Brief introduction to the development of Japanese He Fan

The round fan invented by China was introduced to Japan in Nara period of Tang Dynasty in China, and has been used as a symbol of the aristocratic class in court activities or ceremonies. Many families even use the round fan as their family emblem. After the transformation of craftsmen, the prototype of folding fan with cypress pieces at the end was developed at the beginning of Heian period, which can be combined one by one. It is called cypress fan and is the earliest peace fan in Japan. Every summer, nobles often give fans to their courtiers to show their love, so they always carry them with them. Ladies-in-waiting are also deeply affected. They used juniper fans as decorations and creatively painted flowers and plants on the fans. In the middle of peace, the flowers grow bigger and even overlap. In addition to painting flowers and plants, he also painted landscapes of people. When traveling to Japan, a fan is generally one of the souvenirs that people must buy. Moreover, Japanese harmony fans attach great importance to ancient and modern times and have become an important highlight of Japanese national culture. The main nation in Japan is called "Yamato Nation", so things with Japanese characteristics often start with the word "harmony", such as Waka, which is a Japanese poem; Kimono, Japanese clothing and fans are also products of traditional Japanese style. The early Japanese fans in Japan were called fans and consisted of thin fan bones. Each fan bone is closed separately, similar to today's folding fans, but the shape is not perfect when unfolded. According to some documents, Japanese craftsmen gradually explored and covered the fan bones with stickers, so that the fans were combined into one, and then a new style was formed. River fan is not only a cool tool in Japan, but also an important symbol of Japanese culture. Like fans and belts, handbags and clogs, it is a part of the regular kimono; In the tea ceremony, if the other party puts a folding fan horizontally in front of you, it represents a screen, reminding you that "the tea is not ready yet, don't reach through the screen to get it." Then why not get a real screen? Because an important part of tea ceremony is to let tourists watch the process of making tea, if you really put a screen on it, you can't see anything.

At the same time as the appearance of fans, bat fans with paper fans appeared, because paper is much cheaper than silk, which is conducive to the popularization and spread of fans among the people. After it was introduced to Europe in the 0/3rd century A.D./KLOC, silk fans with ivory fan bones were developed during the Louis Dynasty in France and returned to Japan, which began to make its own silk fans. With the perfection and development of the harmony fan, there are gradually white sandalwood fans, energy fans and dance fans that responded to the development and prosperity of Japanese energy music and dance in Muromachi era, tea table fans that emerged with the development of tea ceremony, and ritual fans and professional fans used in solemn ceremonies such as palaces, shrines and temples.