Round fan.
The round fan is also called ten thousand fans. "Wan" refers to a fine silk. Fan-shaped like a full moon, so it is called "round fan".
The round fan appeared after the feather fan and before the folding fan, and prevailed from the Western Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty for more than 1000 years. After the Song Dynasty, it kept pace with folding fans and was deeply loved by concubines, ladies and literati.
As far as modeling is concerned, most round fans are like bright moon, others are hexagonal, octagonal and melon-shaped.
Banana leaf shape, buttonwood leaf shape, begonia shape, horseshoe shape and plum blossom shape are also very common.
The round fan is usually stretched with white silk, which is suitable for writing and painting. Fan-painted poems flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At that time, the rich gentry were all arty, and it was a great honor to find a celebrity fan of poetry or painting. If there is a chance to get together with literary scholars, there are many people who ask for calligraphy and painting with fans.
folding fan
Folding fan is also called unfolding fan, paper fan, fan, pinch fan, folding fan, folding fan and folding fan. Seven Books of the South? Liu Xiangchuan recorded: "Situ Chu Yuan entered the DPRK and covered the sun with a waist fan." The waist fan is a folding fan.
Folding fans are mainly men, with a long fan shape, generally about 30 cm, a vertical length greater than 18 cm and a width of about 55 cm. The sector of folding fan is mainly made of paper, but it is also made of silk and yarn. The paper material is delicate, strong and tough, and it is better not to crack after a long time. High-grade fans are often made of fine, clean and tough rice paper, with solid and soft leather paper as the lining and smooth and light bamboo paper as the core.
folding fan