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Fanning a resurgence in a cool identity
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fanning a resurgence in a cool identity

The Independent  

Nearly three decades have passed, but 57-year-old Xu Jiadong still remembers the day when he first went into a bamboo forest with his father to “handpick the ones that he would later use to make the ribs of folding fans.” It was in early January in Anji county of Zhejiang province, where a special type of bamboo known as yu …

Bamboo Chinese His Father Fan
Cultural roots spread in elegant style
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural roots spread in elegant style

China Daily  

A red lacquer box from the Southern Song period, featuring a lady holding a folding fan on its cover, from Changzhou Museum in Jiangsu province. CHINA DAILY "A fan is half of an umbrella," Li remembers hearing this saying growing up in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, where the rain is copious. In previous decades, folding fans, considered part …

Fan Folding
Cultural roots spread in elegant style
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural roots spread in elegant style

China Daily  

A fan painted by Emperor Xuanzong, from Beijing's Palace Museum. CHINA DAILY One day in the early 1920s, Luo Yinggong, one of China's most talented playwright-cum-Peking Opera impresarios of the time, bought an unpainted folding fan from a powerful collector-official with 40 gold ingots. Equipped with the fan, Luo then knocked on the door of the much-revered painter Qi Baishi, …

Chinese Beijing Yang Fan
Cultural roots spread in elegant style
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural roots spread in elegant style

China Daily  

A red lacquer box from the Southern Song period, featuring a lady holding a folding fan on its cover, from Changzhou Museum in Jiangsu province. CHINA DAILY "A fan is half of an umbrella," Li remembers hearing this saying growing up in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, where the rain is copious. In previous decades, folding fans, considered part …

Fan Folding
Cultural roots spread in elegant style
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural roots spread in elegant style

China Daily  

A fan painted by contemporary painting master Qi Baishi was given to Peking Opera maestro Mei Lanfang as a birthday gift. While the one on the left is holding a palm leaf of a fan, the one on the right holds a painted folding fan whose bamboo ribs are clearly discernible. As to real objects, the earliest ones we have …

China Yang Folding Fan Painted
Cultural roots spread in elegant style
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural roots spread in elegant style

China Daily  

A fan painted by Emperor Xuanzong, from Beijing's Palace Museum. CHINA DAILY One day in the early 1920s, Luo Yinggong, one of China's most talented playwright-cum-Peking Opera impresarios of the time, bought an unpainted folding fan from a powerful collector-official with 40 gold ingots. Equipped with the fan, Luo then knocked on the door of the much-revered painter Qi Baishi, …

Chinese Beijing Yang Fan
Fanning a resurgence in a cool identity
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fanning a resurgence in a cool identity

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Jul 30, 2024 Master artisans dedicated to a craft established deep in the national psyche, Zhao Xu reports. Nearly three decades have passed, but 57-year-old Xu Jiadong still remembers the day when he first went into a bamboo forest with his father to "handpick the ones that he would later use to make the ribs of folding …

China Bamboo Old Father My Father His Father Knife
Cultural roots spread in elegant style
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural roots spread in elegant style

China Daily  

A fan painted by contemporary painting master Qi Baishi was given to Peking Opera maestro Mei Lanfang as a birthday gift. While the one on the left is holding a palm leaf of a fan, the one on the right holds a painted folding fan whose bamboo ribs are clearly discernible. As to real objects, the earliest ones we have …

China Yang Fan Folding Emperor Painted Cultural Roots
Cultural roots spread in elegant style
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural roots spread in elegant style

China Daily  

A fan painted by Emperor Xuanzong, from Beijing's Palace Museum. CHINA DAILY One day in the early 1920s, Luo Yinggong, one of China's most talented playwright-cum-Peking Opera impresarios of the time, bought an unpainted folding fan from a powerful collector-official with 40 gold ingots. Equipped with the fan, Luo then knocked on the door of the much-revered painter Qi Baishi, …

Chinese Beijing Yang Fan