Folding fans appeared in Heian period in Japan, and folding fans in China evolved from Japanese folding fans. They first paid tribute to China through Korea in the Northern Song Dynasty (960- 1 127), but it was not popular. It was not until the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) that it was widely used and extended to the Qing Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty is a period of great development of folding fans. Folding fans are not only a tool to create wind and enjoy the cool, but also a work of art, a symbol of identity, status and taste.
/kloc-In the 3rd century, folding fans spread from China to Europe and became the favorite plaything of western ladies.
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The fan is a wind-inducing device, which is necessary in summer. China's traditional fan culture has a profound cultural background, is an integral part of Chinese national culture, and is closely related to bamboo culture, Taoist culture and Confucian culture.
The earliest fans in history are the royal etiquette fans used by the ancient Egyptian courts, the gold etiquette fans dating back more than 3,400 years from the 18 dynasty in Egypt, and the etiquette fans with ostrich hair and ivory poles unearthed from kv62 tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
The types of fans are feather fan, cattail fan, pheasant fan, round fan, folding fan, silk bow fan, mud fan, black paper fan, sandalwood fan and so on. The manufacturing techniques of fans listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list include sandalwood fan in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Wangxingji fan in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, folding fan in Rongchang, Chongqing, Gong Fan in Zigong, Sichuan, sunflower fan in Xinhui, Guangdong and feather fan in Huzhou. There are juniper fans and bat fans in Japan.
The handle fan originated earlier, and the earliest objects found were 1982, a short-handled bamboo woven fan unearthed from the Warring States Tomb in Mashan, Jiangling, Hubei Province, and a feather fan unearthed in Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
The handle fan is made of a relatively fixed sector, and there are handles under the sector, and some of them are also attached with fan holders for reinforcement and decoration. Pay attention to, put the fan head under the handle and hang it with a fan pendant. Because the handle fan has a long history, there are many kinds, mixed texture and mixed quality. In addition to attracting the wind and enjoying the cool, there are obstacles that show identity, such as driving and guarding the instrument.
The most commonly used material for folding fans is paper, but there are also silk and yarn, among which the paper sector accounts for the vast majority. Paper sectors are divided into color sectors and white "normal" sectors. Besides the white area, the golden area is the most exquisite, complex and popular among the colored areas. In addition to all kinds of gold fans, there are Ge Jing, persimmon green, supernatant, lake color, coral and other color fans, which are very popular. Unfortunately, most varieties have been lost at present.
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