Suzhou's folding fan production began in the Southern Song Dynasty, and famous artists came forth in large numbers in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and the production became increasingly sophisticated. The appearance of the folding fan of Shuimo ancient jade attracted many famous artists to write poems, paintings and sculptures on the folding fan, and Suzhou folding fan formed an exquisite and elegant style. In particular, the "old fan face" is flat and firm, and can be used for a long time. It is a famous brand of Suzhou folding fan. With calligraphy and painting, you can not only cool off the heat, but also enjoy it.

Suzhou sandalwood fan began in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when it evolved from a folding fan, and it was fragrant in one hand. At first, it used 30 thin pieces of sandalwood as fan bones and pasted paper on them. Later it was changed to paste silk. As early as the 1920s, several workshops such as "Zhang Qingji" in Suzhou were famous for producing sandalwood fans. Today's Suzhou sandalwood fan is exquisite, rich, gorgeous and fragrant. It is made by more than ten processes, such as saw blade, assembly, wire drawing, pasting and painting, especially the decorative techniques of "four flowers" (drawing flowers, perm flowers, painting flowers and carving flowers). Pull flowers, that is, pull out ever-changing patterns on the fan bones, so that the fan surface is exquisite and light as yarn; Hot stamping, also known as fire painting and pyrography, burns a deep and light picture on the fan bone with a special fire pen; Carving is divided into shallow carving, relief carving, carving and so on. And carve figures, landscapes, flowers and birds or Bo Gu on the big bones; Painting flowers, that is, painting ladies, flowers and birds on silk surface, is colorful but not vulgar, rich and generous, and some still paint heavy colors on mud fans, which is even more dazzling.

The production history of Suzhou Silk Gongshan can be traced back at least to the Song Dynasty. Made of bamboo, wood, teeth, horns, iron wire and silk. Fans have various shapes, such as circle, hexagon, rectangle, waist circle and so on. The fans are mainly made of silk, painted with traditional Chinese paintings such as mountain fires, figures, flowers and birds, and the homecoming poems of some celebrities in previous dynasties. They are antique and bright. In addition to domestic sales, products are also exported to Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe and America and other countries. It is a series of products of Suzhou Sandalwood Fan Factory.

Paper round fans also have a certain history in Suzhou. It only uses bamboo and paper as raw materials, and the fan can print advertisements and posters, which has the advantages of lightness, dexterity and low price. However, due to the inability to fold and preserve, people's living standards have improved, and the production and sales of paper round fans are not much.