Fans are people’s daily necessities and decorations. It is deeply loved by people for its high quality, low price, convenience and practicality, as well as its elegance and taste. Fans are divided into six categories: folding fans, bamboo fans, silk fans, feather fans, sunflower fans and wheat straw fans. In addition to its practicality, as a work of art, it brings together craft skills such as weaving, carving, calligraphy and painting, and embroidery. It can also be used as a prop for performing arts such as opera, dance, and folk arts. It can sometimes even serve as a status symbol. The popular image of Living Buddha Jigong among Chinese people is endearing. He wears a broken monk's hat, is dressed in rags, and holds a broken cattail leaf fan. He is crazy, but loves to solve problems and help others. He is a well-known legendary figure. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, was resourceful and suave, and assisted Liu Bei in establishing his hegemony. He always wore a feather fan and a turban when dressing up, and the feather fan was always in his hand, becoming a symbol of his identity and wisdom. Since the fan was handed down from ancient times, there have been countless related legends and anecdotes. According to legend, Wang Xizhi, the great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once met an old woman selling fans. She was worried about the slow sales of her fans. Wang Xizhi improvised an inscription for her, which made the old woman's fans sell well and became a good story. China is the first country in the world to use fans, and they were gradually introduced to Japan and many countries in Europe. The history of fans has a long history, and it can be traced back to the ancient times of Yu and Shun. The Jin Dynasty's "Annotations on Ancient and Modern Times" records: "Shun widely opened up the world of sight and hearing, and sought the help of wise men to help himself, and created the Five Ming Dynasties." People in the Ming Dynasty also said, "Shun began to make fans." "The record shows that fans already existed during the time of Emperor Shun. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, people used the colorful long tail of male pheasants to make "Zhai fans", and the long-handled "pheasant fans" appeared. At this time, the fan became a symbol of the emperor's majesty. The pheasant feather fan was changed to peacock feather in the Tang Dynasty. According to archaeological discoveries, a Warring States copper pot unearthed in Chengdu, Sichuan, is engraved with a servant holding a long-handled fan to fan his master. This is the earliest image of a fan discovered. From the late Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, whisks made of animal tail hairs appeared, which were called "hair fans". Another kind of feather fan made of bird feathers is white in texture, soft in plush, light and comfortable. The feather fans made of white goose feathers are the most famous in the Jiangnan area, and were mostly used as tributes to the imperial court. In the Han Dynasty, the silk weaving industry began to develop, and the "Wan Fan" appeared. Because it was made of pure white fine silk, it was also called the "Silk Fan". In addition to silk, silk fabrics such as damask, Luo and gauze can also be used to make it. Because it is "round like the bright moon", it is also called "round fan". This form of fan was favored by ancient Chinese women and developed greatly as a mainstream. It strives to be delicate, gorgeous, interesting and compact in structure and decoration, and has shapes such as ellipse, crabapple, rectangle, and curve. Some of these fans are made of sandalwood. When you hold one in your hand, it is overflowing with fragrance, refreshing your mind, and very emotional. Around the Song Dynasty, the folding fan that is common today appeared. Because it can be folded, it is also called folding fan. Folding fans are convenient and practical and are widely spread among the people. Scholars in opera often carry a folding fan, which has become a symbol. Folding fan paintings and poems began in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Fan paintings sublimated the fan into another art form and were cherished by collectors of all generations. Throughout the ages, many literati and poets have left poems, calligraphy and paintings on fans, which have been cherished and collected by people. From this, another traditional art form has emerged - fan calligraphy and painting. Fan calligraphy and painting is a wonderful flower in traditional Chinese art. It has left a rich collection of calligraphy and artistic treasures for future generations. "Ting Shu Hook Boat Picture" painted by Xie Jin of the Ming Dynasty and now in the Shanghai Museum is the earliest fan painting handed down from the Ming Dynasty. Commonly used themes for fan paintings include ladies, landscapes, flowers, birds, fish and insects, as well as poetry and calligraphy. Sometimes an ordinary fan is worth a hundred times as soon as a famous artist writes poems and paintings about it. The exquisite craftsmanship of the fan and the perfect combination of traditional calligraphy, poetry and painting complement each other and are integrated into one, which is really interesting and addictive. In the Ming Dynasty, Tang Bohu, Wen Zhengming, Shen Zhou and others liked to paint and write poems on fans. The Qing Dynasty had the richest fan paintings, with numerous famous artists, such as Shi Tao, Bada Shanren, Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, etc., all masters of fan painting. Therefore, the fan paintings at this time had a variety of styles and schools, and were spectacular. Folding fans developed during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and were divided into schools such as Hang fan, Su fan, and Ning fan. Each has its own unique artistic style and production techniques. Hangzhou fans, together with Hangzhou's Longjing tea and silk, are known as the "Three Wonders of Hangzhou". They are made in many forms, among which the black paper fans are the most famous. They are coated with persimmon juice. They are dark in color, durable and can relieve the heat. It can also provide shade. Suzhou's folding fans are mainly white paper fans, which are exquisitely made and have excellent craftsmanship. Hangzhou fans and Suzhou fans mostly use bamboo as the fan bone and paper silk as the fan surface. They are elegant and delicate, and are known as the "Suzhou-Hangzhou elegant fans".