A STUDY ON TRANSITION OF DINING TABLE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HAN RACE DINING STYLE

Abstract

The research is a study on historical changes of the dining space of dwelling developed by Han people of china. In this paper the changed process of dining table which is the core of the space is examined. by means of these studies on excavated clay images, portraits, murals, picture scrolls, literatures and historical materials. The results are as following : 1) The history of dining table can be divided by 3 stages as the early term, transition period and later term. 2) The history of characteristic of dining table in each stage is verified. Corresponding to the change in life-style, there is a tendency for the height of the dining table to change from YUKAZA to ISUZA.