Long Shun Cheng

As a time-honored brand for manufacturing hardwood furniture, Long Shun Cheng’s history can be traced back to 1862. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a man whose last name was Wang found a timber mill and was in charge of woodwork in building constructions. Later, he cooperated with several partners and formed Long Shun Cheng which specialized in manufacturing all kinds of wooden tables, closets, boxes, chairs and so on.

With its high quality and exquisite techniques, woodwork of Long Shun Cheng received a great popularity. At that time, furniture in wealthy families, dowry of new wife and tables of famous restaurants all came from Long Shun Cheng. Although wooden products usually had no trademarks at the time, items manufactured in Long Shun Cheng always had the carpenter’s name marked on a inconspicuous place of the work.

It is said that once there was a furious fight in a restaurant, after the fight, people found that almost all furniture were broken except one table that was made by Long Shun Cheng. Since Qing Dynasty, Long Shun Cheng has became one of the most famous carpentry shops in the capital, and enjoyed the reputation of “ last for centuries”.