Visual Analysis of Ming and Qing Style Furniture Research Based on CiteSpace

Abstract

In order to understand the research hotspots of Ming and Qing style furniture in China in the past 20 years, and provide reference for the research direction of Ming and Qing style furniture. Based on the CiteSpace software, comparative analysis method and quantitative analysis method were used to visually analyze 539 journal papers in the field of Ming and Qing style furniture from 2000 to 2019 in the CNKI database. The results show that the relevant research literature from 2000 to 2012 found a significant growth trend, which began to decrease in 2013. At present, stable core author groups have been formed, but there is relatively little cooperation between various groups. Northeast Forestry University is the main research institution, but other inter-provincial institutions have less cooperative research. Hot research contents mainly focus on the shape, decoration and materials of Ming and Qing style furniture. Eight clusters formed by the keywords have good clustering effect, which can fully reflect the key research interests in this research field. To sum up the results, in the future, we should strengthen the communication and cooperation between the authors and between the institutions, and establish a systematic database for research on Ming and Qing style furniture. Through reasonable design techniques, the symbols of Ming and Qing furniture could be merged into modern design, new materials and instruments could be combined to further promote the inheritance of Ming and Qing style furniture.