Drum leg Pengya and three-legged leg are two other leg forms in Ming-style furniture in addition to straight feet, and their origins have their own origins, and there is a theory that the three-legged leg evolved from the elephant trunk.
The huanghuali six-pillar shelf bed in the early Qing Dynasty, 212 meters long, 147 wide, 147 and 224.7 centimeters high, with a three-bent leg shape, and the traces of the elephant trunk can be faintly seen in the leg shoulder ornamentation, specifically looking at the details of the bed part.
Under the columns and low fences, the edges are pressed on the side of the mixed surface, the lattice corners are framed with soft drawers, and the rattan mat surface is newly replaced.
The bed is structured with a corset waist, the legs are truncated, and the short columns are carved in the style of bamboo knots.
The lower waist pads the cheeks, and the upper and lower parts are added with bamboo short columns, two before and after each, one on the left and right, and the high corset waist is divided into three and two sections, and the tapestry plate with various patterns is inlaid.
The cheeks are connected to a broad and thick tooth plate, the contour is gate-shaped, emphasized along the edge of the line, and the carved pattern is later described separately.
The legs and feet are three-bent S-shaped, the shoulder mortise is connected in order to the tooth strip, the cheek, the corset and the side wipe, the shawl flower droops from top to bottom, and the teeth and legs are intertwined to form a complete pattern.
Straddling the diagonal line of 45 degrees of the legs, a slender elephant eye is carved in the yin, and the legs are bent smoothly like an elephant's nose, showing the connection between the three-curved legs and the elephant trunk lines.
In addition to the squinting elephant eyes and the curly nasal tube, there is also an elephant trunk on the three-bent leg.
The foot is turned outward and the horseshoe is on the ground, and the two sides are rolled beads, which is not very like the flexible nostrils of elephants, and the top ball and harmonica are proficient and effortless.
The lateral shape of the horseshoe foot is also quite similar to the tip of the elephant's nose, which makes people think that in addition to the three-curved legs, the Ming-style curled beaded foot is likely to be related to the elephant trunk.
Chinese culture is vast and profound, and the shape and ornamentation of traditional furniture are intrinsically linked, and they have evolved and developed according to a certain standard and law, waiting for us to discover and reveal the laws hidden in them.