Fan's Rhythm -- Life's Pictures

Author: Qiao Jin
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The fan is a unique carrier of Chinese culture. The fans of painters and calligraphers are naturally endowed, and the fans in novels and poems are colorful. Opera and dance are inseparable from fans. It is also an envoy of cultural exchange between China and the world. The fan carries many legends of China. With countless words, the fan culture of Chinese culture is long-standing, and it is a frothy wave in the vast river of material culture. Almost every object's formation and development has magnificent imagination and moving legends, and Chinese fan culture is no exception. Fan culture is an important branch of material culture, originating from life and yet transcending it. Its creation and development stem from the needs of life, such as cooling, attracting coolness, dusting, shading, and igniting fire. At the same time, because the fan serves life and adorns it, especially when it enters the lives of literati and permeates all aspects of social life, it becomes an effective carrier of material and spiritual civilization. With the progress of the times and the development of the economy, a small fan gradually acquires literary and artistic characteristics. Its combination with opera, folk customs, military, martial arts, television, medicine, dance, and poetry and songs forms a rich and metaphorical cultural language, producing wonderful effects. The fan has evolved from its original natural functions to the rich spiritual world of humanity. A single fan can represent thousands of soldiers and horses; a single fan can hide the joys and sorrows of the world; a single fan can fully display the magical charm of painting and calligraphy. From a simple daily necessity, the fan has evolved over thousands of years into a unique and captivating flower in the garden of Chinese national culture, forming a distinctive and fascinating fan culture. In the world of ancient Chinese culture, fan culture is both a sacred temple and a splendid garden. It represents the ideal realm of culture, embodying the literati's longing for truth, goodness, and beauty, and it also showcases the charming landscapes of various aspects of social life.