The main materials of the fan are: bamboo, wood, paper, cloth, ivory, tortoiseshell, jade, plumes of birds, 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 craftsmen and craftsmen carefully skeletonized, carving, ironing, drilling, or celebrities waving poems and paintings, so that the fan art is worth a hundred times more.
Chinese fan culture originated in ancient times, our ancestors in the scorching summer, hunting plant leaves or bird feathers, simple processing, used to block the sun produces wind, so the fan has a barricade of the sun, which is the first source of the fan.
? The wood is said to be case, the reed is said to fan? Because the fan is mostly seen in the palace, so the fan is also called? Palace fan?
After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the feather fan and playboy fan appeared in large numbers, and the literati in this period loved to play with the fan, regarded as? Sleeve elegant things?
If the ancient literati had no fan in their hands, it would be a bit tasteless, just like the present-day petty capitalists who don't have pet dogs. To the Qing Dynasty, not only the literati, even into the career of officials, accountants, and even at the bottom of the social stratum of all kinds of people also like to shake the fan? The first time I saw a fan, I was able to get a good look at it, and it was a good look.
The fan was originally known as the "Wuming Fan" in history. The fan was originally known as the "Wuming Fan" in history. Cui Bao of the Jin Dynasty, "Ancient and Modern Note? The public carriage" recorded: "Five bright fan, Shun made also. The five bright fans were also made by Shun. After receiving Yao's Zen, he opened his eyes and ears to the world, and asked for help, so he made the five bright fans. In Qin and Han, the ministers of state and the scholars were all allowed to use it. In Wei and Jin, the emperor was not allowed to use it. That is to say, Shun for the wide-open hearing to seek the wise self-support, had made five bright fan. From Qin to Han are in use, Zhang hit this fan is to the outside world to show that the idea of absorbing talent, but to the time of Wei and Jin became the emperor's special.
The Yinzhou period has appeared a? Zhai fan?
The Yinzhou period has seen a kind of Zhai fan, that is made of colorful pheasant tail feathers, so there are? The fan of the feather? The name "feather fan" was used. The "Er Ya" talked about: "The wood is said to be the case, and the reed is said to be the case. The wood is said to be the case, the reed is said to be the fan. It can be inferred from this, the early fan may be rectangular woven reed. Early fan is not used to cool, but used as a ruler of ceremonial tools, so it is also called? Ceremonial fan?
After the Qin and Han dynasties in China, the fan's shape is mainly square, round, hexagonal and other shapes, the fan's fabric is made of silk weaving sericin, due to the palace with more, so it is also known as? Palace fan? The Sui and Tang dynasties, prevalent in the world is mainly playboy fan and feather fan, as well as a small number of paper fans. After the Song, folding fan gradually popular.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhejiang, Suzhou, Sichuan and other places produced a lot of folding fans, inscriptions and paintings are also emerging in this. This skill was introduced to Europe from the Ming Dynasty, and then became popular all over the world.
Liangyou, is an alias of the fan. Song Taogu, "Qing Yi Lu? Ware":? Shangshan Pavilion in the window cheeks have eight lines of poetry:? Pure gentleman sweeping dust, cool friend invites the breeze. Is the broom and fan Ming carry on.
The main types of fans
The size of the bones are all curved like water waves snake-like fan strands. Adjacent to the two fan bone peaks and valleys of the staggered, such as the undulation of water waves, interesting. This section is mostly seen in the nine to sixteen gear fan, material more bamboo or ebony. The big bone is generally no longer applied to the carving, although it is also a special species, but not very rare. 80's later, some areas and resumed production, but the fine and vivid interest has disappeared.
Monk's head
This style also has a very early origin. The fan strands gathered at the head into a ball like a monk's head, hence the name. This style already existed in the Ming Dynasty, called the round head or large round head. Because nowadays there are many fans with rounded roots, in order to avoid confusion, the common name, but also very vivid. Monk's head is mostly seen in sixteen large fan, there are also nine, eleven large fan strands. Autumn fan rarely used monk head. Monk's head can all be a material from the fan strands? Polymerization? , can also be on both sides of the fan nail set two pieces of heterogeneous materials, such as bamboo strands inlaid ebony, inlaid ivory, inlaid rosewood, etc.. Monk's head fan stock higher prices, even if the plain no work, but also often exceed the price of other fan stock of the same material.
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The collection of fans can be used in ordinary fan fan bone, can also be used in the collection of fan, can also be used for specialized collection of fan bone. Jijin-style fan bone is not worn in the fan, but clamped to the fan - the exposed fan bone will play a role in dividing the fan. However, generally not all the fan bones are exposed, but every few exposed one out, according to the need for spatial division of the fan.
Pointed
The head of the polygon is sharpened like the spearhead of the stock. Ming Dynasty called? Sharp root? This section is only found in the sixteen files of bamboo bone fan, but characterized by delicate and meticulous, the quality of bamboo material is very important.
Japanese
Japanese fan bone for nine or eleven files. The big bone is narrow, similar to the small bone, only the tip is thicker. After putting on the fan face, the side of the fan face is exposed outside the fan bone, and although the big bone is narrow, it can still be carved in various ways.
Ruyi head
It is only found in nine and eleven large fans. The side bones are shaped like a ruyi. Commonly used materials are ebony and boxwood, mostly carved hollow.
Mantis legs
Named for the shape of the large bones of the fan strands, which are thicker at the top and very thin at the bottom, like the legs of a praying mantis. This style is more common, but there is a difference between thick and thin, almost all of them are bamboo.
Fine tip style
This is a unique style of fan strands in the autumn fan. The tip of the bone into the fan surface is thin, the part exposed outside is wide and rounded, and the gap between the fan bones is not exposed, mostly used for twenty fans, made of bamboo, brown bamboo, ebony, tortoiseshell, ivory, animal bone and horn.
Fish tail
Near the fan spike, the size of the bone a flush concave into the waist-like fan stock. It is named because it looks like a fish tail. Only seen with bamboo, so the need to bake and bend the fan bone, fan bone handle and very thin, so often choose the very dense and tough bamboo, in order to maintain the elasticity of the fan to keep it clamped. This is a rare product, no longer produced after 1949.
Straight square fan
Straight square fan stock is the earliest of the folding fan, the use is also very extensive. Its shape is a long and narrow trapezoid, simple to no longer simple. Sometimes the sides are not really straight but slightly inward. The straight fan strands produced in the Republic of China are often referred to as ? Imitation of ancient elegant fan? Called together. Straight fan has a simple point, that is, when installing the fan does not have to think too much about the length of the fan. Other styles of fan stocks installed fan face has a certain length requirements: too short not elegant; too long to cut part, and many collectors because they do not want to destroy the integrity of the fan painting and calligraphy, would rather not cut, drag a long section, but also unattractive. Straight fan without this problem.
The introduction of the five famous fan
Anhui is the birthplace of silk fan, so far there are more than four hundred years of history, silk fan made of silk satin fabric, it can not only be used for ornamental collection, but also has a gift to friends, the best products. Silk fan production process is complex than the paper is soft, Ling Juan smooth, the production of craft requirements are extremely high, the fan bone with a head of green natural alpine bamboo production, fabric processing: the first overpaste underwater, in the baking shade drying, in the molding positioning, in the dyeing and printing in the overpaste air-drying, and then folding positioning, in the process of doing the fan bone carving and painting process, and then ride the surface of the molding, for a total of 70 in the road process, at present, the silk fan is the anhui heritage of handicrafts! The production process is preserved to this day, the real handmade. The appearance of the silk fan is beautiful, exquisite craftsmanship fine by the world's favor.
Jiangsu sandalwood fan
Sandalwood fan is made of sandalwood, its hard wood. White white sandalwood, skin corrosion color purple purple sandalwood, white sandalwood for the win. There is a natural fragrance, gently shake, fragrant. This fan has? Fan stock incense stock? The characteristics of preservation of ten years after eight years, fan up is still fragrant, refreshing. Summer both go, hidden in the closet, there are insects, moth-proof wonderful. Fancy varieties of pulling, stamping, carving, painting, printing, inlay and bone, etc.. Generally by sawing, assembling, engraving, laminating, painting and tasseling on more than ten process components.
Sandalwood fan with its unique technology, unique style, rich craftsmanship, and so far loved by the people.
Guangdong fire painting fan
? The fire-painted fan was first created at the end of the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Created in the late Qing Dynasty Tongzhi, and then the gradual development of craftsmanship, the production of two handles of selected thin glass fan, synthesized into a double-sided fan, and then painted with a special fire brush, beautiful and elegant, never fade, is to appreciate the collection of fine products.
Sichuan bamboo fan
Bamboo fan is commonly known as? Gong fan? The fan is mostly peach-shaped, like a fan, is as fine as silk bamboo silk carefully woven and made. It is tender yellow color, thin and translucent, soft and delicate, as if the brocade, patterns or landscape figures, or birds and insects, all exquisite, plus ivory or cattle bone fan handle, silk fan pendant, simply exquisite, exquisite, known as the national treasure of the ingenious.
Zhejiang silk fan