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A fan from Wang.

Fans are the bond of friendship. Since the Tang Dynasty, fans have been given as gifts to neighboring countries, and ambassadors have been sent to exchange fan culture. To this day, leaders of the central government and provinces and cities use fans as gifts when they visit abroad. Fans have gradually developed into artistic appreciation, and now the artistic value of fans has been greatly improved and they have become collectors' pets.

By the Southern Song Dynasty, the production of fans had reached a considerable scale, and fans of different materials were produced in various places according to local conditions, forming a unique style in various places. There are many famous fans, such as Sichuan fans, Suzhou fans, Yuezhou fans, Austrian fans and Jinling fans, among which Hangzhou fans are the most famous.

Hangzhou fans occupy a place in the fan culture, and Hangzhou has always been the center of fan production in China. Hangzhou dishes has a long history and novel designs. According to historical records, hangzhou dishes was famous in the Northern Song Dynasty and developed in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, after the Song Dynasty moved its capital to Lin 'an (Hangzhou), the technology of making fans was developed, and fans became an important industry to decorate the new capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Celebrity artists and skilled craftsmen gather, and there is a fan lane more than one kilometer long in the city, which used to be the place where fan workshops and shops were concentrated. (Song and Wu's Dream records: Hang Cheng Street is bought and sold day and night, and there are all kinds of puzzles. Hangzhou dishes is as famous as silk and tea, and is known as the three wonders of Hangzhou production. )

Hangzhou Wangxingji Fan Village (the predecessor of today's Wangxingji Fan Industry Co., Ltd.) is called Fan Set, which was founded by Wang Xingzhai, a famous fan maker, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty in A.D. 1875. He uses the Samsung trademark and works hard. He and his wife, Chen Ying, created a black paper fan with gold, clay and decals. Exquisite craftsmanship and novel colors have become the main tributes of Hangzhou. 1929, Hangzhou wangxingji black paper fan won the gold medal in the west lake Expo and spread all over the capital, so the fans in Hangzhou wangxingji fan village replaced the fans in Hangzhou.

After several storms and sorrows, Hangwang has gone through 130 years. In the process of inheritance, development and expansion, she has formed a colorful "fan kingdom" with her traditional crafts, rich varieties and high-quality brands, and has become the only comprehensive time-honored fan manufacturer in China. There are black paper fans known as "one and a half umbrellas", fragrant sandalwood fans, elegant and dignified white paper fans, exquisite silk fans, extraordinary hanging fans, graceful silk fans and dancing fans, and expensive fragrant wood fans. ...

National Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award Silver Cup Award, Golden Cup Award, Creative Design Award, National Quality Product Award, Gold and Silver Award of West Expo, Gold and Silver Award of Provincial Tourism Product Design Competition, etc ... All these awards came one after another, inspiring a generation of fans to shoulder heavy responsibilities. In the economic tide of reform and opening up, young fans will seize the opportunity, forge ahead, create new mechanisms, new systems and new varieties, so that Wang Fan, the "pearl in the art garden", will shine forever in the kingdom of art and carry forward traditional arts and crafts!