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Fan
was first to be inscribed with poems in Sanguo period. In North
Song Dynasty, the folding fan began to be used. It was very convenient
to take. The ribs of the folding fan was made of cattle¡¯s horn,
ivory, hawksbill, jade, sandalwood and so forth. In South Song Dynasty,
drawing fan, selling fan and collecting fan came to prevail at that
time. In the neoteric time, Hui Shoujun, Zhen Baiqiao, Jin Nong,
Shi Tao, Ren Ponian and Wu Cangshuo, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu
Beihong, Fu Baoshi, Li Keran and so on all were very famous maestros.
And now the value of their fan writings is quite high. |
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In
Ming and Qing Dynasties, a lot of famous artists and authors were
fond of putting their drawings and poetry in fan, adding cultural
and aesthetic merits in the fan. The price of such fans were increased
tremendously, collecting of such fans became a vogue. Sometimes
the price of a famous fan is worth the value of a piece of jade
or jewelry. And Chinese fan has its practical value as well as cultural,
aesthetic values. At that time, the province of Zhejiang, Suzhou
and Sichuan seemed with Folding fan. In Ming Dynasty, the consummate
technique was brought to Europe and then to the four corners of
the world.
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