Palm leaves to make fan tutorial is as follows:

Material preparation: palm leaves, knife, water, bamboo sticks, small hose.

1, cut the palm leaves from the palm tree that have not yet opened. Tear the leaves one by one.

2, put in boiling water and cook for about ten minutes, then take up. Fish up the boiled palm leaves and put them in the sun to dry.

3, choose two sun-dried leaves, set aside the two sides of the leaves, leaving the center 20 to 22 pi of longer leaves, and then tear off the soft edges of each leaf.

4. Bring the two palm leaves together again, and weave the two palm leaves crosswise with 4 to 5 pips of leaves. Starting from the center of the weave again, weave the palm leaves outward one by one.

5. When you're done braiding, braid the leaves from the top to the handle on both sides. Wrap any palm leaves that are too long on each side of the bias weave with torn off palm leaves.

6, and then a bamboo skewer, from the handle to the center of the fan. Then use a small hose or something else to wrap the handle. This way even if all the weaving is done. This kind of palm leaf fan is durable, long-lasting and easy to use.

Fan classification:

1, Gong fan

Gong fan produced in the Qing Dynasty with the Ye years, originated in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, Gong fan production selection of the Yinshan fertile soil growth of an age (each saving more than 75 centimeters) of the natural yellow bamboo, through the craftsmen's unique crafts and superb skills, the bamboo is made into a 0.01-0.015 micron thin. 0.015 micron thin bamboo wire, and then compiled into a 26-centimeter diameter bamboo wire peach-shaped fan.

2, Xuan fan

Xuan fan originated in the Song Dynasty, when the folding fan is commonly known as the "poly bone fan", at the time of the maturity of the technology of Xuan paper, the production of Xuan fan has a huge catalytic effect. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Xuan fan entered its heyday, with all the techniques reaching their peaks, and was y loved by the literati and ink masters. Xuan fan production is exquisite, beautiful and elegant, meaning auspicious, rich in connotation, culture, craftsmanship, collection of high value.

3, silk fan

Anhui is the birthplace of silk fan, so far there are more than four hundred years of history, Anhui Ailan Bamboo and Wooden Crafts Co., Ltd., in the silk fabric and printing on the use of a unique way to deal with the silk fan with silk satin fabrics made of it can not only be used for ornamental collection, but also has a gift to friends, the good.