The meaning of the top spot

The top spot appeared in the Tang Dynasty and was popular in the Song Dynasty. Because the legs of the chair are cross-shaped, it is named "top chair", which is a foldable chair. Divided into straight back and round back, the joints are generally nailed with metal ornaments.

So why did the top spot change from a piece of furniture to a symbol of power? Why not other furniture?

Speaking of it, it has something to do with imperial power. We know that the top chair is portable. When the emperor travels, he has to rest on the way, but he can't move the chair by himself. Someone has to carry it. Once tired, it must be the person with the highest status who has a rest. In the political system of feudal society in China, the supreme ruler had no deputy. Now the country has a vice-chairman. In the past, there was no vice-emperor. Only the emperor could sit down and rest. Once he was tired of traveling, he let his head out regardless of the venue-maybe in the middle of the road, maybe during hunting, maybe on the boat, so the head gradually became a symbol of power. Later, it went deep into the people, but those who can enjoy the fun and comfort brought by this chair must be elderly and powerful people. For this cultural phenomenon, which gradually penetrated into the people, Chinese scholars summarized it, and finally made the champion a symbol of power.