The Research on Bei Jia Zi of Tujia Minority and its Influence on Modern Product Design

Abstract:

The artifact, which embodies the culture of the Tujia minority group at the Yangtze River basin, is the directest manifestation of Tujia people's idea of creating and designing tools. Bei Jia Zi is the very typical one of those artifacts. This article investigates the influence of traditional artifacts culture on the sustainable design of modern products, and concludes the crutial design elements affecting modern products from the develpmental trend of current ergonomics, based on the analysis of the emerging background, function and structure of Bei Jia Zi.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 118-120)
• Pages: 785-789
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.118-120.785
• Online since: June 2010
• Authors: Liang Jun Li, Zhao Hui Huang, Wei Su
• Keywords: Design of Artifacts, Industrial Design, Product Development, Tujia Cultur

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