ORIGINAL PATINA BLACK WOOD SIDE TABLE

A type of square or rectangular table is originally placed the center of domestic gathering where food and conviviality are enjoyed and seated around the table on benches, stools, or chairs, and everyone can easily communicate with everyone else, help themselves to the food placed in the middle of the table, or enjoy a game of chess. The happiness of these occasions is expressed in the common name for a larger table as "eight immortals table (baxianzhuo), for medium table as "six immortals table (liuzianzhou), and for smallest table as "four immortals table (sixianzhuo) by Beijing craftsmen. In prosperous households, family gatherings take place in the main hall where visitors are received and family ceremonies are performed.