1, fan main materials are: bamboo, wood, paper, ivory, tortoiseshell, jade, 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 craftsmen and craftsmen carefully skeletonized, carving, ironing, drilling, or celebrities waving poems and paintings, so that the art of the fan is worth a hundred times more.

2, fan in China has thousands of years of history, the earliest fan is made of bird feathers, known as "feather fan". There is a feather in the word "fan". Fan since ancient times, its history can be said to be very long, as early as in China's early Shun era, with the relevant data records, appeared a fan of the items, which can also be learned, this look is very early. According to the history books: "The Yellow Emperor made five bright fan", can be said to be early. Western Zhou feather made of "feather fan" has an aesthetic decorative function. The Han Dynasty began to use lightweight and simple bamboo fan, after the Han Dynasty and appeared to bamboo for the frame, to damask for the fan surface of the lounge fan. Playboy fan, also known as fan, suitable for painting and calligraphy, more bone, jade, ivory, etc. for the handle, falling to the tassel, appears to be precious and elegant, this fan in our country is popular for more than a thousand years, especially for the ladies of the Cabinet loved. Then the early human technology should not be able to so advanced, it is not possible to use bamboo to make bamboo fan things, then the early fan prototype, should be the feather fan, the use of some bird animal feathers, after their production into a feather fan. Like we see some of the bamboo fan or paper fan, but also in the later human technology is more mature period will appear items. And like this kind of items in fact has always been some of the dignitaries or princes and nobles can have, like some of the poor family is simply impossible to get such a good fan.

3, it is said that during the Yongle period of paper folding fan boom, the literati and artists have to be pleased with the calligraphy and painting on the fan. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the fan decorated with celebrities and paintings are the most popular, while the fan bone is also very elaborate. The materials used are valuable wood, bamboo, ivory, tortoiseshell, gold and silver, and the fan is also divided into four seasons. For a time, people compete to buy, so that the fan in addition to cool, but also increased the dissemination of poetry and painting function, really become a blend of painting and calligraphy, crafts as one of the art crafts.