The role of the fan

Fans are usually used to fan away heat. Fans are wind-inducing supplies, summer necessities. Chinese traditional fan culture has a deep cultural heritage, is an integrated part of Chinese culture. In traditional Chinese society, fans are closely related to people's daily life. The earliest fans in history are the royal ceremonial fan used in the court of the 4th dynasty of ancient Egypt, more than 4,500 years ago, and the ceremonial fan and ostrich hair ivory pole ceremonial fan unearthed in the royal family tomb of KV62 in the Imperial Valley of Egypt, 3,300 years ago.

Types of fans include feather fans, bushel fans, pheasant fans, doughnut fans, folding fans, silk palace fans, clay and gold fans, black paper fans and sandalwood fans. The fan-making techniques listed on the national intangible cultural heritage list include Jiangsu Suzhou sandalwood fan, Zhejiang Hangzhou Wangxingji fan, Chongqing Rongchang folding fan, Sichuan Zigong Gong fan, Guangdong Xinhui Kwai fan, and Huzhou feather fan.

The main materials of the fan are, bamboo, wood, paper, ivory, tortoiseshell, jadeite, birds plume, other palm leaves, betel leaves, straw, cattail, etc. can also be woven or made into a variety of different kinds of daily crafts fan, beautifully shaped, exquisite construction, by the skilled craftsmen and craftsmen carefully skeletonized, carving, ironing, drilling, or celebrity brush stroke inscription poetry painting, so that the fan art is worth a hundred times more.