Sedan Culture | 轿子文化
The sedan is a unique vehicle in ancient China. Before the Song Dynasty, the sedan was known as the palanquin, which means, a carriage on a man's shoulder. Sedan’s in China have about 4000 years of history; according to historical records the sedan chair of the original shape produced in the early days of the Xia Dynasty. There unearthed by three wooden palanquin which is composed of a base, a frame, an upright post, railings, car top cover rod and bickering consists of several in 1978, in tomb burial pits in Henan Gushi Hou Gu Dui during the spring and Autumn period, and this is currently found in the earliest real sedan.

Generally, the sedan was a form of evolution during ancient China, the Chinese nation has the history of earlier vehicle making. A description of this evolution is in a book called “Seeing bitter fleabane turning round then knowing how to make vehicle”.

The sedan which two people carry is called the " wo people a small sedan", the one which carries four people is called "four people a small sedan"; the one which carries more than eight people is called a big sedan, such as the large sedan chair carried by eight people" etc. In modern times, the sedan has been replaced by what we call now, the auto car. In modern years, the sedan is generally used only for tourism, entertainment, and wedding ceremonies.

轿子是中国古代特有的一种交通工具。在宋代以前，人们称之为肩舆，肩舆指扛在人肩膀上的车厢。轿子在我国大约有四千多年的历史：据史书记载，轿子的原始雏形产生千公元前21世纪的夏朝初期。1978年，在河南固始侯古堆春秋战国时期的古墓陪葬坑中，出土了三乘木质肩舆，由底座、边框、立柱、栏杆、顶盖轿杆和抬杠几部分组成。这是目前己发现存世最早的轿子的实物。

一般认为，轿子是在古代车子的基础上演变而来的。中华民族造车的历史更早。《淮南子·说山》一书记述:“见飞蓬转而知为车”。二人抬的称“二人小轿”，四人抬的称“四人小轿”；八人以上抬的则称之为大轿，如“八抬大轿”等等。近现代，轿子先是被人力车，后被汽车逐步取代。在当代，除了少数险峻无道路的山地还在用抬椅、滑竿等运输外，轿子一般只用于旅游娱乐，以及婚礼等传统仪式。

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