Youqitang

Youqitang

China Divine Wood Furniture Museum

The China Divine Wood Furniture Museum is located inside Youqitang at No. 6 Chepi Street. Divine wood, also known as “sunken wood,” is referred to by the people of Sichuan as “blackwood.” It consists of precious ancient trees, some hundreds of years old, from primeval forests that were buried in riverbeds, lakes, and other low-lying areas due to sudden major geological changes thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago. After undergoing prolonged carbonization, it is also called carbonized wood and is honored as the “plant mummy.” Foreigners refer to it as the “divine wood of the East.”