Tools of Chinese Carpenter

Degang Wang

Suyi Design Group Co., Ltd, Nanjing, 210012, China

Abstract: This Paper attempts to explain that, in China, the traditional building designer is the carpenter. Through the description and use of the main Chinese traditional tools, such as measuring tools, chisels & drills, and planes, tools are the link between practice and principle in China. It is a custom ｏｒ rule bearing on social operation and determine the styles ｏｒ forms of thinking of the designer. Also, through the analysis of Chinese fetishes and superstitions, the secret system of building methods and tools of Chinese carpenter profession, the paper briefly discusses the evolutionary process of tools, especially in vernacular level.

Keywords: Carpenter; Traditional tools; Building designer; Evolutionary process; Vernacular