Pieces of this style of furniture have been handed on as beautiful handicrafts because of their beautiful shapes and exquisite technical craftsmanship. Furniture connoisseurs and collectors have summarized 16 characteristics and eight taboos of Ming Dynasty furniture making, which accurately describe their features. The 16 characteristics include simple, natural, bold, dignified, elegant, transpose and clean and the taboos include complicated, fat and disordered.

Chinese furniture has an old tradition and long history. Ming Dynasty furniture represents the typical style of Chinese furniture because of its beautiful shapes, good materials and refined skills, and it enjoys great fame in the world.