China is the root place making fan, with thousands of history about fan culture until now, and it drive fan culture becoming the important component of the Nation culture, closing to bamboo culture and Buddhism culture. China is also called “the kingdom of fan”. The main material of fan is : bamboo, wood, paper, ivory, hawksbill, emerald, fowl's feather, even if palm leaf, betel palm leaf, wheat haulm, grass also can be used of making fan with beautiful style, refining structure, carve, bronzing, boring. And if with poetry or paint drawing by some well known man in history, the fan will be absolutely considered as great treasure
Folding fan, know as pucker fan or sprinkle fan, which can be gathered together. It manufactured from NanSong Dynasty. Folding fan is popular from Ming Dynasty, the emperor ask craftsman to learn technology from Korea and make more beautiful fan. Luxury fan usually using expensive ivory, hawksbill, and chook bone to make fan shaft. Choosing valuable materials such as the precious ivory, chicken wing wooden make fan bone, It was made delicately and elaborately.
For example, engraving designs on the side of the elephant ' s jawbone, shaping the rosewood and bird-animal bone like “pleasant head”,“ zither type ”,“ praying mantis ' s leg ”,“ water-waving type ”and so on.