camphor tree, elm, Phoebe bournei, cypress and willow, are more likely to grow galls. The texture of beech is mostly rotating fine patterns, and it is often difficult to distinguish what kind of tree it is. However, the same color, texture and texture usually come from the same parent tree. The branches and roots of the trunk grow into beech-like textures due to the changes in the growth direction of tree fibers, such as beech of nanmu. Nanmu is the first beech that can produce large plates. Birch trees that can be seen everywhere in China are also prone to galls.