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The fan is a wind-inducing device, which is necessary in summer. China fan culture has a profound cultural background, is an integral part of national culture, and is closely related to bamboo culture and Buddhist culture. China has always been known as "the kingdom of fans".
Because it is easy to carry, with sleeves in and out, fan-shaped calligraphy and painting, fan-shaped bone carving, it is the pet of literati, so it has the nickname of "elegant things with sleeves" The appearance of round fan is much earlier than folding fan, and it is also called "acacia fan" because its shape is as reunion as the moon, which accords with the auspicious meaning of China people. Because it is made of silk, it is also called "Wan Fan" or "Fan Luo".
Fan is a unique cultural phenomenon in China. Scholars have always liked to write poems and draw pictures on fans to express their feelings. In ancient times, fans were sometimes regarded as a symbol of official positions, perhaps because most of the officials in ancient times were literati, who often carried a fan with them and often bowed with it on various occasions.
There are many kinds of fans, such as folding fan, round fan, gourd fan, trapezoidal fan, banana fan, square fan and oval fan. From the production materials, there are silk fans, paper fans, feather fans, ivory fans, banana fans, sunflower fans, bamboo woven fans, cattail woven fans, wheat straw woven fans and so on. From the color point of view, colorful, colorful, but basically there are black fans, white fans, colored fans.