Fans were invented by Chinese ancestors, and China was the first country to use fans in the world. According to Historical Records, during the reign of King Zhao of Zhou, 65,438+00 male and female magpies were presented to Zhao Haoqi. When summer comes, people make fans out of the feathers of Danque, which are sometimes called "striped harmony" or "gray shadow". This is the earliest recorded feather fan in history. In ancient times, fans were usually used as etiquette tools for rulers, covering the sky and the sun for kings and nobles when they went out for inspection, and also being a symbol of imperial power. Using fans as fans to cool down began in the Han Dynasty. At that time, there was a saying in the history books that "dragons cause rain, and fans chase away the heat."
With the wide use of fans in people's lives, fan culture has gradually formed, among which fan poetry is the most distinctive. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Ban Jieyu, a court poetess, wrote in a poem "Elegy": "The newly cracked flower is as bright as frost and snow. Cut into acacia fans, round like the bright moon. In and out of your arms, the breeze is shaking ... "Du Mu wrote in the poem Autumn Night in the Tang Dynasty:" Qiu Guang painted a cold screen with a silver candle, and the small fan danced with fireflies lightly. The night in Tianjie is as cool as water, lying and watching morning glory and Vega. "
Another important part of fan culture is fan mystery, and folk fan mystery is popular everywhere. "No wind, no wind, no wind, no wind; When the plane leaves fall, master will send me to the cold palace. " This riddle vividly illustrates the function and characteristics of fans. "Open half the moon and put it in your pocket; Pomegranates are in bud when they come, and chrysanthemums are in full bloom when they go. " "There is a kind of flower that doesn't bloom often, half paper and half firewood; In the winter of the third year, it was placed in the cupboard, and there was no wind in the midsummer. " The answers to these two riddles are folding fans.
Fan Shi
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Nose goes in and out, regardless of the temperature in spring and Xia Han.
There is no other way but to turn your mind to the sky for twelve hours.