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How to make a feather fan

The manufacturing method of feather fan is as follows:

1, How to make a fan with feathers I have the chicken wings of a pheasant and want to make a fan.

Feather fans are mainly made of goose feathers, duck feathers, chicken feathers and peacock feathers. Firstly, the feathers are sorted and sorted, and the moth-eaten and lodging feathers are picked out. Wool washing: then wash the selected qualified wool, and add hydrogen peroxide and feather detergent when cleaning. The addition ratio is: 50 kg of feather, 1 kg of hydrogen peroxide and 1 kg of detergent should be added to 2000 kg of water.

After stirring 1 hour, take it out and put it in a clear water pool, rinse it with clear water, soak it for 30 minutes, take it out and spin it dry, then pour the feathers into a warm water pool at 45 degrees Celsius. When cleaning, feather whitening agent is added, and the addition amount is 2%~3% of the feather.

Stir with a stick to dissolve it completely, then pour in the feathers and stir with an iron rake to make each feather uniform in color. 1 hour later, when the feather bend is completely dyed, take it out and soak it in a machine filled with clean water for 30 minutes. Take it out, spin it dry, and then put it in a dryer to dry. The drying time is 65438 0 hours. In this way, we can dye all kinds of feathers in different colors.

2. A manufacturing method of hand folding fan

Fold a square or rectangular colored handmade paper in half. Fold in half in the same direction on the basis of just folding, so that the two folded parts are equal. Repeat until the whole paper is folded. Open the folded paper completely again.

After the paper is completely opened, the first crease turns up, the second crease turns down, the third crease turns up again, the fourth crease turns down again, and so on, so that the whole paper forms a "note" shape. Fold the note in the middle.

The record of China folding fan first appeared in Jiankang of Nanliang (now Nanjing) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China in the 5th century. "The Book of Southern Qi" says: "Chu Yuan covered the sun with a waist fan." According to the explanation in Tong, "waist fan" is a kind of folding fan, originally named waist fan, which originated in the late Han Dynasty and was once the pet of princes and adults.

In Jin Dynasty, waist fan, also known as folding fan, has become a common summer appliance for men and women in upper class. These folding fans have different names according to different materials and methods.