Pine dining: easy chairs from Hubei boast rich history

Workers loaded a Guangdu chair onto a vehicle at Zhushan County in Shiyan City of central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: xuexi.cn]

An artisan has made a Guandu chair at his workshop at Zhushan County in Shiyan City of central China's Hubei Province. In 2021, over 5,000 of these wooden chairs were sold, raking in a total of US$125,000. [Photo: xuexi.cn]

This photo shows a semi-finished Guandu chair, an intangible cultural heritage of Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: xuexi.cn]

Rows of Guandu chairs made from Masson pine were left to dry inside a warehouse at Zhushan County in Shiyan City of central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: xuexi.cn]