Qingyang Folding Fan [Anhui Qingyang Specialty]

What is Qingyang folding fan? Authentic Anhui Qingyang specialty: Qingyang folding fan

Content summary:Do you want to know what Qingyang folding fan is? This article is a detailed introduction to the specialty of Qingyang, Anhui Province - Qingyang Folding Fan. It was compiled by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Qingyang Folding Fan. The full text takes about 4 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Qingyang Folding Fan and the product characteristics of Qingyang Folding Fan? How did the history of Qingyang folding fans come about? The production method of Qingyang folding fan, etc

Basic introduction of Qingyang folding fan

Qingyang folding fan, also known as "Jiuhua folding fan", is produced in the surrounding towns of Jiuhua Mountain. There are dozens of products in the "Buddha" brand series, among which black faced fans, water milled jade bone fans, and black faced gold painted Jiuhua Mountain full picture fans are quite popular, and large rice paper face fans are exported to Japan. Qingyang folding fan, which was already among the famous fans in China during the Ming Dynasty, was produced by Jiuhua Craft Factory in Qingyang County, Chizhou. During the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, as a tribute item, the painting of a panoramic view of the Nine Flowers on a black folding fan with gold powder caused a sensation

Qingyang folding fan was already a famous fan in the Ming Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was even presented to the emperor as a tribute to the court. It was truly "entering and leaving the emperor's arms, shaking the gentle breeze". Currently, there are over 20 varieties of Jiuhua Mountain folding fans, which are popular in both domestic and international markets. Since 1981, Jiuhua folding fans have won three consecutive awards in national or provincial folding fan competitions

The production method of Qingyang folding fan

Qingyang folding fan selects materials, the more selected the more refined, extremely rare and ingenious. Fan bones are made of ivory, tortoiseshell, sandalwood, agarwood, bamboo, and various types of wood. The craftsmanship includes mother of pearl, carved lacquer, gold sprinkled lacquer, and polished foreign lacquer. There are also hollowed out border bones that contain extremely small thirty-two dental cards. It has a hollow body and is filled with strange fragrance. There are even tiny dice hidden in the hollow circular nail hinge. These folding fan bones are all engraved with various patterns, extremely ingenious. Some fan bones imitate the shape of a swallowtail, and some fan bone nails and hinges are hidden inside, with no visible traces on the outside. As for the fan surface, there are white paper with alum, colorful ones, paste scented ones, gold pounded ones, and gold sprinkled ones