Fans are generally used to fan the wind and dispel heat.
The types of fans include feather fans, cattail fans, pheasant fans, round fans, folding fans, silk palace fans, lacquered gold fans, black paper fans, sandalwood fans, etc. The fan-making techniques included in the national intangible cultural heritage list include Jiangsu Suzhou sandalwood fan, Zhejiang Hangzhou Wang Xingji fan, Chongqing Rongchang folding fan, Sichuan Zigong Gong fan, Guangdong Xinhui sunflower fan, and Huzhou feather fan. ?
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Fans are closely related to literature and art. As early as 1,900 years ago, Ban Jieyu fell out of favor with Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. She asked the poet Wan Fan to write "Songs of Resentment". The poem goes: "Cut it into an acacia fan. The balls are like the moonlight. They go in and out of the emperor's sleeves, shaking in the breeze." "I am often afraid that when the autumn festival comes, the coolness will overtake the heat, and I will leave the donation box in the basket, and the kindness will be lost." The allusion of "seeing donations with autumn fans" is left.
The poem "Silver Candles Paint the Screen in Cold Autumn Light, Light Luo Fans Flick the Flowing Fireflies" written by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty depicts the moving scene of girls chasing after the flowing fireflies with small Qingluo fans on a New Autumn night. It is refreshing to read. Meaningful and full of rich flavor of life.
Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty wrote "Reminiscing about the time when Gong Jin was young, Xiao Qiao was married for the first time, with a majestic appearance, a feather fan and a turban, and while talking and laughing, the oars and oars disappeared into ashes" depicts Zhou Yu's suave general's demeanor and grace, set off by his feather fan. The image has become a popular saying.
Shi Naian's "Water Margin" is sung by Bai Sheng: "The red sun is scorching like fire, the field seedlings are half-scorched; the farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the prince and grandson are shaking their fans." The anger of class injustice has no room to vent.
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