(jiào zǐ 轿子) can be regarded as a
special transportation vehicle in ancient China. It is lifted with
shoulders and hands. Actually, it is a removable bed, desk
chair or chaise lounge which is fixed on
two poles with or without a tent.
http://www.foreignercn.com/images/stories/20090907sedanchairs2.jpgSedan Chair" />The chinese sedan chair was
very popular in many areas in history. In different ages and in
different areas, the sedan chair has different names, for
example, palankeen (jiān
yú 肩舆),Yan
Zi (yán zǐ 檐子), Dou Zi (dōu
zǐ 兜子),Mian
Jiao (mián jiào
眠轿), Nuan
Jiao (nuǎn jiào 暖轿) etc.. The sedan chairs we
know now are the Nuan Jiao, also called Wei Jiao(wéi jiào 帏轿). In
Song Dynasty, sedan chair is the most common than that of any
period. From the Riverside Scene at Qingming
Festival(qīng míng shàng hé tú 清明上河图), we can see there were
many sedan chairs in the street of North Song
Dynasty (běi sòng 北宋).
The sedan chair was
one of the traditional vehicles in ancient Beijing. There are sedan
chairs lifted by two persons, four persons or eight persons.
http://www.foreignercn.com/images/stories/20090907sedanchairs3.jpgSedan Chair" />When it comes to its kind,
the sedan chair can be classified in to three
types: sedan chair for
officials (guān jiào
官轿), the civilian(mín jiào
民轿) and weddings (hūn
jiào 婚轿). As far as the purposes are concerned, the sedan chair has
two types: one is for mountain roads, and the other for flat roads.
According to materials, it can be classified into three kinds:
wood, bamboo and rattan. The sedan chair can be lifted by manpower
or animal stocks, such as camel sedan
chair (tuó jiào 驮轿)
and elephant sedan
chair (xiàng jiào 象轿) which
the emperor of Yuan
Dynasty (yuán cháo
元朝) had taken before.
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