The
earliest surviving example of a fan from China is from a tomb in Hubei
and dates to the warring states period (475 to 221 BC).
Most of the earliest fans who have been discovered have been from the ancient Kingdom of Chu, where the fan seems to have been more firmly rooted in the culture than elsewhere. These Chu fans come in two categories, the up to two meters in length and designed to be carried on by servants and those about 10 to 12 inches in length and is intended for personal use.
The first written record of the fan shown in Han Dynasty and randomly placed on a fan. Han Dynasty also sees the poem 'Ode to Bamboo Fans' by Ba Gu. At this point in history, fans might be made of bamboo, ivory or wood - feather fans were especially popular in eastern China.
But it is in the Song Dynasty (960-1127) that the fan really comes into its own as an object for both the arts and culture. While the first person who has painted on a fan was allegedly Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the reign of Song emperor Huizong the Imperial Painting Academy was established and the preferred media were painting on fans. At first most of the pictures painted on fans were landscapes, but the dynasty was then they began to experiment and paint scenes from nature - the ultimate fan became a popular medium for calligraphy and poetry.
It was in 988 that the first "folding fans come to China. They are recorded as coming from Japan, as part of a celebration that is sent to the emperor. They did not immediately take off in China when they were seen as something for the lower classes, it was predominantly a consequence of the fact that they could not be painted the same way as the large flat fans, and they do not require waiters to use them, so did not have the same social cachet.
It is not until the Ming dynasty, folding fans start to become more socially acceptable. In 'Random notes from Spring Breeze Hall' by Lu Shen is a history of Envoys from southeastern England during the early Ming Dynasty to become the laughing stock simply because the folding fans. It was the Yongle Emperor, who seems to have rehabilitated the folding fan, and gave them as gifts to favored generals and courtiers. Slowly lost their associations with the lower classes and replaced the standard fan as a fan of choice. Many of these folding fans were produced in Sichuan and in Suzhou, after a record more than one million folding fans were sent from Sichuan to the imperial court every year (although a second, perhaps more plausible account puts it at 10,000). Sichuan was especially associated with silk fans and Suzhou with painted bamboo fans.A spectacular disc above were made in 1949 in Beijing, when builders discovered a folding fan about 24 inches tall and with a spread of 60 inches, the required repair, but the writing on the fan declared that it had been painted by Emperor Xuande (1426 - 1435) itself.
The first sandalwood folding fans occurred in 1920 and quickly became popular as the sweet scent of wood was the perfect medium for making fans.
Fan Art
Handle or fixed fans may be round, oblong, hexagonal, heart-shaped, sunflower oil, formed on any of a large number of other configurations. The round shapes are usually the most highly regarded and lend themselves most readily to painting. The handle even comes in a huge range of over a hundred different types, such as thin onion, swallowtail, eggplant or butterfly. The shapes of the handles can be a useful way to date a fan. On silk patterns can be painted, woven, embroidered, inserted or withdrawn.Folding fans include the deployment and the frame. The men are usually about 12 inches long and females about 8 inches long. They can be grouped according to the number of ribs, they have; 12, 14 or 16 are all normal number of ribs.
In artistic terms often associated with fans include Zong Liquan - Head of the Daoist immortals - carrying the fan as his emblem, and it is recognized to have power tp revive the dead, and Huang Xiang, a symbol of filial piety, as he waved his father's bed on summer nights.
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The first written record of the fan shown in Han Dynasty and randomly placed on a fan. Han Dynasty also sees the poem 'Ode to Bamboo Fans' by Ba Gu. At this point in history, fans might be made of bamboo, ivory or wood - feather fans were especially popular in eastern China.
But it is in the Song Dynasty (960-1127) that the fan really comes into its own as an object for both the arts and culture. While the first person who has painted on a fan was allegedly Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the reign of Song emperor Huizong the Imperial Painting Academy was established and the preferred media were painting on fans. At first most of the pictures painted on fans were landscapes, but the dynasty was then they began to experiment and paint scenes from nature - the ultimate fan became a popular medium for calligraphy and poetry.
It was in 988 that the first "folding fans come to China. They are recorded as coming from Japan, as part of a celebration that is sent to the emperor. They did not immediately take off in China when they were seen as something for the lower classes, it was predominantly a consequence of the fact that they could not be painted the same way as the large flat fans, and they do not require waiters to use them, so did not have the same social cachet.
It is not until the Ming dynasty, folding fans start to become more socially acceptable. In 'Random notes from Spring Breeze Hall' by Lu Shen is a history of Envoys from southeastern England during the early Ming Dynasty to become the laughing stock simply because the folding fans. It was the Yongle Emperor, who seems to have rehabilitated the folding fan, and gave them as gifts to favored generals and courtiers. Slowly lost their associations with the lower classes and replaced the standard fan as a fan of choice. Many of these folding fans were produced in Sichuan and in Suzhou, after a record more than one million folding fans were sent from Sichuan to the imperial court every year (although a second, perhaps more plausible account puts it at 10,000). Sichuan was especially associated with silk fans and Suzhou with painted bamboo fans.A spectacular disc above were made in 1949 in Beijing, when builders discovered a folding fan about 24 inches tall and with a spread of 60 inches, the required repair, but the writing on the fan declared that it had been painted by Emperor Xuande (1426 - 1435) itself.
The first sandalwood folding fans occurred in 1920 and quickly became popular as the sweet scent of wood was the perfect medium for making fans.
Fan Art
Handle or fixed fans may be round, oblong, hexagonal, heart-shaped, sunflower oil, formed on any of a large number of other configurations. The round shapes are usually the most highly regarded and lend themselves most readily to painting. The handle even comes in a huge range of over a hundred different types, such as thin onion, swallowtail, eggplant or butterfly. The shapes of the handles can be a useful way to date a fan. On silk patterns can be painted, woven, embroidered, inserted or withdrawn.Folding fans include the deployment and the frame. The men are usually about 12 inches long and females about 8 inches long. They can be grouped according to the number of ribs, they have; 12, 14 or 16 are all normal number of ribs.
In artistic terms often associated with fans include Zong Liquan - Head of the Daoist immortals - carrying the fan as his emblem, and it is recognized to have power tp revive the dead, and Huang Xiang, a symbol of filial piety, as he waved his father's bed on summer nights.
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