English Composition Describing Traditional Chinese Fans

folding

fan

is

also

named

Hand

fan

,Sprinkle

fan,

Paper

Fan

pinch

fan,

Gather

fan

,Folding fan,

Folding fan,propeller-like

fan

Cyclonic

fan

.

support

of

van

(fan bone)

is

made

of

bamboo

or

ivory,

as

its

surface

is

used

tough

paper

or

soft

silk

.

When

using,

spread

the

van

to

a

half

of

ring.

Then

the

thicker

ends

of

one

stick

supporting

the

van

is

getting

together,<

while

the

wider

ones

are

apart

from

each

other.(Gathering Heads and Scattering Tails)

The

fan

firstly

appeared

in

the

Southern

and

Northern

Dynasties,

around

5th

century. century. "QI

History"

said:

"Chu

Yuan

used

waist

van

to

shade

from

Sun.

sun-light.(Chu Yuan blocked the sun with a waist fan.)"

"Folding

fan,

which

first

name

is

Waist

fan,

originated

from

Waist

fan. originated

in

the

end

of

the

Han

Dynasty,

was

p>opular

among

feudal

non-fan feudal

nobles

and

imperial

families

.The

vans

always

played

a

role

to

drive

away

summer

heat

for

the

upper

class

in

Jin

Dynasty.

There

is

a

poem

in

Jin

Dynasty

named

Twenty

Poems

in

. Summer "Twenty Summer Songs"

:

Folding

my

fan

and

put

it

on

the

bed,

as

if

I

feel

a

coming

wind.

Making

myself

up

and

putting

on

light

dress,

I

reach

hath

place

with

lissome

movers

Folding the fan and putting it on the bed, I want to think of the wind from afar. The light sleeves of the Buddha's makeup and the slenderness of the tall stage.

Self-translated from Baidu's encyclopedia, if there is any error, please bear with me