Fans are not only practical products in people's lives, but also a place for poets, painters and calligraphers to display their talents. Since ancient times, fans have been loved by people, and many literati have formed an indissoluble bond with fans.
Ban Jieyu, a writer in the Western Han Dynasty, wrote in Song of Febrile Diseases: "The newly cracked Su, fresh and clean as frost and snow, was cut into acacia fans and reunited like a bright moon. In and out of your arms, shaking the breeze. When the autumn festival comes, it is hot and cold, so donate baskets and abandon them. " It really means giving fans a good image of being interrupted, abandoned and full of resentment. Later generations often use this allusion to express their sadness and resentment.
From Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, to Liang Fan and Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty, Tang Bohu and Chou Ying in the Ming Dynasty, from Shi Tao and Wu Changshuo in the Qing Dynasty to Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi in modern times, they all drew amazing works on fans. The ancients called the fan the bright moon. Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem, "Reunion, reunion, reunion, reunion." Everyone has his own taste. At this point, painting and calligraphy lovers have risen when they are fanning the flames. The History of the Three Kingdoms contains the story that Yang Xiu painted a fan late and became a fly for Wei Taizu. In the Book of Jin, Wang Xizhi recorded the story of Wang Xizhi's inscription "Promotion" for an old woman selling fans. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, fan-shaped poems were very popular. At that time, dignitaries who could write and draw a book and a picture were worth thousands of dollars. Wang Jinqing, a painter in Song Dynasty, and Su Dongpo, a poet, can draw an inscription in one painting, which can accommodate the world in a short distance, and is a collection of poems, books, paintings and seals, which has been passed down as an eternal beauty talk.
Fan painting and calligraphy flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The fan-shaped "Mountain Dweller" painted by Tang Yin, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, is a rare artistic treasure, with poems and poetic feelings on the fresh picture. On the stage of drama, light and elegant fan dance, small folding fan and goose feather fan dance in the hands of actors, which plays a icing on the cake for the performing arts.
Guo Moruo, a contemporary poet, also likes to write poems on fans. When he visited the fan factory in Guangdong, the hometown of sunflower fans, he happily wrote a poem: "The cool world comes from his hands; Exquisite and ingenious; Fly all over the world and overwhelm the west wind. " This poem is magnificent and inspiring.
The fan culture formed by fans is rich and colorful. Fan associations, fan riddles, fan dances, fan games, fan paintings and fan languages are refreshing, so don't go to them in your spare time. Fan culture is really a treasure worth digging!