Test you: What kind of fans are produced in Rongchang County, Chongqing, which is listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list?

The folding fan manufacturing industry in Changyuan Town, Rongchang County, Chongqing is very developed. Rongchang folding fan is unfolded when used and folded when collected. It is exquisite, elegant, beautiful and portable. Rongchang folding fan began in the Northern Song Dynasty and was presented to the court as a tribute in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, reaching its peak in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty.

Material selection of folding fan

The more materials used for folding fans, the more exquisite and ingenious they are. Fan bones can be made of ivory, tortoise shell, sandalwood, agarwood, bamboo and various kinds of wood. Crafts include mother-of-pearl, carved lacquer, gold lacquer and faded foreign lacquer.

There are also hollowed-out lateral bones, which contain 32 small dental cards. There is a hollow, exotic fragrance. There are smaller dice hidden in the pin hinge. These folding fan bones are engraved with various patterns, which are extremely exquisite.

Some fan bones imitate dovetail shape, and some fan bones are hinged internally, and there is no trace in appearance. As for fans, there are white paper and three alum, colorful, covered with incense, beaten with gold and sprinkled with gold.