Hangzhou fan, the history is long, the craft that make is masterly, adornment of covering of the fan is beautiful, it is our country's famous traditional product. Star of king of Hangzhou of hundred years old store remembers fan works, the crop in already becoming our country to make fan trade is the biggest, design and color tastes factory of kind of a most omnibus fan. By people praise for " fan is regnal " .
Hangzhou, it is our country makes fan famous city, have from of old " Hangzhou elegant fan " view. Especially found a capital of the Southern Song Dynasty is faced how (today Hangzhou) hind, many actor that make fan are met collect Hangzhou, inn lane gathers, "Day and night of buying and selling is incessant " . Clear river lane is especially much inside Hangzhou city and get a name. Arrived quiet day middle period, , "Add up to of the person that Hangzhou manages paper fan has many 50, of the worker amount to 449 people " . Thenceforth rises, hangzhou fan and Hangzhou silk, well-known tea of Dragon Well tea is eponymous, so-called " Hangzhou 3 absolutely " .
Hangzhou king star writes down the predecessor of fan factory nowadays, namely in those days Wang Xing remembers fan village, initiate the first year of an era or the reign of an emperor of Yu Qingchao smooth mood (1875) , its author is Wang Xingzhai, ancestors is engaged in making fan trade, his from a child learns art, artisan of the name that make fan already was become when many years old 20. The black paper fan that he makes, be in Italian Milan, win a prize frequently on Panama and west lake world exposition, good name far raise, ever regarded pay intribute of Hangzhou special local product as Gong Ting. From now on, fan of Hangzhou black paper says again " tribute fan " .
Hangzhou fan breed is various, have black paper fan, white sandalwood fan, white paper fan, ivory fan, fan of female thin silk, opera fan, viatic fan, children fan 15 kinds big, thousands of kinds of design and color, the biggest amount to 3, 3 feet, the smallest have 3 inches only. Among them with " SamSung card " black paper fan is most famous. Its covering of the fan is used face be content with Qian Sang tough paper made from bast fibber of the paper mulberry, all and persimmon lacquer, fujian builds coal, through size 86 working procedure refine and become. Want to put it in burning sun next basking in, the bubble in cold water, boil in boiling water, each classics many hours 10, take out air, do not fold do not crack, level off if first, still be a good fan. This kind of fan, already but stroke heat is taken cool, but sunshade my rain, have consequently " half umbrella " good name. In first China arts and crafts 100 beautiful award judge pitch on with one action to seize chief, won silver cup award. The covering of the fan of white sandalwood fan and ribs of the fan are made with sandal, fan is put sweet put, save, fan rises still faint scent blast. Painting and calligraphy of covering of the fan, it is China's distinctive artistic form. Fan, since commodity, it is handicraft. A common fan, once add details to a painting of celebrity painting and calligraphy, social status hundredfold, refined taste be overflowing with, make the person fondles admiringly. The covering of the fan of Zhejiang is very artistic develop, a few famous book artists are past dynasties brandish of art of covering of the fan asperses brush and ink, stay to be made immortally not less. Wang Xing writes down the covering of the fan of fan to decorate, content rich and colorful, gimmick diversity, they often ask art altar a person of academic or artistic distinction to inscribe a poem to make a picture, at the same time actor of tens of renown painting and calligraphy of this factory, the research with art of painting and calligraphy of Gu Jin covering of the fan is quite much, gimmick is adept, craft is masterly, no matter fairy tale, character configuration, scenic spot scene, ridges and peaks folds stone, music brook water, the village abandons pavilion, the name spends different grass, birds of lucky bird precious can suitable for a painting; From calligraphy for, , careless, be subordinate to, seal, all completely. Old actor Zhu Nianci, begin to write a picture with true gold from 50 time, it is the author of fan of paper of Chinese small book. In recent years some come, he draws up in submit a written statement to a higher authority of covering of the fan early or late
