What was the name of the fan used by ancient women?

The fan used by ancient women is called round fan, which is round or nearly round and has a short handle. Most of them were worn by women in the Tang Dynasty. In China, round fans usually draw pictures of ladies on the fan surface.

Group fans are also called public fans and ten thousand fans. China traditional handicrafts and artworks. This is a round fan with a handle. Reunion dinner originated in China. Fans first appeared in Shang Dynasty, and were made of colorful pheasant hair, so they were called "barrier fans".

Japan used to perform geisha, and ancient Japan used it as the national emblem. The round fan was invented by China, also known as Wan Fan, and was later introduced to Japan. Reunion dinner was introduced to Japan from the Tang Dynasty in Nara era. In Japan, the court nobles were the first to use round fans. It was not until the end of the Heian period that ordinary people were allowed to use it.

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History of fans:

Fans, formerly known as "Instant", are related to feathers. According to Cui Bao's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times in the Western Jin Dynasty, the earliest fan appeared in the Shang Dynasty and was made of colorful male pheasant tail feathers, so it was called "Zhai Fan".

Wang Jia of the Eastern Jin Dynasty claimed that the fan was invented by King Zhao of Zhou. It is said that a man named Xia Meng made a fan out of the wings and feathers of a magpie. But at that time, the fan was not used to cool off and drive away heat, but to shade the sun and wind, and it was also a ceremony to plug it in the car.

The earliest fan in archaeological discovery was in the Warring States period. A bamboo fan was unearthed from the Chu tomb of Mashan Brick Factory in Jiangling, Hubei Province. The handle of the fan is on one side of the fan, just like a single door. In ancient times, a single door was called a "door", and the fan opened and closed left and right like a portal when it was used for etiquette purposes. It can be proved that the word "Fan" is subordinate to the door.

At least in the Han Dynasty, round fans appeared, because they were made of silk, so they were also called Hewan fans. The round fan is shaped like a full moon, which coincides with the meaning of China people's reunion like the moon and good luck of acacia, so it is also called acacia fan.

As a result, fans also have the nickname of parallel noodles, instant noodles and barrier noodles. Most of the round fans are "round like a full moon", but there are also many styles such as square circle, waist circle, plum blossom shape and sunflower shape. The appearance of round fan broke the monotonous pattern of feather fan and enriched the fan shape.

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