Posted 2016/11/16
Su Shan, which literally means "fan" in Suzhou boasts of a variety of categories such as silk fans, folding fans and sandalwood fans. They are beautifully made and decorated and also called "Elegant Fans".
Scholars in Suzhou are fond of drawing and inscribing poems on the silk fans and folding fans. Paintings on the fans are an art and collective reflection of the literatis' wisdom.They are vivid peonies or landscapes about poetic subjects. Therefore, the name of Elegant Fan matches the reality.
Sandalwood fans are one kind of folding fan, but the bones of the fans are made of sandalwood, which began in China. The patterns can vary, such as "Pulling Flowers", "Pyrograph", "Drawing", which are its unique features. Pulling Flowers is to pull the thread to form bare flowers. For example, the work of "the Goddess Gives out the Flowers", which has more than 15,000 eyelets, is exquisitely carved and fine. Pyrograph is to draw with a stylus on the sandalwood without any draft. Drawing is to use a brush pen on the silk. The sandalwood fans made in Suzhou are preferred by people both inside and outside of China.
