Study on the Aesthetic Values of the Furniture in A Dream of Red Mansions from the Perspective of Cultural Inheritance
From the perspective of literature,the furniture in A Dream of Red Mansions plays an active role in the character portrayal and plot development,which is also the study focus of most researchers.From the perspec-tive of furniture production and use,it also has high aesthetic application values,which are analyzed from material,design,craft and art based on the external features and internal connotation.The values include the beauty of mate-rial with high integration of nature and humanity,the beauty of design with harmonious unity of function and art,the beauty of craft with perfect combination of nature and ingenuity,and the beauty of culture with full sense of profoundness and identity.These different aesthetic characteristics reflect distinct era significance,which provides references for today's furniture production and furniture industry development.