China Fan Museum

China Fan Museum is a museum full of retro flavor. The light in the museum is dim. Entering the museum, you can not only see the shops selling fans and the process of making fans, but also see all kinds of fans from ancient to modern, including all kinds of materials, all kinds of shapes or fairy tales. If you're lucky, you can meet craftsmen to outline the fans on the spot. If you feel itchy, DIY is the best choice Fans are OK, too.

China Fan Museum

China Fan Museum is one of the three national special museums funded by Hangzhou municipal government (China Sword Museum, China Umbrella Museum and China Fan Museum). The museum is located in the West historical and Cultural District of gongchenqiao, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is adjacent to Guihua Xiaohe road in the west, qiaoxizhi street in the East, tongyuanli in the South and tongheli in the north.

Development history

The function orientation of the museum is mainly to publicize and promote the long-standing fan skills in China, to explore and protect the traditional handicrafts, and at the same time to display and collect. Build the museum into a civilian National Museum with professional characteristics, Hangzhou characteristics and canal characteristics, integrating collection, research, exhibition, education, publicity, entertainment, shopping and other functions, and strive to build it into a national thematic museum with "domestic leading and world-class".

There is a fan street of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the museum, and a glass visual interpretation system is set up. Standing in front of the display window displaying folding fans, the glass surface is sensed and the corresponding commentaries are projected. At the same time, the museum also uses robots to explain. When someone passes by, the sensor can detect it, and the robot dressed like a fan shop worker will greet it.

Display

Unit 1: origin and history of Chinese fan

Fan is a kind of cool and heat dissipation appliance in summer. Its shape mainly includes screen fan and folding fan. Fan has a long history in China, the relevant literature can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty, or the Yushun period. The early popular long handle fan was mainly used by aristocrats for travel, while the self-supporting short handle fan had the meaning of today's fan. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Tuan fan appeared and became the basic style of fan. The folding fan was introduced from Japan in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because it opened and closed freely, it was widely manufactured and used in the Ming Dynasty, and became a fan type that was equal to Tuan fan. For thousands of years, fans have been closely related to social politics, folk customs and artistic creation, and have become the carrier of people's ideas and emotions, and thus developed Chinese fan culture with distinctive national characteristics. The fine craftsmanship and ingenious design of the fan makers, together with the painting inscriptions of literati artists, make the small fan melt thousands of weather in close proximity, with long charm and elegant style, becoming a dazzling pearl of human cultural heritage.

Unit 2: Chinese fan culture

From the ancient Chinese literature, the appearance of the fan was first out of the social and political needs, which doomed the fan to carry the mission of social responsibility. For a long time, fan was a part of court etiquette. At the same time, it is endowed with supernatural power and becomes a magic weapon. The types and usage of fans vary with different occupations and identities, which makes fans become identity symbols reflecting people's social status. In China, fans are paid special attention by artists because of their close relationship with ancient women.

Unit 3: Chinese fan industry

With the popularity of fans in daily life, the fan industry has developed in different areas. In the early days, the center of fan industry was in the area of Qi and Chu, so there was a saying that "Qi Wan Chu Zhu". In the Song Dynasty, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin'an (Hangzhou), the capital of fan making industry, was the most concentrated and famous place. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Sichuan and Jiangnan were undoubtedly the most developed areas of fan industry. The famous Jinling fan and Gusu fan were well-known throughout the country. Hangzhou's folding fan technology and production scale were second to none.

Unit 4: exquisite Fan Art

Chinese fan art is a combination of folk artists and literati artists. In the long process of development, the shape and style of fan art have changed from single to changeable, and the technology of fan has changed from simple and practical to exquisite and elegant, which is the result of the integration of folk art and poetry, calligraphy, painting, sculpture and other arts. Although the materials of fans are different, almost every kind of fan strives to surpass on the basis of practicality to make itself more beautiful and outstanding. It is this kind of effort that makes Chinese fan a world-famous craft masterpiece.

Visit information

The Chinese sword and sword Museum, Chinese umbrella Museum and Chinese Fan Museum are located in the West historical and Cultural District of gongchenqiao, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. They are adjacent to Guihua Xiaohe road in the west, qiaoxizhi street in the East, tongyuanli in the South and tongheli in the north.

Bus routes

No. 70, 61, 591 get off at Taizhou intersection and go straight through Gongchen bridge for 100 meters; No. 70, 61, 63 get off at Xiaohe intersection of Dengyun road and go northward along Xiaohe road for about 600 meters; No. K1 get off at Dengyun intersection of Xiaohe road and go northward along Xiaohe road for about 500 meters; water bus and boat get off at Gongchen bridge wharf and cross Gongchen bridge to qiaonong street.

Notice to visitors

The museum will be closed all day on Monday (except holidays) at 16:00; during the visit, please do not make any noise or touch the exhibits; do not bring pets into the museum; do not eat or smoke in the museum except the designated area; if you have any questions, please consult the service desk.

Opening and closing time

9:00-16:30 from Tuesday to Sunday

Address: No.450, Xiaohe Road, Gongshu District, Hangzhou

Longitude: 120.13796616625

Latitude: 30.318537051897

Tel: 0571-88197518

Official website: http://www.zgdjss.com/

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: take bus No.79, 98, 129 to gongchenqiao west station and walk about 220 meters

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 9:00-16:00 from Tuesday to Sunday, closed all day on Monday